Books Selling books in the modern era 18 Jul 201113 Jan 2023 When I was growing up, we did two types of shopping. Commodity items came from department stores like Sears, and specialty items came from specialty stores. To this day, if…
Books Book Review: “Hook, Line & Sinister,” edited by T. Jefferson Parker 1 Jul 20111 Feb 2023 I fish. I wouldn't call myself an expert. Some years I never drop a line in the water at all. But I enjoy fishing, and I enjoy mysteries. T. Jefferson…
Book Signings Book signings and long-term relationships 13 Jun 201131 Jan 2023 As you can guess from recent blog posts, I've been thinking a lot about book signings lately. Maybe it's because I'm putting together events for the bookstore right now, or…
Book Signings 10 book signing tips for booksellers 11 Jun 201130 Jan 2023 Since I'm an author who also owns a bookstore, I've been on both sides of the book signing game. Yesterday I talked about what an author can do to make…
Book Signings 14 book signing tips for authors 10 Jun 201125 Mar 2025 Since I'm an author who also owns a bookstore, I've been on both sides of the book signing game. Today, I'd like to talk about what an author can do…
Writing Book Review: “Geek Wisdom,” edited by Stephen Segal 8 Jun 20114 May 2020 Over the years, I've read my share of books that contain compilations of quotes. Most, frankly, failed to impress me (excepting, of course, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, which was an absolute…
Writing My take on Greg Mortenson and CAI 7 Jun 20114 May 2020 I am unaffiliated with Greg Mortenson and the Central Asia Institute, and I'm not privy to any financial information beyond what is released on their website. My wife and I…
Writing Book Review: “Bitterroot,” by James Lee Burke 2 Jun 20114 May 2020 Some years back, I attended a Montana book conference that featured a panel discussion on writing "tough guy" characters. On the panel were writers I was very familiar with, like…
Writing My day? This made my whole MONTH! 31 May 20114 May 2020 These days, with 96.4% of our incoming email consisting of spam (warning: that link opens a pop-up ad), I often dread opening my email. I do have one less email…
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