Book Industry Why bookstores offer a place to sit 17 Dec 20148 Jan 2022 Quite some time ago, I signed up for Quora. It was an impulse thing because I got an invite from a friend. Every so often, I scan through my emails…
Blog The Wrong Way to Promote Your Book 26 Jan 20135 May 2020 I originally wrote this article for Writer's Weekly back in 2003. It can be seen in its original form on their website. I've placed it here on my blog because…
Blog Oh, boy! My book is a textbook! That’s good news, right? 14 Jan 20135 May 2020 When I wrote about this in 2011, I talked about rights reversion and what that means in an age of ebooks. Today, I'm having more of an issue with the…
Blog A Square credit card update 27 Nov 201219 Aug 2013 Last April, I wrote about credit cards from an author/bookseller perspective. Since then, we've switched our credit card processing from a major bank to Square running on iPads, and invalidated…
Blog Book signing notes from a bookseller to authors 26 Jun 20125 May 2020 I've written a fair amount about book signings here on this blog, starting with my 14 book signing tips for authors, proceeding through 10 book signing tips for booksellers, and covering subjects…
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