Books 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…
Articles… The Wrong Way to Promote Your Book 26 Jan 201330 Jan 2023 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…
Education… Oh, boy! My book is a textbook! That’s good news, right? 14 Jan 20136 Feb 2023 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…
Writing 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…
Book Signings Book signing notes from a bookseller to authors 26 Jun 201230 Jan 2023 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…
Writing A few misconceptions about credit cards 16 Apr 20125 May 2020 "All generalizations are false, including this one." -- Mark Twain When I discuss credit cards at bookselling conventions, or with customers in the bookstore, I hear a lot of absolutes.…
Writing Save the Indie Bookstore! But how? 12 Sep 20115 May 2020 Macy Halford, book blogger for The New Yorker, asked today, "Should we fight to save indie bookstores?" A perfectly reasonable question. If you like indie bookstores, why wouldn't you fight…
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…
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