Publishing Designing your own book cover: Artwork 7 Nov 202231 Jan 2023 Designing your own book cover is deeply satisfying, but also fraught with peril. Securing rights Securing the rights to your cover photos seems like obvious advice, but even the big…
Promotion Book Signings: Yellowstone vs New York City 2 Aug 20161 Feb 2023 The Old Faithful Inn is one of my favorite places to sign books. Since there's no wi-fi there—and no cell service to speak of—everybody is focused on the world around…
Books See you in the Big Apple! 16 Jun 20161 Feb 2023 Next week, I head to New York City on a book tour. The schedule still isn't completely nailed down—why have a final schedule a week before the trip?—but I'd love to…
Books Why bookstores offer a place to sit 17 Dec 20145 May 2023 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…
Promotion It would seem obvious… 23 Oct 201327 Feb 2025 Though I've posted many book signing tips here, there are a few things that seem so blatantly, searingly obvious that I haven't bothered to write about them. I suppose I…
Promotion I guess I’m one of the few… 15 Aug 20131 Feb 2026 In the bookstore today, a customer was looking at my big spinner rack of Who Pooped in the Park? books. He looked at the sign on the top, which shows…
Writing Poop Talk at the National Bighorn Sheep Center 10 May 20125 May 2023 I will be doing a book signing and "poop talk" at the National Bighorn Sheep Interpretive Center in Dubois, Wyoming on Wednesday, July 18. I will read from the Grand…
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 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…
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