Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
If you don’t know what a QR code is, scroll down to the end of this post to take a peek. QR (which stands for “quick response”) …
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Five Elements That Make a Book a Success
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
What makes a book a success? Today I’d like to examine with you a book that, I believe, took everyone by surprise at its success. A Top …
Sticky Situations: Bad Book Reviews
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Santa Rosa’s main office on a sunny day
The late Johnny Carson monologued once on the Tonight show about the pitfalls in responding to a woman holding a newborn baby. She wants you to admire it, …
Broken Things: E-books
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Old New Castle, Delaware
E-books seem to have reached the tipping point. It’s all anyone’s been talking about lately. If you read our blog you know that I was a Kindle early-adopter. I’m crazy about my
Things Writers Should Keep Track Of: Part 2
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
After Publication: Promotion
Once a book has released, the author is thrown into a world of promotion. The author is bombarded with blog tours, radio interviews, book reviewers …
Best of the Blog 2009: Confessions of a Kindle Devotee
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley, California Office
Yesterday, while waiting for the doctor, I had my Kindle out, reading a manuscript. The doctor had to stop and play with it before we could get down to …
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Best of the Blog 2009: Where Do You Get Your Books?
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
After yesterday’s fun discussion of endorsements and “book-buddies,” I got to thinking about where I get my books. I’d say that I purchase two-thirds of the books I …
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How Covers Can Go Wrong and What to Do About It
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
You’ve waited for years and envisioned a variety of potential covers for your “baby” book, the book you’ve been creating, modifying, rewriting, revising, and fussing over for …
Best of the Blog 2009: Alphabet Soup: CEOs @BEA
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Enroute to Santa Rosa from BEA
Weather: Um, cloudy, looking at the view below the plane
A couple of you asked for trend info based on what Etta, Wendy, and I observed at BEA. I …
Crafty Ideas
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
If you’re like me, you’re always on the lookout for new resources or creative ways to approach the craft of writing or to stay up on the …