Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Book covers are the most effective tool in an author’s marketing arsenal, but I continue to be confounded by how often authors misfire with the unveiling of their covers. The mistake is understandable since, if you …
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Intentional Reading
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
I’m just back from visiting my eldest daughter. Rebecca is a reader. I guess I should say, Rebecca is a READER. She is a college instructor but most of the reading she does is fiction, purely for …
Bye-Bye Bookstores
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Our agency received a notification in the mail yesterday from The United Methodist Publishing House about the closing of the 56 Cokesbury stores nationwide. This closure has also been reported online on sites like ECPA.org. The mailing …
Reading Manuscripts
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
The best part of my job is reading manuscripts. I am writing my blog post and then closing down for the afternoon to read. Sounds like the perfect job, doesn’t it? I wish I had more time …
Ebooks and Library Usage
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Now that ebooks are a common and accepted way of reading, I’m curious to know how they are affecting your library usage.
Personally, I’m much more likely to buy a book on my Kindle or at an …
Research: Libraries–Electronic and Otherwise
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
“My writing has to support more than my research habit,
but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty corner of history.”
~Lynn Abby
Once …
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
Christmases Past
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Home for the Holidays
When it comes to Christmas memories, I blush to admit that so many of mine are toy related. I grew up in a warm, happy family. My parents knew the value of …
Christmas Novel or Novella: Michelle’s Favorite
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I grew up in what was essentially a secular home, and Christmas was a present-oriented holiday. We didn’t own many books but spent a lot of time at …
Books as Gifts
Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such Nashville Office
Weather: Cold and clear
Here we are at Black Friday, named for the one day retailers can almost certainly turn a profit. It took me a a day or two to …