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Oct.29.2008
Santa Monica has a new library program that I read about recently. For 30 minutes, you can "sign-out" a person to talk about an issue he/she knows about such as homelessness. Gives a whole new meaning to "my life is an open book" or "there's a book in everyone". And...
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Oct.04.2008
I am sitting in the Berkeley Public Library, library of my youth, place where I got my first library card. I never thought I’d feel the nostalgia for the library that you read about so often, because, to be honest, my family liked to hang out in bookstores. Seriously, it would be a Friday night or...
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Oct.04.2008
I am sitting in the Berkeley Public Library, library of my youth, place where I got my first library card. I never thought I’d feel the nostalgia for the library that you read about so often, because, to be honest, my family liked to hang out in bookstores. Seriously, it would be a Friday night or...
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Aug.15.2008
I have moved on from Amazon rankings. Worldcat is my new obsession.
Worldcat (http://www.worldcat.org) is a website that connects you to more than 10,000 libraries. If you type in the name of your book, you can see what library systems your book is in and even its availability at a particular...
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Aug.01.2008
The first time I got punished at my Catholic elementary school i had turned around in church to see if my older sister had arrived. Not until after the Mass and we were safely filed behind our wooden desks, did Sister Sophie growl out my name to the front of the class. The nuns lined the windows...
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Jun.29.2008
You know you can find a book at your public library, but did you know you might also find a job there?
The Westchester (NY) Library System (where I am a trustee) has been a pioneer in offering career and educational counseling through our WEBS program. Literally thousands of Westchester library...
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Jun.15.2008
I’m not sure I mentioned this before, but I finally caught onto “Google Alerts.” Set one up for yourself, and any time you’re mentioned online, you know about it. (Why do I have the suspicion that everyone in Redroom already uses the Alerts, and has been for years, and is smirking?)
So now I’m...
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Jun.10.2008
My blog about choking out librarians and booksellers at BEA earned the BEST BLOG spot on the front page of this website. I guess choking out librarians taps into some kind of deeply held subconscious desire in the lit community. I mean who doesn’t want to slap a sleeper hold on a librarian? Here's...
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May.30.2008
Hi everyone, I'll be doing a public chat on LibraryThing from the 23rd of June to the 4th of July and I'd love you to come and throw me your gnarliest questions! Go on -- there's nothing I won't answer (and if you don't believe me, just check out a few of my past interviews!). Just drop byhttp...
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May.18.2008
If you're just starting to market your book, you'll have to get creative to be successful. Last week was full but fascinating for me, as I explored yet another avenue for book marketing. You know they say, "think globally, act locally," and I'm here to tell you, the homefront is a great...
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