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Dec.23.2012 Top Twelve Book Covers For 2012 You don't buy a book for its cover? Well ... That is probably true - but you make note of a book by its cover. And 'by' can equal 'buy'. I note that for the first example, the designer who chose the cover as an example did not know swhat it meant, or if it even conveyed the idea of the book. Just...	Jun.15.2012 List Of Top Fifty Gripping Book Covers I am a sucker for lists - so I guess there is one of me born every minute. Lucky world. It doesn't even matter whether I believe them or not. So, some of these do not leave me salivating to purchase the book. But, there is that Kafka cover that ... * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * THE 50...
Dec.16.2011 Kafka Has A Little Two Room In Prague When I see that I can buy a famous author's home for a trifling US$20,000,000+ (Truman Capote), I must ponder how much it will help me in my own writing endeavours. Now I did visit Kafka's (well, really his sister's) tiny house and eventually produced a whole novel. And plan another one. So what...	Nov.01.2011 Two Large Religious Publishers Become One And both dealing with The Trinity. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * HarperCollins to Acquire Thomas Nelson In a deal that will unite the country’s two largest religion book publishers, HarperCollins, parent company of Zondervan, has reached an agreement to acquire Thomas Nelson for an...
Feb.09.2011 Schools and Libraries For three years, I've been trying to get my books into the schools in South Florida to no avail. I took copies of my soft cover books to the school board purchasing department and received a letter weeks later stating that the materials contain rich information about music, women in jazz and blues...	Oct.07.2010 THRILLERS LEAD THE WAY - AND I HOPE DO SO FOR A LONG TIME http://www.norumbegainn.com/Mystery.gif Harris Poll Finds Mysteries, Thrillers Edge Out Romance Novels By Publishers Weekly Staff A new Harris Poll is out, and among its findings are that mysteries, thrillers, and crime novels beat out chick-lit and romance novels by a large margin; and that...
Aug.10.2010 WHY DO YOU BUY A BOOK? - SOME REASONS WHICH CAN GUIDE YOUR BOOK COVERS What Motivates the Book Buyer? by Arielle Ford As authors we are driven to share insights, add value and make a difference. So what makes someone choose our book? Why does it get picked up off the bookshelf or added to a shopping cart online? I recently asked my online friends how...	Sep.28.2009 REAL SHELVES Bookseller, where art thou? Kristina Chetcuti " What happened to the art of bookselling? The days when you'd skip out of a bookshop hugging a treasured book that the bookseller specifically recommended to you and you alone, and you knew that he'd be recommending a totally different...
Jul.02.2009 Twitter followers 'can be bought' Twitter followers 'can be bought' WEIRD NEWS:FROM THE BBC: This interesting article about TWITTER was on the BBC today, which I thought I would share. Twitter followers 'can be bought' Twitter users who lack an audience for their messages can now buy followers. Australian social media marketing...	Jan.21.2009 Amazon Pre-Order Google Alerts helps those who feel guilty about googling themselves do it hassle-free. I got this updated link in my inbox last night. http://www.amazon.com/Winner-South-Carolina-Poetry-Prize/dp/1570038325/r... It's pretty cool. Some friends have already told me they pre-ordered the book. It's...