Best Wishes for Barbaro
Since I grew up in the horse racing industry, everyone I’ve encountered recently wants to talk about Barbaro. My family was about tens of millions of dollars away from The Triple Crown races, but I’ve still felt my share of anxiety, fear, and sadness when a horse is injured. Luckily, as I check the news this evening, the latest…
continue readingBEA: The Booth Ghettos
The convention floor of BEA had a definite geography to it. Like a high school cafeteria or prison yard, different areas were dominated by certain cliques. The leviathan publishers congregated in the middle of the floor. They were usually on the inside aisle, so you could step right into their swanky publishing home-away-from-home. On the other…
continue readingPulp Covers
From the great Bookslut, I learned about this Slate experiment where they created pulp-like covers for classic books. The artists used classic pulp novels as inspiration and treated books such as Jane Eyre and Animal Farm to new cover work. Here are some of my favorite pulp covers from the Slushpile.net library.
continue readingToo Much Credit For Potter
Now, I realize that the Harry Potter books got millions of kids excited about reading. I understand the books have sold a bazillion copies. I know scientists recently named a dinosaur after the danged school. I get it, okay. But when CNN runs an article claiming Harry Potter inspires vision of invisibility cloak, I just have to wonder…
continue readingFree Going Postal Claimed
Our free book today has been claimed. I’ll have more giveaways next week so keep your eyes open. Thanks!
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