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 readingFree Going Postal Claimed
Our free book today has been claimed. I’ll have more giveaways next week so keep your eyes open. Thanks!
continue readingI Ain’t a Young Man No More
I’m running a bit behind on my final BEA recollections because I’m hobbling around with an ice pack strapped to my leg and lacking any more energy to keep writing tonight. My team’s first soccer game was this evening and I’m feeling it. We spotted our competitors four goals in the first half but put…
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