The Blog
Monday Morning Coffee – 14 June 2021
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. From Crazy Rich Asians to Shrill, authors are asking for (and getting) more control over the...
Upcoming Author Conferences (June 2021)
My next newsletter is going to feature a list of upcoming author conferences. While compiling the list from my notes, it belatedly occurred to me...
Morning Coffee 7 June 2021
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. The NYTimes is wrong to say that X is the best letter in the alphabet; that honor goes to the...
Morning Coffee – 31 May 2021
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. The YA dystopia fad died out for the most obvious of reasons. To hell with advice that you...
Morning Coffee – 24 May 2021
Here are a few stories to read this morning. Judging by his dirty limericks, Isaac Asimov would have loved Twitter (and Tumblr). Amazon just...
Six Email (and Snail Mail) Web Scams to Avoid
Are you worried that that email you just got may be real? While a lot of scam emails have obvious flaws, some are more subtle. I've seen scam emails...
Amazon Strikes Deal to Sell eBooks to Libraries
News broke this week that Amazon has signed a distribution agreement with the DPLA (digital Public Library of America) to distribute the 10k ebooks...
Kobo Continues to Play Catch Up With the Launch of the 10.3″ Elipsa eReader
When it comes to ereaders, Kobo has always been either a day late or a dollar short (or both). Their first ereader was both far less capable and...
Morning Coffee 17 May 2021
Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. The Oxford University Press just published a quiz testing your knowledge of the origins of...