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April 30, 2010
Let Me iSign Your iBook
What happens to the author inscription in the digital age? The problem hadn't really occurred to me until this morning, when I was emailing a friend who will probably buy my book on one electronic platform or another. I was about to suggest he come to the book party — so I could sign his book — when the logistical problem presented itself. How? Will signed books eventually seem as quaint as a hand-written Declaration of Indepedence or the once state-of-the-art IBM Selectric?
I'm not the first ...
April 29, 2010
April 28, 2010
And the Winner Is…
Congratulations to Jane Clyburn
of Lugoff, South Carolina, who won the "Cars from a Marriage" iPod nano contest
by giving us the best story about love and cars. She requested a purple nano and that's what she's getting. Thanks to all 34 people who entered the contest and helped make my fan page a fun destination the past six weeks. Here's Jane's story:
When I started dating my "ex- husband" he didn't even have a license (he was a year younger than me) Once he got his license, we dated in a 59...
April 27, 2010
Pub Day
God bless indies! Look at this display in the window of Watchung Booksellers in Montclair. No matter how small the order at Barnes & Noble, it feels good when you get a display like this in your hometown store. Montclair Book Center also had a copy in the window. And a friend of mine a few towns over couldn't find "Cars from a Marriage" at Borders, but had no trouble picking one up at Sages Pages in Madison.
So, publication day. Been dreading it for quite a while, as I explain in a guest...
