Bart King's Blog, page 108

"A Message from Your Publisher's Marketing Department"

Every job has unique challenges. For writers, one of the most pernicious of these is marketing. I had fun with that idea in this new piece for the The Oregonian —a form letter from a generic publisher to its stable of authors...
Ooh, two other things:1.) The end of item 3 should read "Antony Hopkins."
2.) And of course, I ran this article past my publisher's marketing department before submitting it to the O! (Luckily, most people in the book industry have well-honed senses of humor.)

Did you know that GRAVITY was originally a superhero movie?

Dang—nice work, Detroit

Via.

#73: Guinea pigs on rollerskates

Bookstore bloodsuckers?

Via.vampire books or the section formerly known as young adult

Do I like reader reviews?

You bet!

If you're running for class president...

...make sure to have cool posters!
FYI, "Keiki" is Hawaiian slang for "kids."#let the keiki play abraham lincoln "an innovative and genuine leader" my mom "making your wildest dreams come true "sebastian for president"

Are you running for class president?

Then make sure to have cool posters!
FYI, "Keiki" is Hawaiian slang for "kids."#let the keiki play abraham lincoln "an innovative and genuine leader" my mom "making your wildest dreams come true "sebastian for president"

Okay, okay, I'll close the library door!

Via.please shut this door completely or cold air, water, strangers, robbers, orcs nazgul, death eaters, voldmort, sauron, fire nation troops, dales, cybermen, cats, dogs, etc. will be able to enter

Hey, Facebook...

Your ads for me are getting a little TOO specific!