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A Study in Community

Today I set off with our five year old twins in tow on a neighborhood book giveaway tour. I’ll not lie, the idea was a little daunting at first. In the six months that we have lived here we have … Continue reading →

Do you read books by indie or self-published authors?

Originally posted on Jodie Llewellyn:
I feel a bit awkward admitting this (especially when so many commenters on this blog have published their own works) but I’ve never read a self-published book. The idea of delving into that world and trying to find a good one is sort of terrifying. I have no idea where…

Adventures in Publishing – Week 13

Charleston, the package has arrived! I repeat, the package has arrived! I have read so many accounts of the elation authors experience at the first sight of their books in print that my own was, by necessity, a tad anticlimactic. That said, they are here and CreateSpace have done a brilliant job. The overall quality […]

Book Review – All the Rave

  Author: Joseph Menn Title: All the Rave – The Rise and Fall of Shawn Fanning’s Napster Available at: Amazon My Rating: Excellent ***** Synopsis by publisher: “At age seventeen, Shawn Fanning designed a computer program that transformed the Internet into an unlimited library of free music. Tens of millions of young people quickly signed on, […]

Adventures in Publishing – Week 12

Crash and burn!!! As those of you who read my rant about BookBub will know, the encounter was unsuccessful. The reason? I don’t have enough reviews to warrant a listing in their daily book recommendation email. To address this I came up with a 2 step plan in last week’s post. The first part of […]

Book Review – Disney War

  Author: James B. Stewart Title: Disney War Available at: Amazon My Rating: Excellent ***** Synopsis by publisher: “When you wish upon a star’, ‘Whistle While You Work’, ‘The Happiest Place on Earth’ – these are lyrics indelibly linked to Disney, one of the most admired and best-known companies in the world. So when Roy Disney, chairman […]

Book Review – The Last Citadel

  Author: David L. Robbins Title: The Last Citadel Available at: Amazon My Rating: Excellent ***** Synopsis by publisher: “Spring 1943. In the west, Germany strengthens its choke hold on France. To the south, an Allied invasion looms imminent. But the greatest threat to Hitler’s dream of a Thousand Year Reich lies east, where his forces are pitted […]

Book Review – The War that Ended Peace

  Author: Margaret MacMillan Title: The War that Ended Peace Available at: Amazon My Rating: Excellent ***** Synopsis by publisher: “The First World War followed a period of sustained peace in Europe during which people talked with confidence of prosperity, progress and hope. But in 1914, Europe walked into a catastrophic conflict which killed millions of its men, […]

Adventures in Publishing – Week 11

Reviews, reviews, reviews! The very word is driving me nuts. But there seems to be no getting around it. People tend to be more interested in what other people already like. This is, after all, the very essence of popularity. And so I must submit to the will of the people. In order to achieve […]

BookBub Talks the Talk

For anyone not familiar with BookBub, it’s a blog site focused on selling promotions of free or heavily discounted eBooks through the impressive volume of subscribers to it’s daily emails. It’s a well-oiled machine, a sleek operation, and by all accounts, a very effective way to push your eBook into nosebleed territory, if only temporarily. I’d […]