I have followed Kathryn Finney’s blog, The Budget Fashionista for a few years. I even recommend her book on my blog for the last year. At the end of December I applied to be a contributing fashion poster on her updated website. Much to my own surprised they were “very interested” and offered me a […]
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Miami Book Fair
Its official name is the Miami Book Fair International and it is one of the biggest highlights in November (this year it runs from the 8th to the 15th) for the Miami, Florida area drawing in fine authors, bookies, bookie wannabes and aspiring authors for indoor and outdoor events.
The Future of Books
Magazine sales are down, newspaper sales are down, and book sales are down. Sure we all buy less in a recession and with the price of books. But the recession is not the only factor affecting book sales.
Form – Novella
One of my favorite forms of literary fiction is the novella. Starting at approximately 19,000 words (and running as long 40,000 words) it gives the literary fiction reader a little more meat than a short story but requires less commitment than a full blown novel.
Ditto E-book Reader
“Ditto” is an acronym for Digital Interface Total Text Organizer. It is similar in appearance to Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader but comes with a lighter price tag of $249. Another major difference with this device is it is wired. Meaning it is not as self-sufficient as the wireless Kindle…