Continued from part II. THE FINAL UPLOAD Only a few more steps and my 2002 out-of-print travel narrative, Searching for Steinbeck’s Sea of Cortez, would be available to e-readers. I did not use the “Kindle Create” feature, now available at Amazon’s KDP, for example, so I can’t speak to its ability to ease the chore […]
My lifelong obsession with Russia was about to be realized: the book I’d been contemplating for decades and to which I devoted almost three years full-time researching and writing was nearly in hand. My publisher, the University of Alaska Press, announced the release date: June 1, 2017. To accommodate the frenzied demand I was certain
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A crazy thing happened the other day. When I catch my students writing language similar to the previous sentence, I often ask them to think of the word “thing” as a great opportunity to replace a word with little meaning and instead insert words that reveal specific details, clarity, passion and power. Sometimes, however,
And these two intriguing tidbits from an FSB Associates book marketing letter I occasionally read: 1. The Web has become an explosive medium for advertising and promoting many things, especially books. As a primary resource for information, “going online” is now second nature to most people, and everything can be found there. Social networks have
First, a headline I somehow missed. “Coast Guard rescues sinking Andromeda.” Well, OK, the headline was a little different, and the name of the boat wasn’t mentioned until later, but my first thought stumbling upon this a few months after the fact was: “See? I told you guys I gained weight this year.” And I
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Too much good stuff to miss in the upcoming NYT Sunday Book Review. I won’t be blogging everyday once I get this blog rolling (though I will aim for a fresh Q & A every Thursday, plus other small items throughout the week). But the subject of blurbing in this essay by Rachel Donadio is
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