Inspiring Excitement and Passion about History and the Humanities
I’ve posted before about my experiment with my own memoir, Fragile, and Perfectly Cracked, my story of giving birth to a stillborn son as well as dealing with subsequent infertility problems. It was a labor of love for me to get this out there. I’m currently working on my first novel, which involves time travel (because…
This article I wrote first appeared in The Digital Reader several weeks ago, and I’m reblogging it here. — New York is a place known for risk taking, for innovation, for not being satisfied with the status quo. Nowhere is that as evident in the library world as with the New York Public Library, and…
Normally in these Writing about Reading segments I talk about industry specific eBook topics. And on that note, I did buy my ticket to the Frankfurt Book Fair in October today. Nearly 300,000 people and five days of book industry madness. I’m excited! But beyond that, I want to talk about my self publishing journey, which…
Normally on Thursdays I do a little bit on ebooks and libraries in a bit I call Writing About Reading. Today I’m reblogging my column from over at The Digital Reader which was published on Saturday. Cool beans. — When most people, even book publishers and ebook readers, think of libraries they often still bring up…
Sometimes I feel like a zeitgeist. When I was 11 I started putting granola in my yogurt. Suddenly in a few years Dannon is selling little prepackaged granola pots stuck on top of plain yogurt. My 14 year old self thought I should have patented the idea. I’m feeling a little vindicated (read: smug) at…
When eBooks first started gaining popularity, many people were surprised to find out that they actually don’t own the ebook that they bought. What they have purchased is a license to read the book. This first got some press in 2009 when, in a beautiful bit of poetry, Amazon remotely erased copies of 1984 and…
A few months ago Amazon announced they were also entering the ebook subscription service, which I wrote about previously, by starting Kindle Unlimited. The new service is a direct competitor to Oyster and Scribd, and while I love the promo video, that’s about the only thing I love about it. Here’s the thing; Amazon is quickly…
In my professional life, one of my roles is as the New Products columnist for Public Libraries magazine, and much of what I wind up writing about are eBook products, since that’s where my big interest lies. I just found this new product that’s been around for a while for individuals, and just launched into…