I was reading comments on a blog and paused over one that said that libraries are “free options” in the book world. Over time, that idea roiled around in my little brain. Are libraries really free? ‘Cause if they are, then, wow, finally there’s something in this world without a catch. It is time that […]
Articles from August 2007
Are Libraries “Free”?
August 29th, 2007 · 8 Comments
File Under: Square Pegs
Reaching Readers: The Door-to-Door Theory
August 27th, 2007 · 12 Comments
I have been thinking a lot about about advertising lately. I have decided, much against my natural skeptical instinct, to accept the theory that it works. This despite the obviously flawed quality and rather obscure messages. Yesterday at the gym, I saw four commercials in a row…and not a single, clear, understandable explanation about the […]
File Under: The Future of Publishing
Reading Books: 3 Out Of 4 Americans Do It
August 23rd, 2007 · 6 Comments
So here’s the deal: depending on how you interpret the numbers, one in four Americans didn’t read a single book last year* or three out of four Americans read at least one book last year. If you stick with the latter statistic, that’s a whole lot of reading going on. Remember, this is a really […]
File Under: Square Pegs
The Lazy Daze of Summer Post
August 20th, 2007 · 6 Comments
Today’s theme is “What I Did On My Summer Vacation”, though the fact that summer revelries have been condensed into 2 1/2 days should tell you something. Mostly that the child-free of the world are able to schedule their vacations for less crowded times of the year. Even though the trip is short, I, naturally, […]
File Under: Square Pegs
Pattern Recognition
August 15th, 2007 · 5 Comments
BS: Ah, Summer. The living is easy. Especially when you can get someone else to write while you’re, well, talking on the cell phone and land line and emailing and IMing and all the stuff that goes with a busy day. Today, we bring you Katharine Weber, author the great novel Triangle. In what can […]
File Under: Books/Mags/Blogs
So Much For The Summer
August 14th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Okay, I admit it. I was looking forward to a more contentious summer. A summer filled with knock-down, drag-out fights. You know, the stuff in movies. By the ones who make the movies. To date, the negotiations between the Writers’ Guild and the studios have been remarkably, boringly civil. Which is to say, they’ve been […]
File Under: Square Pegs
The More Things Change
August 7th, 2007 · 11 Comments
[BS: Yesterday, we talked about genre and reaching readers. Today, we have one of the authors discussed in the post. Please welcome Nicola Griffith, author of Always as she talks about the challenges — and then some — of living with a single character over the course of many books. Needless to say, this is […]
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Why Did The Reader Cross The Aisle?
August 6th, 2007 · 9 Comments
For the past week, the notion of genre and images has consumed me. Okay, also wondering what’s for lunch, but the genre question has been more than a little all-encompassing. In addition to the fantastic article written by Pam Jenoff for BS last week, back channel discussion about Nicola Griffith’s Always has been happening (Gwenda […]
File Under: The Future of Publishing