Guest blog: Technology for writers who hate to write
By Rebekah Denn | 11.09.09
Talking with Jaden Hair about her new book, “The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook,” I told her how similar her voice was to the written “voice” of her book and blog, a relaxed, bubbly, best-girlfriend sort of tone. No coincidence, she told me. (more…)
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Andre Agassi: what the critics say about “Open”
By Marjorie Kehe | 11.09.09
You might or might not like Andre Agassi and you might or might not be able to forgive him for lying about his use of crystal meth. But there seems to be one point on which book critics will be able to agree: When it comes to his memoir, Agassi displayed great taste in his choice of ghostwriter. (more…)
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Can libraries, bookstores, and Kindle peacefully coexist?
By Marjorie Kehe | 11.06.09
“Having fun isn’t hard when you have a library card.” Or so Peter Daining reminds us in his worthy post today on Tainted Green entitled “Libraries: The cheaper, greener alternative to book stores” in which he notes that, “it takes around 30 million trees to produce all the books in the US.” (more…)
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Gay characters make problems for Scholastic
By Marjorie Kehe | 11.05.09
Will they or won’t they? That had been the question. Would a book with a pair of gay characters appear at Scholastic’s book fairs? If not, there was angry talk of a boycott. And if so, well, there is also angry talk of a boycott. (more…)
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Guest blog: Social media and the cookbook
By Rebekah Denn | 11.04.09
We keep hearing that old-fashioned book tours are a thing of the past, but when I watch Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois in action, I don’t feel quite as bad about that. (more…)
