Jocelyn

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Nov 21
juliaallison: The books I’m lugging along with me on my trip(s) I love to see what people have on their To-Be-Read list. What’s on yours?

juliaallison:

The books I’m lugging along with me on my trip(s)

I love to see what people have on their To-Be-Read list. What’s on yours?
Posted at 5:28pm

quote-book: kari-shma: every day.. (via polkadotandplaid)

quote-book:

kari-shma:

every day.. (via polkadotandplaid)
Posted at 5:27pm

Nov 20

Oprah's New Network: OWN

Posted at 3:35pm

“It had never occurred to me before, but everything in New York is built upon another thing, nothing is entirely by itself, each thing as strange as the last, and connected.” Colum McCann, LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN
Posted at 2:18pm

Nov 19
This is what the Huffington Post Book Club looks like. I wonder how popular it will be? Did anyone tune in?

This is what the Huffington Post Book Club looks like. I wonder how popular it will be? Did anyone tune in?
Posted at 3:29pm

“Don’t you think it’s better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life?”

Audrey Niffenegger (The Time Traveler’s Wife)

(via quote-book)
Posted at 2:08pm

A few weeks back Arianna Huffington over at The Huffington Post announced the launch of their book club. Their first selection was IN PRAISE OF SLOWNESS: Challenging the Cult of Speed by Carl Honore. I think the subtitle of this book really says it all and it is fascinating that this was selected to be the inaugural book club selection for a website. They are having their first *live* discussion about the book today at 3pm (EST). Check it out here.

A few weeks back Arianna Huffington over at The Huffington Post announced the launch of their book club. Their first selection was IN PRAISE OF SLOWNESS: Challenging the Cult of Speed by Carl Honore. I think the subtitle of this book really says it all and it is fascinating that this was selected to be the inaugural book club selection for a website.

They are having their first *live* discussion about the book today at 3pm (EST). Check it out here.
Posted at 1:06pm

Nov 18
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann won the National Book Award. “The first great 9/11 novel” - Esquire Magazine “One of the most electric, profound novels…in years” - NY Times I’m starting it tonight.

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann won the National Book Award.

“The first great 9/11 novel” - Esquire Magazine

“One of the most electric, profound novels…in years” - NY Times

I’m starting it tonight.
Posted at 11:25pm

Great Susan Orlean interview.
Posted at 10:40pm

Harlequin, the romance publisher famous for starting the careers of such household names as Nora Roberts and Tess Gerritsen, has teamed up with Author Solutions to create a self-publishing imprint. Harlequin Horizons, the new author subsidized imprint is one of the first in what could be a trend of major publishing houses seeking alternative methods for turning a profit. These new imprints would offer print on demand printing, typesetting, jacket design and basic levels of editing for a fee. While I’m sure there are many authors who will jump at the chance of having their books printed with an imprint that is closely related to a major publishing house, there are both advantages and disadvantages to going the self-publishing route. The success stories of self-published authors may push many aspiring novelists to take this route, however, it is a very difficult and time-consuming journey. It is a journey that needs to be planned out fully and properly executed in order to give yourself a chance at mainstream potential (hiring an editor for a thorough, complex editing of manuscript, a publicist to help in media placement and review coverage, and acquiring distribution). We will have to wait and see if more publishing houses follow suit and what kind of attention this results in for the writers involved.

Harlequin, the romance publisher famous for starting the careers of such household names as Nora Roberts and Tess Gerritsen, has teamed up with Author Solutions to create a self-publishing imprint. Harlequin Horizons, the new author subsidized imprint is one of the first in what could be a trend of major publishing houses seeking alternative methods for turning a profit. These new imprints would offer print on demand printing, typesetting, jacket design and basic levels of editing for a fee.

While I’m sure there are many authors who will jump at the chance of having their books printed with an imprint that is closely related to a major publishing house, there are both advantages and disadvantages to going the self-publishing route. The success stories of self-published authors may push many aspiring novelists to take this route, however, it is a very difficult and time-consuming journey. It is a journey that needs to be planned out fully and properly executed in order to give yourself a chance at mainstream potential (hiring an editor for a thorough, complex editing of manuscript, a publicist to help in media placement and review coverage, and acquiring distribution).

We will have to wait and see if more publishing houses follow suit and what kind of attention this results in for the writers involved.
Posted at 3:50pm

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