This is an open letter to online booksellers. Endorse it with your name in the comments section. Dear Amazon, you owe us better book reviews. You too Barnes & Noble, Google, Goodreads and all the others who sell books/ads online. We understand and appreciate the whole thing about free speech, everyman voice, real user reviews […]
Review: Wanted Man
Wanted Man – by Lee Child, $27.95 HC / $13.99 E Creative writing professors have been stuck on James Joyce for too long. I think a hundred years of exaltation is plenty for a dead guy. Professors who want to be relevant in the 21st Century should start teaching Lee Child. Where Joyce challenged the […]
Review: Bloodline
Bloodline — Author James Rollins, $27.99 HC, $12.99 E When I buy James Rollins books, I usually do it when he visits our local bookstore, the Poisoned Pen. I buy 3-4 copies, get them signed and hand them out to friends. I think of these gifts as part of my evangelical mission on behalf of […]
5 Ways My Heroine Will Kick Your Heroine’s
Am I the only one who’s tired of reading books about women who let rich guys beat the crap out of them, or lust after blood-sucking mythological creatures, or lead a revolution–reluctantly? Look at the 3 best-selling literary heroines of the last 5 years: Anastasia Steele, Bella Swan, and Katniss Everdeen. Where did they get […]
Future Publishing: A Vision of 2022
To visualize the industry a decade from now, let’s first look at the biggest agent of change: the reader. For all the gadgets introduced into the world, all the innovation that will take place in the next decade, all the great marketing campaigns, nothing will stick unless it appeals to the reader. What do readers […]
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