Libraries across America have been hit hard by budget cuts but you can help. National Library Week is April 14 – 20. Show your support to these wonderful institutions: 1. Get a library card if you don’t already have one. The number of cardholders is an important way that a library proves its worth at [...]
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According to Nielsen, 2012 was the year of the app once again. The average number of apps per smartphone jumped 28 percent, from 32 apps to 41. In addition to downloading more apps, the average smartphone owner is increasingly spending more time using them rather than accessing the internet through a mobile web browser – [...]
April 15 – 17, 2013 Mark the date. This is one of the biggest events in the publishing industry. “The London Book Fair encompasses the broad spectrum of the publishing industry and is the global market place and leading business-2-business exhibition for rights negotiation and the sales and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and [...]
Half of the top 20 bestselling books of 2012 in print were either Fifty Shades titles or Hunger Games titles, and only one book not written by E.L. James or Suzanne Collins—Jeff Kinney’s latest Wimpy Kid title—cracked the one-million-copies-sold mark for the year, according to Nielsen BookScan, which tracks 75%-80% of print sales. Authors with [...]
Happy New Year! Hope you had a wonderful holiday season. As we enter into 2013, it is time to focus on what we hope to do and achieve this year. I get asked ALOT how to “break into” writing. So, for all you wanna-be-writers, I only have three pieces of advice: 1. Read! How can [...]
Here is a list of my top five favorite books for 2012: The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern) Seconds Away (Harlan Coben) Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn) Twelve Clues of Christmas (Rhys Bowen) Graceling (Kristin Cashore) Here’s a list of the top five favorite books read in 2012 by business [...]
Here is Forbe’s list of highest paid authors. I didn’t make the cut… Forbes magazine recently released its list of the “World’s Top-earning Authors,” and although men still occupy four of the top five spots, female authors such as Suzanne Collins, Stephenie Meyer, and J. K. Rowling are all making their move for the top [...]
Just got back a couple of days ago from the 16th Annual SC Book Festival. It was held in Columbia, SC, which is where I spent part of my college years at USC. So in addition to participating in the book festival, it was a great chance to have a reunion with some old friends. [...]
The 16th Annual South Carolina Book Festival will be held on Saturday, May 19 (10am – 5pm) – Sunday, May 20 (12pm – 4pm), 2012 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center on 1101 Lincoln Street in Columbia. It is the biggest literary event in South Carolina. Here are five things you’ll want to do if [...]
