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We Need To Talk About Professional Jealousy

“I never thought I’d be one of those people,” she said. T Kira Madden and I were sitting in the private room of a fancy strip-mall restaurant in Albany, New York, and I was eating a very expensive salad. Earlier that afternoon, we had given a reading at a local bookstore with T Kira’s... Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

[ Electric Literature | 2023-01-19 12:05:00 UTC ]
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Tech that can help you stick to your New Year’s resolutions

Regardless of how 2021 went for you, 2022 is another chance for all of us to make the new year better than those that came before it. We set New Year’s resolutions with the best of intentions, but it’s no wonder that so many people fail after just a few weeks – old habits die hard. Just as it’s... Continue reading at 'Engadget'

[ Engadget | 2022-01-01 14:34:42 UTC ]
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Try this easy tactic to trick your brain into making better decisions

When it comes to serious decisions in business or in life, this mental quirk can set us up for catastrophic failure unless we actively work to keep it in check. Imagine this: You’re heading for the cashier at your local bookstore when you pass a display selling coffee mugs for $5. There’s only... Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2021-05-07 05:00:19 UTC ]
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15 new books to get from your local indie this week.

Is there anything better than (safe, socially distanced, double masked, sanitized) browsing at your local indie? I was having the crumbiest day the other day, and I passed by my local bookstore (the Greenlight on Flatbush, if you know it) as I was running errands. Well, I couldn’t not go in.... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-02-09 13:30:25 UTC ]
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Why I Bought a Bookstore at 29

My local bookstore is long, narrow, and outlined in wooden bookshelves. It’s wedged in an old Victorian building that sits across from the Salish Sea, where orcas, seals, and otters are frequently sighted. It smells like paper and salt water, and holds some 3,000 titles that reveal to tourists... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-12-07 09:49:19 UTC ]
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21 new books to buy from your local indie today.

You know what they say: November is the new December! When’s the best time to support your local bookstore and get holiday gifts? Well, there’s no time like the present. (Get it?) (I’m sorry.) (But seriously, support your favorite indie and check out these new books!) * Jonathan Lethem, The... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-11-10 19:44:02 UTC ]
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Your Local Bookstore Wants You to Know That It’s Struggling

Independent booksellers are desperate for customers to return, and not just for an online reading. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'

[ The New York Times | 2020-10-15 09:00:28 UTC ]
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It Takes Many Voices to Find the Truth

Yesterday I stopped in at my local bookstore in London. It’s a small shop, but a good one, and seeing its doors open again was like hearing an ice-cream truck from a block away as a kid. I walked straight into traffic to cross the street to get there. Inside the reality of our time […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-08-06 08:49:19 UTC ]
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Listen to Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped from the Beginning for free.

If your local bookstore is all sold out of its books on anti-racism, good. Finally. Backorder them for yourself. But in the meantime, the audiobook version of Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, which won the 2016 National Book Award... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-06-04 14:34:08 UTC ]
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Sheltering: Kate Elizabeth Russell on the Little Things Getting Her Through Isolation

On this episode of Sheltering, Maris Kreizman talks to Kate Elizabeth Russell about her recent novel, My Dark Vanessa. Kate shares the things that are helping to get through this time of isolation: Fiona Apple, the game Animal Crossing, and eating “like she’s at a sleepover.” Kate’s local... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-25 19:00:22 UTC ]
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LinkedIn’s SlideShare is a vast emporium for pirated e-books. Authors are paying the price

From bestsellers to textbooks, stolen content is easily found on a 14-year-old hosting service operated by Microsoft’s social network. Mid-level writers are hurt the most. If you want to purchase a copy of The Institute, Stephen King’s latest novel about supernatural kids, you could find it at... Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2020-01-15 13:00:52 UTC ]
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Discord’s game store is here to take a bite out of Steam

The popular gaming chat app wants to be the local bookstore to Steam’s Amazon. Discord hopes to claim a piece of the $29 billion digital PC game sales market by adding a store to its popular gaming chat app. The Discord Store Beta, which is launching today after a limited test run in Canada,... Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2018-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore News: March 3, 2016

Amazon is adding its first campus pick-up location; Harvard is experimenting with an indie bookstore; NYC is about to get two new indies; and East Hampton's local bookstore is changing hands. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Diana Gabaldon, Poisoned Pen Launch Writers' Program

The bestselling author has partnered with her local bookstore on a writer-in-residence program in Scottsdale, Ariz. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent bookstores launch Storytime Day, set for this May

After the success of the Indies First movement this November, in which authors worked at independent bookstores, the newest event is called Storytime Day. Spokesperson Kate DiCamillo urges authors to read a story at their local bookstore. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Better Kind of Algorithm

When you’re shopping for gifts, try getting a recommendation from an actual human expert at your local bookstore, suggests Ross Ufberg of New Vessel Press. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With This Machine, You Can Print Your Own Books at the Local Bookstore

The Espresso Book Machine means that booksellers can publish and sell an enormous number of titles. But can they make the finances work? Continue reading at 'The Atlantic'

[ The Atlantic | 2012-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book review: 'Half-Blood Blues' by Esi Edugyan

In the 2011 Man Booker Prize finalist, the author has pitch-perfect voice and her jazz musician characters have rhythmic conversations.Not unlike its counterpart rock 'n' roll, memorable jazz novels occupy a pretty slim shelf at the local bookstore. Though the music has been gracefully spun into... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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