I have been watching the replay of fireworks all over the world today as we wait for the New Year to arrive here on the west coast of the United States. I decided to sneak out a post before the clock strikes midnight. Here is a list of book things that still have my attention from […]
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Full Shelf – Page Nineteen
There are so many links I come across and there is never enough time to write longer posts about all of them. For this issue, the theme is books and publishing in a very general sense. Happy Holidays! How Many Books Does It Take to Make a Place Feel Like Home? (New York Times) – […]
Writing
So, now you have to write. And this is when it gets hard for people. I don’t think it is the task of writing itself. We’ve been writing papers since grade five. We write email every day. In the course of your career, short or long, you’ve written resumes, proposals, memos, training, documentation, and reports. […]
Full Shelf – Page Eighteen
There are so many links I come across and there is not enough time to write longer posts about all of them. Borrowing an idea from Ben Dowdy and his Misfill feature at The Pen Addict, I have started sharing these links in a blog post with a short description about why each article is interesting […]
The Throughline
There are a set of touchpoints that the reader moves through in making the decision to buy a book. Their journey starts with the front cover with the title, subtitle, and design of the cover itself. If the cover appeals, the reader next reads the book description, either on the inside flap, back cover, or […]
The Frame
Pick any problem and you’ll find an endless number of ways to present it. You could take a big, broad view and describe the challenge in a way many would understand. You could also take a specific approach in an attempt to address a particular aspect of the problem. And as you think about the […]
The Call
Authors are called to write books. The source of the call varies. Authors might be drawn to share their version of the answer missing from the literature and wish to make a contribution. Maybe, a question appears and as Geoffrey Moore says, “you staple yourself to the problem” in search of the solution. Clients start […]
Our Summer Intern at Bard Press
This summer, we had an intern named Ethan S. work with us at Bard Press. I asked him to write a short summary of his short time at the press. -Todd Over the last 12 weeks, I worked as an in-person intern at Bard Press. I will start secondary schooling, in a couple of weeks […]
Full Shelf – Page Seventeen
There are so many links I come across and there is not enough time to write longer posts about all of them. Borrowing an idea from Ben Dowdy and his Misfill feature at The Pen Addict, I have started sharing these links in a blog post with a short description about why each article is interesting […]
Think Bigger About Your Book
I am seeing a trend among the authors that I have talked with over the last eighteen months. Self-publishing has gone from an interesting option to a preferred alternative. There is nothing new about self-publishing being a part of the conversation. For the last ten years, bringing your own book into the world has gotten […]
