by Jamie Chavez | Aug 16, 2014 | The Arts & Media, The Book Biz
We’ve been talking about e-books, most recently this week in “Book Marketing in the Digital Age” (but also here and here, for starters) … but to my mind they’re still just books. Words. Reading. This article from the New York Times points out that some folks had...
by Jamie Chavez | Aug 14, 2014 | Miscellany
Mine has been an actively recycling household for at least twenty years, and I don’t just mean turning in soda bottles for cash. (I know that reference dates me; it can’t be helped.) I’ve understood the concept a lot longer than that, of course. I listened to stories...
by Jamie Chavez | Jul 31, 2014 | Miscellany, Your Editor Says …
You know, by now, how I feel about getting things right. We’ve talked about … ✱ the importance of getting quotations worded and attributed correctly (“No, You May Not Use Brainyquote.com as Your Source”) ✱ when and how to use footnotes (“Let’s Talk About Notes”)...
by Jamie Chavez | Jul 12, 2014 | Books You Might Like
I’ve been reading nonfiction all year and one of my favorites so far is Phyllis Rose’s The Shelf from LEQ to LES: Adventures in Extreme Reading.* (And by the way, here is a delightful review of the book from the New Yorker. If you’d like a shorter review, here’s the...
by Jamie Chavez | Jul 10, 2014 | Authors & Other Writers, The Arts & Media
It’s still summer—hot enough for y’all?—and I’m still working on some fantastic new blog posts. In the meantime, I want to revisit my archives and bring some new information to your attention. Let’s get started, shall we? ✱ Digital reading This is a topic that’s going...
