by Jamie Chavez | Jan 10, 2011 | The Book Biz
There’s been a lot of talk lately about e-books and self-publishing—and how they are affecting (ahem) Traditional Publishers. Since I get most of my work from publishers, this is a subject that concerns me mightily. Newsweek recently ran a piece called “Who Needs a...
by Jamie Chavez | Aug 3, 2010 | The Arts & Media
My parents subscribed to Newsweek; it was always lying on the ottoman in the den next to Look and TV Guide and whatever book my mom was reading that week. When I was eleven, I started reading it myself. When I moved out of the house eight years later, my dad gave me...
by Jamie Chavez | Jul 15, 2010 | Words & Language
Newsweek recently had an article about the aging brain. Some of the news is as bad as you might imagine: reasoning ability peaks at about age twenty-eight (only 6 percent of top scorers are in their fifties, and only 4 percent are in their sixties). Now, I tell people...
