Summer Reads

Since I read all the time, just about every day, every week, every month and certainly every season, I find this whole "summer reads" concept a little shaky. Tell me -- does it mean people don't bother reading except when they are on vacation?! Arghhh! I hope not.

Is there a reason there should be only one season of literary binge eating?! I'm jamming my mind (not mouth) full of adverbs, adjectives, action and adventure on a daily basis.  Shouldn't you read books every day, like healthy eating, swallowing big delicious novels full of crazy characters in faraway places, redolent of cinnamon, spice, some girls, not so nice every chance you get? 

Books are nicely designed to be consumed in all seasons -- for winter, spent it with Zhivago at Varykino, greet spring in a boring Yonville with an dissatisfied Madame Bovary, and for summer camp chose Humbert Humbert as your guide, and finally when hit with a bit of back-to-school longing, feel free to follow Stephen Dedalus to the schoolyard in autumn. 

Yes, it's apparently called a "p-book"

I think we've gone full circle when someone has to make up a new word for the thing that is the opposite of an e-book.  You remember, that thing that used to be called a "book"  -- plain and simple.  Now I just heard someone refer to it as a "p-book" -- aka a paper book or physical book.

BEA rocks it this week!    You're not going to Book Expo in NYC?  Not possible.

New Blogger has a new look!

It looks ugly and hard to use like WordPress!

Honestly ... who's great idea was this?

I'm at Libboo at TechStars Boston!

If you're looking for me, I'm working at Libboo over at TechStars Boston!

Libboo -- Home of the Next Digital Bestseller -- come see us here.

Demo Day is May 3.  It should be a great day.

The Most Important Thing An Author Can Do

Seth Godin points us to this interview on Media Bistro and wonders about the logic of the statement:

The publisher of one of the leading book imprints says, “The most important thing an author can do is have his or her book in on time.”

Really?

That’s the most important thing an author can do?

Seth disagrees and writes:  "... the most important thing an author can do is write a breakthrough book, one that makes readers gasp and talk and share. And the second most important thing an author can do is build a tribe, a significant connection with a growing number of people."

Amazon per BusinessWeek

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