Quote from Emma Thompson for “O Magazine”

“I think books are like people, in the sense that they’ll turn up in your life when you most need them. After my father died, the book that sort of saved my life was Gabriel García Márquez’s novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. Because of that experience, I firmly believe there are books...

Another E-Book Update and the New York Times

I know I recently posted the article in the New York Times about E-Books. This quotation comes from Steve Harrison of Reporter Connection. It is time to get your e-book published. What’s the New York Times’ newest bestseller list? E-books. The Times just announced that, beginning in early 2011,...

New York Times to have an E-Book Best Seller List

For those printing e-books, this is exciting. This come from Shelf Awareness. Acknowledging the dramatic increase in e-book sales and digital publishing’s influence, theNew York Times said it will feature e-book bestseller lists for fiction and nonfiction beginning early next year. The lists will be...

Kindle Book Stirs Controversy; NYT E-Book Bestsellers

I’m quite curious to get comments on the feature below. I got it from shelf awareness, but it is originally it may be the NYT that got all of this started. To ban or not to ban. Online reaction was swift and angry yesterday when a new self-published Kindle book, The Pedophile’s Guide to Love...

Interview with Traveler and Travel Blogger, Ed Reynolds

As it happens, I have known Ed Reynolds since Jr. High School in Westport, Ct. I will not say how long ago that was. Even then, we both shared a love for travel, classic cars, and the open road. I felt that Ed would be an interesting individual to interview. He has many passions besides travel, such as...