Fresh Books June Harvest!

Mood — smoky. Today we have over 840 wildfires burning in California. The good news is that we have new books on the shelves. Congratulations to Harold Davis on the publication of his amazing 100 Views of the Golden Gate (Wilderness Press). Congratulations to Steve Horton and Jeong Mo Jang on the publication of Professional Manga: Digital Storytelling with Manga …

Michelle Waitzman blurbed in Cosmo!

This is a first for my career probably 🙂 I don’t usually see my books in Cosmo. Michelle Waitzman, author of Sex in a Tent: A Wild Couple’s Guide to Being Naughty in Nature was quoted in Cosmo last week. Michelle was interviewed for a sidebar (to do with, ah hem, creative ways to use a hammock) and Wilderness Press …

Help a Reporter: Because Everyone’s an Expert at Something

Here’s a shout out to Peter Shankman and his very cool site, Helpareporter, which matches reporters with experts. The queries come from all sorts of outlets, including bloggers, podcasters, trade magazines, book authors and big dailies. I read his queries every day and pass leads to my clients when I see something that looks like a good fit, but HARO …

I can’t believe I read the whole thing!

Well this is a poor excuse for breaking radio silence, but I got a huge laugh out of this Galleycat post quoting Jeff Bezos on “hand fatigue.” Yeah, that’s the difficulty with reading. Snarf. I just finished Walter Isaacson’s Einstein: His Life and Universe (great book btw), and boy my hands are tired – baddaboom.