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February 18, 2011 | Friday | 30 Comments
The highlights of the first day of ToC included Margaret Atwood, Indie booksellers speaking confidently and knowledgeably about building community, and two days of hot lunch. I love hot lunches like you have no idea. The opening keynotes of ToC were rather awesome, mostly. First was Theodore Gray, who discussed the creation of his periodic table table, and the book and then the iPad app that were inspired by his strange collection. The ipad app is jaw dropping - then comes the Outer Space one, and I about leapt off my chair to go home and get my iPad so…
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February 04, 2010 | Thursday | 60 Comments
Jane from DearAuthor, Angie James from Carina, and I are on a panel at the O’Reilly Tools of Change in Publishing conference about what readers want, and I’m hoping that you have a spare 10 minutes or so to complete a survey about your reading habits, your buying habits, and, if you’re a digital reader, some of your pet peeves about that subject. The survey is online, is absolutely confidential (we ask you about piracy, and not the sexy puffy shirt kind, either) BUT if you complete it, you’re entered to win a drawing for $250 towards the ebook reader…
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February 04, 2010 | Thursday | 14 Comments
Harlequin has been doing these awesome blogger bundles where romance folks online select a few titles to package together. I’m in volume six: Books that Rocked my Socks. Once there was a blogger who didn’t think category romances could satisfy her needs…but quickly learned the error of her ways! Now Sarah of SBTB has hand-picked a selection of her favorite Harlequin category romances with intricate plots and memorable characters that she guarantees will change the mind of anyone who has ever sniffed at Harlequin titles and thought they were too little to have a big impact. Bundle includes: Sex, Straight…
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February 01, 2010 | Monday | 5 Comments
Thanks to Random.org, we have a winner in the O’Reilly Tools of Change in Publishing giveaway. The lucky winner will receive a coupon for free admission to the conference, which is currently worth $1,245.00 US. As I stated previously, airfare and hotel accommodations are the responsibility of the winner. Without further ado (or any ado at all): the winner! Comment #35, India, who commented at 9:00pm server time, is our winner. Congratulations India! Email me at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOTcom to claim your winnings. Thank you to those who entered, and to O’Reilly for providing the coupon for entrance as part of the…
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January 26, 2010 | Tuesday | 40 Comments
I have a huge giveaway today. Huge. Freaking enormous. I’m really excited about it. As part of my media partnership with O’Reilly Tools of Change, I’ve been given a conference code good for free registration for the 2010 Tools of Change in Publishing Conference, being held February 23 through 24, 2010 in New York City. The conference registration online is $1,245.00 US (See? I told you it was rather huge) and if you try to pay at the door, it’s $1345.00. Conference registration includes: Access to: * all sessions (Tuesday – Wednesday) * all keynote presentations *…
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January 18, 2010 | Monday | 70 Comments
Smart Bitches Trashy Books LLC is a media partner for the 2010 O’Reilly Tools of Change Conference (and if you’d like a discount off registration, click that ad over yonder and use the code toc10sb for 15% off the cost), and I’m preparing for two presentations at the 2010 conference. Nervous? You bet your sweet bippy. Why? In both cases, I’m talking about digital books and digital reading, and while these are subjects that I’ve learned a tremendous amount about, I remain convinced that those who drive the digital reading and digital publishing industries are not always listening to the…
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