This past week, I received an email from a very nice young man who wanted to know if I could point him to a source for reader gift baskets. Specifically, he wanted bubble bath, chocolate, and romance novels for his mother. Everyone all together: “Awwwwww.” Best son ever, right? I said that while I didn't know of one specific source for that type of basket, putting together those items should be a one -stop trip … Continue reading Gift Guide, Part V: Reading Time! →
More gift ideas? OF COURSE. There's still shopping to be done, right? I love how many wonderful things you've been sending me. Thank you! Laura recommends: SmartGirl.me's Etsy Store Handmade purses made out of beloved books? Oh, my. Laura says, and I agree, that the items aren't cheap, but they surely are beautiful. There's Modern Biology, and a really stunning Alice in Wonderland purse, too. Oh, lovely. Alison A. recommends: the Word Cloud Classics … Continue reading Gift Guide, Part IV →
First: LINKS. Because sometimes the internet is a very silly place, and we want to enjoy it. From Becky: pictures from The Most Fabulous Santa Run, which raises money for Vital Bridges. This year's run raised over $7,000 as a few hundred men and women ran in speedos and santa hats. There's a collection at Lakeview Patch, at ChicagoPride.com, and at the Most Fabulous Santa Facebook page. Sorry, what? Oh – thanks, Becky! And mad … Continue reading Links and eBook Deals on Six Kinsale Historicals →
Time to put your credit cards in the freezer again, because I have more reader-submitted and reader-approved gift ideas for all the lovely people on your list. Or for you. And you should really be on your own list, right? So go shove your wallet under the peas and I'll wait right here. Ready? BE STRONG! WE CAN DO THIS! Oh, the temptation. Melone recommends: Artsyville Melonie says, “I have a gift idea to throw … Continue reading Gift Guide, Part III →
I asked for submissions, and BOY HOWDY did I get all the good links. But you're going to hate how tempting so much of this gift guide is, so feel free to blame me. Or maybe next year we should all go shopping together, like pot luck gift shopping. Kate suggests: The Folio Society The Folio Society has truly gorgeous bound copies of classic books, including children's books, classic fiction, poetry, and humor. Katie … Continue reading Gift Guide, Part II →
Not only did I get an amazing number of suggestions for the next gift guide (seriously, you are going to squirm at the next one. It is a big deep ocean of temptation literary-style) (I am not immune either) but I love how many of you thought the book boxes were as cool as I did! The winner of the book box giveaway is: Comment 143: TaraR! I hope you like it, Tara! Please email … Continue reading Gift Guide Giveaway: Book Box Winner! →
It's time for the 2012 gift guides, where I go catalog and online shopping for gift ideas that would work for all the avid readers you know. I have a lot of fun building the gift guides, especially when I find something like the Lowood Lacrosse tshirt and so many people go, 'HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS MUST BUY CLICK CLICK.' It's a relief I'm not alone in these things. I've got a … Continue reading 2012 Gift Guide: Part 1 With Giveaway! And also music! →
At last week's Sizzling Book Club Chat, Elyssa gave us the link to a cover that was incredibly dull. I called The Most Boring Cover Ever. She called it “Real estate pron, I guess?” Have a look: WHAT happened in Comfort Cove? Were all the people sucked up by alien spaceships? Holy crap, are Mulder and Scully or the Doctor going to show up any minute and fix this cover? Or is the basketball … Continue reading Caption That Cover: Subdivision Edition →
I apologize in advance for this cover, as I know you're all going to scream. I tweeted it last week and people were hollering at me on Twitter for hours afterward. Nightmares, twitches and phobias, all awakened by a single romance cover. It's so awful, I'm going to put a second silly cover beneath it to help sooth your ravaged psyche. You ready? Ok, breathe! Breathe again! And look at this guy sniffing … Continue reading Caption This Cover: HORROR EDITION →
The sessions I scheduled for myself at Tools of Change focused on libraries, readers, and data, particularly data about readers. I still get the sense that many of the biggest publishers are still shifting in their recognition of the reader (all of us contentious folks who don't agree with each other but want to be heard) as their main customer base. So I wanted to hear the data from Bowker about readership and how folks … Continue reading Tools of Change in Publishing Round Up II: Reader Data and Goodreads →
It's the latest of the last-minutes for gift shopping online, but I think the holidays snuck up on a lot of people this year! First, this would not arrive by the holidays, but printing a little pic and putting it in a card with the promise of a FULL SIZE VERSION of AWESOME is forthcoming wouldn't be so horrible. Not when the FULL SIZE VERSION of the Limited Edition Social Media Propaganda Poster is this … Continue reading Last Minute Gift Guide →
