Book Blogger Con Recap
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Last week, I attended the Book Blogger Conference held in conjunction with BookExpo America. I was thrilled to be able to participate this year. In previous years, the conference was held on the Friday after BEA, when all I want …
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2012 Guide to BookExpo America for BlogWorld Expo Attendees
Last year, BlogWorld Expo officially became a bi-coastal event by co-locating with BookExpo America in New York City. It was such a success, they are going to do it again next week. I’m not sure of how the locations will …
Google+ Webinar
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Interested in learning more about Google+, especially as it relates to publishers, authors and booksellers? You’re in luck! BEA is hosting a webinar in their ongoing social media series specifically focused on Google+ that I am lucky enough to participate …
Interview Questions – What Works For You?
Over my career, I’ve been involved in a good many hiring interviews. Like life, they can be like a box of chocolates – you never know what you’re going to get. I’ve had some great interviews, made a hiring decision, …
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Travel Advice from a Pro
I guess all my blogging about my summer adventures has had an impact on Klout – it thinks I am influential about travel. While I am certainly opinionated about the subject, I would be remiss if I did not point …
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When Bullies Target…Amazon – UPDATE
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Earlier in the week I wrote about how a book of ours by an author I adore was being targeted by bullies writing fake reviews on Amazon. We got the word from Amazon that the reviews, even the ones that …
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Tagged amazon, mom blogging for dummies, wendy piersall
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When Bullies Target…Amazon?
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This is a weird one, for sure. Recently, Wiley published a book called Mom Blogging For Dummies. Written by Wendy Piersall, one of the kindest and most giving women I know, the book was eagerly awaited by many in the …
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Tagged amazon, mom blogging for dummies, wendy piersall
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I’m going to BlogHer (along with 3,000+ others…)
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It’s that time of year again! The female end of the blogosphere is awash in BlogHer posts. What to do, what to see, what parties are the happening ones to be at, and dare I add, what swag is worth …
When Worlds Collide – BEA + BlogWorld Expo = Hectic IT Girl
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Last week was the first co-locating of BlogWorld Expo and Book Expo America – two conferences that usually take up a lot of my time separately. Putting them together was completely and totally overwhelming, and only sometimes in a bad …
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Make Your Own For Dummies Cover
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The Dummies team has been ultra-busy this year coming up with new and fun ways to engage with our customers. Here’s the latest – a cover generator! Surely you’ve seen some parody Dummies covers in the past. For instance, David …
Mom 2.0 Summit – Help Me Make Our Session ROCK
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Next week, I will be speaking at Mom 2.0 Summit. HARD TO BELIEVE IT’S NEXT WEEK. After agreeing to do it last year, it seemed like it was going to be so long ago, and now it’s here. In case …
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Happy Birthday For Dummies!
Here at Wiley, 2011 is a big year, bigger than most. It’s the year that we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the For Dummies series. Yes, 20 years ago, DOS For Dummies was published, and a phenomenon was born. …
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Borders Books and Music Declaring Bankruptcy Affects More than the Store
Today, I’m hanging out on BlogHer, talking about Borders. For those not following the business press, Borders filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this morning, and announced they were closing over 200 stores. I wrote a rather personal post about my …
The Role of Books in the Digital Age
Wanted to share an interview I did during BlogWorld Expo in October…sure, yeah, I just realized I never posted this. In it, I talk about my BlogWorld panel and what I see (meaning, my opinion only, your mileage may vary) …
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Books: Not dead, and do you want to write one?
As I mentioned in my previous post, I am going to be a speaker at BlogWorld Expo for not one but two panels. The first panel I talked about here. My second panel is titled “From Blog to Book” and …
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Tagged author platform, blogworld expo, brian solis, publishing, simon salt, warren whitlock
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