Inspired by Kevin Smokler, who not only invented the Virtual Book Tour but rode on the VBT bus this week as editor of the new book Bookmark Now, I’ll be coordinating a Blogger Book Tour the week of June 6-10 for Darknet: Hollywood’s War Against the Digital Generation. Bloggers can choose any approach — here […]
Books
Kevin Smokler: On the Virtual Book Tour hotseat
Well, not exactly the hotseat. More like a backyard chaise lounge. Whatever the metaphor, Kevin — who originated the Virtual Book Tour over a year ago — is the editor of a new book, Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times. It’s a collection of articles about how young writers approach their craft. For more about […]
Steve Jobs bans Wiley titles
I missed this bit of looniness out of Silicon Valley this past week, but Katie Hafner’s got it covered in today’s New York Times: Steve Jobs’s Review of His Biography: Ban It. The imperial Jobs has decreed that no Wiley & Sons book shall be sold at any of Apple’s retail stores. As it happens, […]
Review of ‘Art of the Start’
A few weeks ago Eric Olsen of Blogcritics.org asked me if I wanted to take part in a new experiment. Guy Kawasaki of Garage.com was trying to spread word in the blogosphere about his new book, The Art of the Start, by having his publisher sending it out to various bloggers. We could rave about […]
‘Darknet’: Name this book
I met with Eric Nelson, my editor at Wiley & Sons, on Friday, and he suggested that we should ask my blog readers what we should name my upcoming book. The title is set: Darknet. Here are some choices for the subtitle: Darknet: Hollywood’s War Against Internet Whiz Kids, Gadget Hounds, and Our Mind-Blowing Digital […]