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Of Dresses and Events Coming Up

July 21, 2015 by diannejacob 14 Comments

The 2010 signing of Will Write for Food, 2nd edition, at Omnivore Books in San Francisco. I still have that dress! Now I have to remember not to wear it. (Photo by Heather Luhan)

The third edition of Will Write for Food came out last week, and I’ve been busy with promotion. I love in-person events best because I get to see people in real life versus virtual, and wear dresses. Sometimes friends show up for support, which makes these events even more fun, kind of like parties.

So far my summer book promotion — that all-important six-week window — is going [Read more…] about Of Dresses and Events Coming Up

Why to Buy Your Next Book at an Indie Bookstore

August 16, 2010 by diannejacob

Signing books at a Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books in San Francisco, no longer in business.

Do you still have an independent bookstore near you? According to a recent article in the New York Times, only 2000 independent bookstores are left in the US. According to an article in the New Yorker, independents now only sell 10 percent of all purchased books.

I’m helping with the demise, in my own electronic way. I have Amazon links in my text, there’s a “Currently Reading” Amazon link on the lower right. At least I’ve got the Indie link (independent bookstores) under my books.

As e-books become more popular and as the Internet makes it so easy for us to stay home and order online, we authors and potential authors still need independent bookstores for at least three reasons:

1. We still love a pleasurable place to browse real books, particularly the new photo-heavy [Read more…] about Why to Buy Your Next Book at an Indie Bookstore