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This week we chat with New York Times Bestselling and Parsec Award Winning Author Scott Sigler. Host Mark Jeffrey also gives away a free iPad! For more information, show notes, and an upcoming schedule, go to www.thisweekin.com.
My guest today is the VP Marketing of Glue (found at GetGlue.com) a website that helps you find your next favorite movie, book, music album or other every day thing (here’s a list of supported categories). Glue shows you things that you’ll like based on your personal tastes, what your friends like, and what’s most popular on Glue. Please join me in welcoming Fraser Kelton!
Bibliotech: The Evolution of Digital Publishing. Episode 3: ‘Browser Books’ – Brian Altounian, President of Wowio.com. There’s a new breed of ebook in the process of being born: the Browser Book. You read in your browser, using an app or widget that mimics a book. It’s large, in-color and — unlike the Kindle — nothing is lost in the translation from paper to digital. Browser books are streamed media, so they can also have real-time and geo-targeted advertising. Brian Altounian, President of Wowio.com — one company bringing ‘Browser Books’ to the mainstream — discusses. Wowio, Scribd and Docstoc are all demo’d (and embedded below). Opening music by MOODORGAN.
Selling books by mail is a great option for small businesses, and Amazon.com is a great seller’s resources for getting a business off the ground, making sure to have plenty of packing supplies to ship out orders promptly. Sell books through the mail, getting good reviews online for more business, with helpful advice from an experiencedplaywright in this free video on writing. Expert: Laura Turner Bio: Laura Turner received her BA in English from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., graduating magna cum laude with honors. Her plays have been seen and heard from Alaska to Tennessee. Filmmaker: Todd Green
Learn what types of stories make better comic books than others in this free instructional graphic art video. Expert: Dan Head Contact: www.paperbackreader.com Bio: Dan Head is a veteran writer and small press comic publisher. He wrote and self-published his first graphic novel, Bronx Angel: Politics By Another Method, in 2005. Filmmaker: Paul Muller
City Lights might be the most respected bookstore in the world. Founded by Lawrence Ferlinghetti in the early 1950s, the store has a grand history in the world of poetry and cultural revolution. We stopped by for a quick history lesson courtesy of City Lights’ events director, and we even corralled local hero Daniel Handler–better known as Lemony Snicket–into talking with us about his experiences as a customer.