Proof that there’s been a problem in publishing since the stone age!
B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart
Fun Fridays – July 25, 2014
When grown men have too much time on their hands and have lost patience waiting for the next “Star Wars” installment. [Warning: there is definite guy-humor in this…explosions and other fun things.] The ending is hilarious.
What is on Your Summer Reading List?
Since we are in the midst of Summer and I’m on a brief vacation I thought I’d ask you to tell us what books you are reading or planning to read this Summer. I’ll start… My list is intentionally eclectic because that is the way I graze with my reading: Deeper Life: The Spiritual Practice of Remembering by Margaret Bendroth Publishing: Just My Type: A Book about Fonts – …
Enclave Publishing News
A couple major happenings over on the publishing side of my world. Enclave publishing has two events that happened this past week. First is the launch of a Kickstarter campaign as a means to have fans of Science Fiction & Fantasy have pre-publication access to the new titles at a great discount. Check it out! Enclave Publishing’s Kickstarter Campaign Second, we have launched a brand new …
Gone or Dawn? The Golden Age of Publishing
Recently Philip Yancey, a revered and bestselling author, wrote an article mourning the decline of the golden age of Christian Publishing. His words got me thinking… Are the Golden Days Gone? I have heard a lot of negative statements about the book industry, and the Christian publishing industry in particular, these past few years. Statements like “the system is broken,” …
ICRS 2014 – Observations
A couple weeks ago the industry gathered in Atlanta for the annual booksellers convention (I.C.R.S. – International Christian Retail Show). This was my 33rd consecutive event and have enjoyed every one. If I may I’ll mention a few of the meetings we attended and then make a few observations. 1) Tamela Hancock Murray and Dan Balow attended as well. We tried to do our meetings with …
Fun Fridays – July 4th, 2014
Enjoy your celebration today with family and friends! Happy Birthday USA! Below is a picture of the world’s largest single fireworks shell before it is fired into the sky. It is four feet in diameter and weighs over 900 lbs. It is fired 2,700 feet into the air before exploding (that is a half a mile!). When it explodes it cover 2,400 feet of space (a bloom diameter). Here is one of …
Pardon Our Dust
We have been working for the last month on an updated look to our entire website, including the blog. It is great to see all it up and running this past weekend. Kudos to the team at AuthorMedia for their hard work! A number of features have been added or upgraded. The site is now completely mobile-friendly across all devices. This is not as easy as it sounds because there are thousands of screen …
Fun Fridays – June 27, 2014
Having just survived the 2014 International Christian Retail Show in Atlanta this video is somewhat illustrative of what happens when they hand out free stuff….