Current Reads: Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel by Rolf Potts, Positively Fifth Street by James McManus Movies this week: Incredibles, Bridget Jones 2 Song I get excited to hear: Johnny Cash, Fulsom Prison Blues Next border crossing: Tonight. Dinner in Mexico Pitches this week: 2 Assignments received: 0 Current […]
» Read more...Year: 2004
Midtown Books: Betting on Book Sales
My friends at Midtown Books in Memphis, TN have outdone themselves. Owner Hugh Hollowell sent me this email last week and I was so impressed with this creative marketing slant, I’m passing it your way. But here’s the thing. It’s no gimmick. This is SO Hugh! He is a superfun and generous guy, and all […]
» Read more...iTravelSyndicate
I'm reposting this because it got invaded by spam hackers. I think it is a good one to keep because I know writers who are making money from it. iTravelSyndicate “iTravelSyndicate is an online marketplace for travel content, which includes articles ranging from 200 to 6,000 words. Think of us as an evolved syndicate — […]
» Read more...Global Scavenger Hunt Call for Participants
I just saw this on Travel Video.TV 3rd Annual Around-the-World Travel Competition Looking For Globetrotting Participants” This is the first year my friends haven’t forwarded the Global Scavenger Hunt application to me. Maybe they know I’ve got better things to do with nine grand. “Outside magazine calls The Global Scavenger Hunt, “…one of the most […]
» Read more...Women Adventurers in the News
Women. Women. Women. Sheesh! Just kidding. As I write up my interview for GoNomad and answer questions about why we’re doing books by and about women travelers, the ladies keep traipsing through the inbox. David Armstrong reviewed the new Ten Speed Press book, No Place for a Lady: Tales of Adventurous Women Travelers by Barbara […]
» Read more...Cowboys and Vegas…too good to be true
Do you see why I need a Gambler Girl column? The National Finals Rodeo is in Las Vegas December 3-13. Randy Travis is playing at the Golden Nugget. Me, a cowboy, and a craps table. Throw in some ice cream and we’ll call that heaven. Baby, don’t take off your hat — you still haven’t […]
» Read more...Fancy Pants Contest Update
Big huge thanks to everyone who participated in the Fancy Pants Contest! Yes, we have a winner. We have one main winner and four honorable mentions. I was in the office last week signing books, writing thank yous, organizing addresses (some of you didn’t include your addresses!), and trying on some of the undies for […]
» Read more...Building with Books
Are you a book lover? No, I mean do you love books enough to decorate your room with furniture made from books? I found Building with Books on Yahoo Picks this morning. It is the handiwork of some MIT students who used novels, encyclopedias, and even 98 copies of the 2002-03 MIT Faculty and Staff […]
» Read more...Saturday Small World Book Notes
Yesterday I got a $20 Criagslist rideshare from SF to LA from a very cool woman who is doing crazy amazing work as an assistant to biologist field researchers in Alaska. She picked me out of her many responses because I forgot to take my signature off my email and she found out I was […]
» Read more...Weekly Life/Travel Writing Stats
We have spent the past ten years dvd gearing our business towards regular dvd prints that come from Kodak and bag Fuji that are scanned and then playstation applied to photo products. Digital ps2 imaging and the Internet are transforming contact lens the company into becoming almost ionic breeze a dotcom type of company. We […]
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