Being back at the TT office gets me into the news first hand. Whose Panties Are These? was just ranked as #14 on the Southern California Booksellers Association’s Bestseller list for the week ending October 31, 2004. The SCBA represents a wide variety of independent booksellers including Distant Lands in Pasadena, California Map & Travel […]
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San Francisco Adventure in Travel Expo
San Francisco Adventure in Travel Expo October 8-10 San Mateo County Expo Center Small myth. I will not be there. It’s very nice that they are listing me among the “World Renowned Authors who will be signing books at the SF ATE Show”, but I’ll be in Lansing, MI spreading the good word about Whose […]
» Read more...Around the world in more than 75 anthologies
It sure was fun to wake up this morning, reach for the Sunday Travel section, and find a big article on Travelers’ Tales. John Flinn, Travel Editor for the San Francisco Chronicle, wrote about our ten year anniversary in his weekly “Departures” column. “Around the world in more than 75 anthologies” But it was more […]
» Read more...North Beach Festival
Oh man, I’m missing the North Beach Festival! It's this weekend in San Francisco and I’ll be at UCLA for a graduation. This is an umpteen annual Travelers’ Tales tradition to have a booth there, give great discounts on our titles, drink micro brew, eat calimari, pizza, garlic chicken sandwiches, and have fun with the […]
» Read more...BEA 2004: A Different POV
Thanks to Andie for sending in this BEA commentary from author and blogger Douglas Rushkoff. I’ll have to read more in to it to see if it was his first time. It sounds like it was the way he reacted to the autographing area. Until last year, I’ve always been standing on the working side […]
» Read more...BEA 2004: ForeWord Awards
ForeWord Magazine, a bi-monthly publication dedicated to reviewing books from independent publishers, announced their 2004 book awards yesterday at BEA. Big congratulations to these award winners: Simon Winchester for The Meaning of Everything, Oxford University Press, Gold award in the History category Thomas Swick, A Way to See the World, The Lyons Press, Silver Award […]
» Read more...Travelers’ Tales is 10 Years Old: Come Celebrate!
That's right, Travelers' Tales is celebrating one whole decade in travel book publishing! It’s shocking. I met Larry Habegger at Book Passage where he was reading from their 2nd book, Mexico. I became their first intern during book three, India. And now their love, sweat, and tears have birthed more than 75 titles. The most […]
» Read more...Editing Whose Panties Are These
I'm in full gear editing the sequel to Sand in My Bra. I checked in with Travelers’ Tales this week, and Sean O’Reilly who reads most of the submissions as they come in, is sending me his grades on the batch. I’m looking forward to getting them because I think a lot came in since […]
» Read more...Sand in Montreal: Chapters and Indigo
We're here! Me and the 200+ pounds of promotional material. Going through customs was a mixed bag. The first man,who looked at my passport, and me beneath his wiry silver frames, kept me at his booth a little while sizing up my business at the Just For Laughs Festival. After marking up my sheet, he […]
» Read more...Nothing but Good News
Sand in My Bra was named the 2nd best selling book for June at Wide World Books & Maps in Seattle. Hey Frasierheads, lets keep it up for next month too! I’ll be reading and signing books there Tuesday, September 9. Check out their July newsletter for other fun events and hot titles. In other […]
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