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Pinterest Pins (an update)

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A few weeks ago, I posted some tips I had learned about gaining traction on Pinterest. So now I'm going to follow up with a few of my observations, based on my personal experience: fashion pins are the most likely pins to go viral using hashtags can help, but it depends on the tags you use Pinterest doesn't like when you add shortened links (such as bit.ly) I … [Read more...] about Pinterest Pins (an update)

11 Tips for Writing

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Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, by Ildar Sagdejev Author Colson Whitehead wrote an article in the New York Times outlining 11 rules on the art of writing. Among them include showing AND telling, write what you know, and of course, don't worry much about rules. Read the full list here. … [Read more...] about 11 Tips for Writing

Take my survey! (please)

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If you read my blog, then you know that I'm a grad student at NYU, in the publishing program. I'm in my last semester of the program, and to graduate I need to complete a capstone project. If you have 5 free minutes (really, it only takes 2), please fill out my survey. I'm doing research for a potential subscription self-publishing website. Here's the … [Read more...] about Take my survey! (please)

Women Entrepreneurs Festival 2012

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More and more women are becoming entrepreneurs. To support and celebrate them, the ITP program at NYU's Tisch School for the Arts hosts an annual Women's Entrepreneur Festival, also known as WE. WE 12 kicked off on a Tuesday with an introduction by Mary Schmidt Campbell and a key note address from Arianna Huffington. She's actually pretty funny and more down to earth than I … [Read more...] about Women Entrepreneurs Festival 2012

Garden District Book Shop

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Over winter break I went to New Orleans with my family for the first time. While leisurely strolling around the Garden District we stumbled upon the Garden District Book Shop, a small but beautiful indie bookstore with loads of signed books. Browsing bookstores always reminds me why I wanted to go into the publishing business. So many books! So many great stories begging … [Read more...] about Garden District Book Shop

Do eBooks Weigh Anything?

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Interesting question posed by a New York Times reader: When an e-reader is loaded with thousands of books, does it gain any weight? The answer? “In principle, the answer is yes,” said John D. Kubiatowicz, a professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. To read the whole explanation, click here. … [Read more...] about Do eBooks Weigh Anything?

Borders Liquidation = Cheap Assets

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Borders has been going out of business for a while, but until last weekend I hadn't stepped foot in one of the going-out-of-business-stores. The one in Minneapolis is two floors and almost empty. While it's sad and a little scary for people in the publishing biz to see such a huge brick-and-mortar store go down, it was also a little fun to browse the massive sales. I … [Read more...] about Borders Liquidation = Cheap Assets

Google Loves Lucy

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Today would have been Lucille Ball's 100th birthday, and Google paid tribute to her. Until midnight tonight, anyone who goes on the Google search home page can play six clips from the famous "I Love Lucy" TV show. Read more at searchenginewatch and Google's blog. … [Read more...] about Google Loves Lucy

Making Money with Mobile

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Between the iPhone, the iPad, and the Android platform, mobile and tablets are on their way to becoming hugely profitable. But it's not just the apps that are making them popular. Mobile web is still an important component of mobile as a whole, and McDonald's certainly knows that. Advertising and monetizing mobile is still being experimented with, and McDonald's has come up … [Read more...] about Making Money with Mobile

853 Books

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Take a good look. This is what 853 books looks like. My own personal library, full of YA and picture books, with a few adult books as well. Ah, the benefits of interning at Random House. Actually, I was just working in the right place at the right time. Random House was in the process of moving to smaller offices, which meant everyone had to shrink their inventories, which … [Read more...] about 853 Books