4 things I loved and 2 things I hated about Secrets to Ebook Publishing Success by Mark Coker: Loved: 1. The book contains lots of good information about the indie ebook market. Coker cites statistics based on a study of thousands of indie releases. It reveals interesting stats both big and small such as the average …
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Book Review: Maybe We’ll Have You Back: The Life of a Perennial TV Guest Star by Fred Stoller
Posted onFred Stoller’s primary passion in life seems to be self pity. Entire chapters of Maybe We’ll Have You Back are dedicated to the minor disappointments of: 1. Meeting a famous director at a mall, setting up that he would send her a demo reel of himself, sending it and nothing coming of it. 2. Eating breakfast …
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Book Review: Bossypants by Tina Fey
Posted onAs I was reading Bossypants, I commented to a friend, “Tina Fey seems a lot colder in text. Almost mean. She’s funny, but she seems like the kind of person that wouldn’t like animals or something.” What does she say toward the end of the book? You guessed it: “And I have no affinity for …
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Book Review: Life Itself by Roger Ebert
Posted onAs a movie critic, Roger Ebert’s writing was always thoughtful without being pretentious and charming without being manipulative. In just a few words he could get across big concepts and a lot of personality, but, though he was a great entertainer, he was always honest and never pandered to his audience. His memoir continued this …
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