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Coming soon: Why you might consider self-publishing your book

July 2, 2014July 2, 2014 by Nick Owchar, posted in Book reviews, Books, Camellia Resistance, ebooks, Publishing, Reading, self-publishing, vanity press, Writing

The term "vanity press" is quickly going out of date -- it has far less to do today with ego or self-gratification than it does with practicality and an awareness of conditions in the publishing industry. Over the years, it's been exciting and encouraging to hear about many authors who have built successful careers and followings … Continue reading Coming soon: Why you might consider self-publishing your book

The myth of summer reading

June 3, 2014 by Nick Owchar, posted in Book reviews, Books, Publishing, Reading, Writing

June is here, and so are the summer reading lists… and, always, as I scan these lists, at my back I hear, Time's winged chariot drawing near .... And I'm bored to tears. Maybe I'm getting old, or too jaded from compiling lists like these for the Times for many a season, but nothing seems to … Continue reading The myth of summer reading

You didn’t get rid of that book, did you?

March 19, 2014March 19, 2014 by Nick Owchar, posted in Book reviews, Books, Elizabeth Wayland Barber, Myth -- nonfiction, Myth general, mythology, Ukraine, W.W. Norton

Yes, I nearly did. Elizabeth Wayland Barber's The Dancing Goddesses: Folklore, Archaeology, and the Origins of European Dance (W.W. Norton) almost escaped my home. It wasn't any fault on the book's part--on mine. Have you done this before? I hadn't picked it up since it was published early last year, and as I went about … Continue reading You didn’t get rid of that book, did you?