This is set as a Western, but what if Nick Offerman was the third person omniscient narrator everywhere through all time? Terrifying.
It's a major award!
Actually, it's pretty cool. The Fatness won a Silver in the humor category of the 30th annual IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award™
These awards aren’t well-known generally, but they’re quite prestigious and valuable indicators of quality. The Independent Book Publishing Association (IBPA) has more than 3,000 members, and is the largest publishing trade association in the U.S. This year’s contest had 1,500 entries.
Full story here, including my thanks to everyone who worked on the book. Buy the book at Amazon!
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How not to organize your books
Obviously, people can do whatever they want with their bookshelves, but this seems like an inane and silly interior design trend.
I love the colour on my shelves. Don't you?
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The Fatness got some great publicity from The London Free Press yesterday! A bit more detail about the writing of the book and why it's an important topic in this article:
Satirist Takes a Bite Out of Obesity Epidemic
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6 places to meet book lovers
If you'd ask us to name 6 offline places to meet book lovers we would say:
1. A bookstore. Obviously
2. A library. Obviously
3. A cozy cafe. A cup of coffee and a book is a perfect duet
4. All public means of transport. Everybody knows that a lot of reading is done when commuting
5. The longest lines and the smallest waiting rooms. The process of waiting is bearable only with a book
6. A bedroom. We know you love reading in bed! Oops, no entry here?! That's why we have BookLikes!
What's your favorite offline spot to meet other book lovers?
BookLikes is a literary hub for all kind of book lovers. No matter whether you're a long time blogger, a newbie to the blogosphere, bestselling author or an aspiring writer, BookLikes is the place for You. The thing that brings us together is a true book love and the need to spread it among people alike, right? Let's do this!
Here are six BookLikes places where you can meet fellow readers and bloggers who may be a true inspiration for your TBR shelf and may become your new bookish BFF.
1. Dashboard
When you log into your BookLikes Dashboard is the first place you discover. It's a place where you read your friends' book reviews and view their bookshelf updates. Remember that you need to Follow the blog to see the blogger's updates and reviews on your Dashboard.
To meet other bloggers have a look at the activity log and comment section. By clicking the Blog name you can go directly to the blog's page and start following the book blog and the blogger's reading experiences.
2. Explore
The Explore page is a BookLikes community in a nutshell. Take a peek at the hottest reviews, top bloggers and recently published reviews. To view the book blog, please click the blogger's avatar/photo. To follow the blog, click Follow in the upper right corner of the blog page.
Have in mind that the Explore page is available for BookLikes members and non-BookLikes members. If you'd like to share the webpage with your fellow friends who haven't visited BookLikes yet, please do!
3. Book Catalog & book pages
A book catalog page is an instant sneak peek into the book bloggers bookshelves. You can spot what books have been recently reviewed or added to the wish lists.
To discover who reviewed the book, click the book cover and you'll be moved to the book page with the community reviews.
To read a full review and view the blog page click "see review" or the review's title. If you've enjoyed the review, follow the blogger and view the blog's reading news on your Dashboard.
4. Timelines
Each BookLikes blogger receives a webpage with a blog, bookshelf and a reading timeline. Your Timeline is a graphic representation of your BookLikes activity.
When you're visiting BookLikes bloggers have a moment and visit the blogger's Timeline. Maybe you'll spot a new book blog or an interesting review that your friend liked?
Make sure to click the text's title next to the avatar/photo to visit the blog page and to read the review, and to follow the blogger (if you've enjoyed the read).
If you're looking for new blogging friends or would like to say hello to the BookLikes community, visit BookLikes discussion groups. You can say Hi in the official BL group and introduce your blog in the Find new blogs to Follow.
6. Friends tab
In the Friends tab you can view the list of bloggers who are following your BookLikes blog, it's a perfect spot to follow the blogger back and view new bookshelf news on your Dashboard.
To build up your social circle invite your bookish friends to BookLikes. Add the e-mail address and press Invite, and your friend will receive an invitation to view your blog and to become your BookLikes blog friend.
More tutorials can be found here, or click
the following link: http://booklikes.com/tag/tutorials
See you next Thursday!
Happy reading!
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Fortunately, younger me read more books than I do. That nerd was constantly reading.
Of course, I understand more of what I do read these days.
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Giveaway for my new book, The Fatness
There's three copies up for grabs -- enter to win a paperback version of The Fatness, a satire about concentration camps for fat people and bureaucracy gone mad. (A love story.)
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My new book is live! It's a satire about concentration camps for fat people and bureaucracy gone mad. (Don't worry, it's a love story.)
You can find it on Amazon and other bookstores now!
If you're interested in hearing me read from it, here I am reading the first and fourth chapters now.
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