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Last week, I asked you how you felt about Amazon’s acquisition of Goodreads. 143 responded: 64% describe yourselves as writer and/or illustrators, 31% are teachers or librarians, 11% are editors, 6% publishers, 2% booksellers. As you can tell from the numbers, some of you wear more than one hat. The . . .
Amazon has just announced that it’s reached an agreement acquire book-based social network Goodreads for an undisclosed amount. How do you feel about this? Answer via this quickie 2-question survey, multiple choice and anonymous. Anyone who answers will be able to see survey results so far. Also see other Inkygirl surveys and survey results.Update on Thursday, . . .
Above: cover for Ookla The Mok’s new album, OOKLA THE MOK VS EVIL. Cover art illustration by Art Baltazar, an American comic book artist whose Tiny Titans won the 2011 Eisner Award For Best Publication For Kids. I’ve known Rand Bellavia and Adam English of Ookla The Mok for many years; my music group . . .
This comic was inspired by a post by the anonymous Intern years ago, before she came out as her true self: Hilary T. Smith, author of the upcoming WILD AWAKE (Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins). See my recent interview with Hilary. Thanks to Hilary for permission to re-post the comic.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=SB_J9KW8FkM%3Flist%3DPLGUnZ-QOe4fZ2I9bNPJDAmd5dkUkPA7rC To help support the Toronto Public Library’s “Keep Toronto Reading 2013” campaign, I created the video above. The question: If the library was burning, which book would YOU save? Join Toronto’s One Book city-wide book club (hey, you don’t HAVE to be in Toronto to enjoy the book) and read . . .
A while back, I mentioned that I was going to be on the faculty at the Niagara Retreat and Conference this coming May. Not enough illustrators signed up to warrant keeping the Illustrator track, so the conference has decided to drop that part of the programming. For those who signed up . . .
