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Thoughts on books, publicity, and the media from our Cave Henricks staff.
Returning to the Library

Returning to the Library

As someone who claims to have an infinite appreciation for books, this is hard for me to admit, but until last week, I had not stepped foot inside a library in almost four years. In my defense, my last memories in a library involved caffeine headaches, late night study sessions, and literary analysis hangovers. But […]

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Biggest Change in Books?

Biggest Change in Books?   The Way they Come to Market. In the not so distant past, most of the books you bought either on the shelf of a local bookstore (although these are fast diminishing with the death of Borders this year) or with a click on Amazon, made a fairly similar path to publication.  […]

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The Way We’re Reading

The recent demise of Borders, the record Christmas sales of ereaders, and the introduction of iPad 2, have morphed the way we all read.  From preschoolers some of whom call Apple’s ereader a “mypad” to corporate executives, the way we consume information has changed forever. Below is an informal sample from our circle of friends, avid […]

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The Changing Way We Buy Books

One of the old rules of book publicity was that if the author or host didn’t mention a book’s title at least three times during an interview, the effect on sales would be, well, diminished to say the least. And while it may sound like an exercise in vanity or a cheap sales tool, it […]

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Father bonds with Daughter over Books

I loved this story in Sunday’s New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21 about a Father and daughter bonding over books. I still vividly recall my father taking me to get my first library card and sign the paper that let me check out out titles BEYOND the picture books. Fast forward what seems like a lifetime, and […]

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