Category Archives: Links

Friday Links — New Year’s Resolution Edition

2012 by  Ludie Cochrane

 

In keep­ing with the theme of new begin­nings and res­o­lu­tions to try new things, this set of links focuses on mak­ing your world a bet­ter place.

 

My favorite link of the week — The Phone Stack. Brought to us by Kempt, the phone stack is a sim­ple idea that could make a huge impact on the way we inter­act with each other in per­son, while being con­nected to the rest of the world via our devices. At din­ner, every­one stacks their phone on the table face down. The first per­son who answers picks up the tab!

Friday Links: Videos and Cookies Edition

 

The video above comes to us via Kobo by way of Ebook Friendly, and though it’s obvi­ously meant to sell Kobo read­ers, the video is actu­ally a great intro­duc­tion to eread­ers in general.

 

The won­der­ful folks over at Brain Pick­ings put together a roundup of 7 great book trail­ers. The post went up way back in April, but since I’m start­ing to think about cre­at­ing a trailer for my upcom­ing young adult novel Dar­win, Singer, this post caught my eye. Think I’ll be able to get Zach Gal­i­fi­anakis for my trailer?

Friday Links

 

With the new year fast approach­ing, everyone’s think­ing about the future, and the world of pub­lish­ing isn’t immune. Fortykey put together a great roundup of trends in the worlds of paper books, e-readers and book­stores now and for the future.

 

The Mil­lions shares some gift ideas for the writer in your life—items like lip­stick, a bathrobe or a man­i­cure. The list is obvi­ously geared toward the lady writ­ers in your life, but the main idea applies to male writ­ers, too. As beau­ti­ful as leather-bound jour­nals are, they’ll never get used in any way other than as a chai tea (or bour­bon) coaster.