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November 20, 2008

Stories in Best wishes from CaliforniaAuthors:

Now with even more events!

BookTour.com — CaliforniaAuthors’ event-search partner — announces a new relationship with IndieBound.org, one that means that you’ll have even more events to choose from when you use our new CaliforniaAuthors events search. From BookTour’s blog:
It was always our intention with BookTour to represent the breath of author-related events throughout the world. A major part of [...]

Posted by Kate Cohen, August 18th, 2008 | Permalink
File under: Best wishes from CaliforniaAuthors, Events and festivals, Site stuff

The ABA wants you to be IndieBound

Facing the indies’ existential dilemma with good graphics and guts, the American Booksellers Association has launched IndieBound.org — the evolution of the organization’s BookSense program to connect readers (read: book-buyers) with local brick-and-mortar independent booksellers. Showing off its web-savvy, the ABA’s new movement-styled marketing effort is useful — as in, their google-mapping indie locator and [...]

Posted by Kate Cohen, June 8th, 2008 | Permalink
File under: Activism, Best wishes from CaliforniaAuthors, Bookmark it, Booksellers, Politics/government, Web video

Welcome 2008! Happy New Year to all.

Here’s a little postcard for you: The holiday lights at the Marina on Alamitos Bay.

Posted by Kate Cohen, January 1st, 2008 | Permalink
File under: Best wishes from CaliforniaAuthors, Site stuff

A dose of Daily Buddhist Wisdom

from from Beliefnet to start 2008: “Because we all share this planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. That is not just a dream, but a necessity. We are dependent on each other in so many ways that we can no longer live in [...]

Posted by Donna Wares, January 1st, 2008 | Permalink
File under: Best wishes from CaliforniaAuthors, Philosophy/religion

Yippee

The Fray storytelling magazine is back.

Posted by Donna Wares, November 26th, 2007 | Permalink
File under: Best wishes from CaliforniaAuthors, Magazines, San Francisco

This weekend

Red Hen Press celebrates its thirteenth birthday on Sunday. Veronique takes a breather from blogging the Malibu fires to share the details:
Tough enough to make it as an indie press these days, but 13 years? A milestone. Champagne for everyone! Well, everyone who reserves a spot at the the celebratory brunch for Red [...]

Posted by Donna Wares, October 26th, 2007 | Permalink
File under: Best wishes from CaliforniaAuthors, Bookbloggery, Publisher news