Snowing again. 21st April, and it’s coming down thick.

by | Apr 21, 2011 | Journal

Last night we went to a high school play—St. George’s was doing Fiddler on the Roof and our good friend Terry is wardrobe mistress (and creator) for most of the school’s annual plays. She showed us her lairs at intermission, and we tiptoed about the...

Snowing again. 21st April, and it's coming down thick.

by | Apr 21, 2011 | Journal

Last night we went to a high school play—St. George’s was doing Fiddler on the Roof and our good friend Terry is wardrobe mistress (and creator) for most of the school’s annual plays. She showed us her lairs at intermission, and we tiptoed about the...

Want to know how errors get into books?

by | Apr 20, 2011 | Journal

Here’s a sample. I sent Intruder off to my agent in the form he asked for on January 2-?, this year. Last night I got a strange e-mail relayed to me by my publisher/editor from the cover artist asking where the book was and complaining it was going to run him...

It’s snowing. On 18 Apr.

by | Apr 18, 2011 | Journal

I can’t believe it. We skated today: I blew my knee carrying rock up steps with no knee brace, and have been off the ice for a week. Today I wrapped up really well and went out, but I can’t wear the shoes I did the damage in, and now the ones I picked as a...

It's snowing. On 18 Apr.

by | Apr 18, 2011 | Journal

I can’t believe it. We skated today: I blew my knee carrying rock up steps with no knee brace, and have been off the ice for a week. Today I wrapped up really well and went out, but I can’t wear the shoes I did the damage in, and now the ones I picked as a...

We’re making some price changes due to shipping…

by | Apr 18, 2011 | Journal

We’ve been relying on people overseas doing contributions on the honor system to cover extra postage, but, whoa, all of a sudden we got hit by people doing purchases from overseas with no postage. Well, I don’t blame them, and we will honor the offering,...

We're making some price changes due to shipping…

by | Apr 18, 2011 | Journal

We’ve been relying on people overseas doing contributions on the honor system to cover extra postage, but, whoa, all of a sudden we got hit by people doing purchases from overseas with no postage. Well, I don’t blame them, and we will honor the offering,...

The bookplates button is now live.

by | Apr 17, 2011 | Journal

By ‘personalizations, we mean tell us who to sign it to. You can order as many as you like. You can order them for your friends and relations. They are stiff (as peel-and-stick labels are) and might do well stuck to the inside cover so they don’t obscure...

Now offering signed bookplates

by | Apr 15, 2011 | Journal

This was suggested by a conversation with an overseas reader: mailing whole books about to get signatures or trying to get signed books by one means or another can be a hassle and very, very expensive, besides risky to your books. If you’d like a nice little...