James Stewart’s column in the New York Times, “Long Odds for Authors Newly Published” about J.K. Rowling aka Robert Galbraith’s book, Cuckoo’s Calling has left me pondering what writing is all about these days. In the article, Stewart discusses how Cuckoo’s Calling under the Galbraith name had to be shopped around at publishers and then, depending on […]
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Books and Chocolate
Posted: 1st August 2013 by jazzdog in Digital Media, DIRTY WATER, Recipe, TOXIC RELATIONSHIPTags: blog, champagne books, crime, DIRTY WATER, mole sauce, recipe, Richard Hacker, Texas, toxic relationship
You may have read about the study published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology recently which noted the beneficial effect of a mild chocolate aroma in the air on book buyers. I am quite confident in the results of the study, given the researchers were Belgian. A grad student at Ole Miss or a professor from […]
Rise of the Digital Book
Posted: 3rd December 2012 by Richard Hacker in Digital Media, UncategorizedTags: blog, eBook, Richard Hacker
Digital Angst
Posted: 25th January 2012 by Richard Hacker in Creativity, Digital Media, Novel, Publishing, UncategorizedTags: analog, digital, eBook, fiction, novel, publishing, reading, Richard Hacker, vinyl disks, writing
Unless you’ve been living on a small deserted island somewhere in the Pacific, you’ve seen a tremendous change in the publishing industry over the last few years. I’ve found myself in many conversations around books, bookstores, the big chains, the online retailers, and the medium itself. Before we used to beat each other up over […]
