Posted by Jeff Markowitz on Tuesday, May 10, 2011,
Unable to rely on bookstores as the focus for their promotional efforts, unable to attract readers in large enough numbers to their own company websites and unwilling to cede the digital marketplace to amazon, the big New York publishing houses are joining forces to launch bookish, the "new digital destination for readers". Bookish will be financed by Simon & Schuster, Penguin Group USA and Hachette Book Group, until the company becomes profitable. Carolyn Reidy, president and CEO of Simon... Continue reading ...
As a young actress, Yvette Vickers appeared in the 1958 B movie cult classic, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. She played the part of Honey Parker, the "other woman" who seduces the 50 foot woman's husband. ("When she's in the booby hatch, throw the key away. That'll put you in the driver's seat. You'd make a wild driver, Harry... with fifty million bucks.")
But her credits go well beyond Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. She was Roxy in Reform School Girl and Daisy in Shortcut to Hell. She was ...
Folks tell me that my blog address is cumbersome, that it's hard to spell and even harder to remember. They may very well be right. Although it's derived from the title of my first mystery, even I can recognize that it's not a user-friendly address. So this page will contain selected entries from that blog. Each entry will include a link back to the original post. Use the link to read comments about the post and to add your own.
Folks tell me that my blog address is cumbersome, that it's hard to spell and even harder to remember. They may very well be right. Although it's derived from the title of my first mystery, even I can recognize that it's not a user-friendly address. So this page will contain selected entries from that blog. Each entry will include a link back to the original post. Use the link to read comments about the post and to add your own.
