It may be time to do away with the term “space aged”. I should be more specific, if you are referring to something modern, it may be time to do away with the term “space aged”.
The Space Age began in the fall of 1957 and technically continues until today. In fact, I don’t see [...]
What are you doing the evening of Wednesday, December 9, 2009?
Recliner Books will be at 100 Wines (Calgary) with Barb Howard’s Notes for Monday, participating at a Writers Guild of Alberta event. The WGA describes the event:
Give the perfect gift this year—a personally-signed book paired with a matching bottle of wine! Join us for a holiday celebration [...]
Hey all,
So I was hoping to post some pictures from the launch here but no such luck. I’m still holding out hope that someone out there has pictures they will send to me and when I get them I will post them here.
On Monday, November 2, 2009, we launched Barb Howard’s Notes for Monday at [...]
Since I am not sure how familiar everyone is with PayPal, I figured I would post a walk-through so you can purchase Notes for Monday with confidence.
Step 1) From the “catalogue” page of the website (www.ReclinerBooks.com/catalogu) click on the “Buy Now” PayPay button. This will take you to PayPal’s website.
Step 2) To pay with VISA [...]
We have updated the website.
Check here: http://reclinerbooks.com/catalogu
And here: http://reclinerbooks.com/readers/events
If you are in Calgary on November 2, 2009, we hope you will come to the book release party for Barb Howard’s Notes for Monday.
If you can’t make it but would like a copy of the novella, we will begin taking pre-orders starting Monday, October 26, 2009. [...]
Happy Thanksgiving. I hope everyone is having a relaxing holiday. Today I want to give you three entries from the Dictionary of Confusable Words.
1) edible/eatable. What is edible is fit for human consumption {edible mushrooms}. What is eatable is at least minimally palatable {the muffins are somewhat burned though still eatable}.
2) decimate. This word literally [...]
Tetro was playing at the Calgary International Film Festival and I went to see it for the following reasons:
1) A friend wanted to see it.
2) It was written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
3) It had an interesting tagline (Every [...]
Distribution. It’s the most important part of a successful book. Well, the most important part after picking a quality manuscript, several rounds of editing, cover design, typesetting, and marketing. In any event, Recliner Books is happy to announce our first distribution agreement with Pages in Kensington, a long-standing, independent book retailer in Calgary.
Now that Recliner [...]
First of all, I want to thank everyone who voted on last week’s poll, resumé and résumé are neck in neck with four votes to three. The poll will stay open indefinitely, so go vote if you haven’t already done so.
At Recliner Books we are looking for manuscripts of literary fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction [...]
In preparing Barb Howard’s manuscript for publication, I came across the word “résumé” and I crossed off the accent on the first “e” and moved along. The next time I met with Barb I was surprised that she had replaced the accent.
“I see you’ve replaced the first accent. I’m pretty sure that’s wrong,” I said [...]
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