TBLP in Canadian Bookseller Magazine
My friend and fellow writer Mark Leslie Lefebvre just wrote an article for Canadian Bookseller magazine about the rise of free podcasting as a way of building a pre-publication audience for a book....
View ArticleOut of town and offline for two weeks…
After a very eventful yet wonderful spring, I’m off to the cottage for two weeks with my wife and two sons for our summer vacation. I’m looking forward to reading and continuing my fledgling efforts...
View ArticleI’m back online after two weeks up north…
I’ve just returned from the family cottage on Georgian Bay where I’ve just spend two weeks offline with my family. It was wonderful despite an unusually high mosquito count. I read several books, swam,...
View ArticleAt last I have it in my hands…
My friend and editor/publisher Doug Gibson dropped by unexpectedly tonight bearing the first copy of the M&S edition of TBLP. What a thrill it is to hold it. It’s much thicker than the original...
View ArticleBack to McMaster for Mac Reads
McMaster will always be a special place for me. I spent six years there earning a mechanical engineering degree and immersing myself in student politics. My McMaster experience led directly to my...
View ArticleReflections on self-publishing
Self-publishing TBLP was not my first choice. After I finished writing it, I spent the better part of a year peddling my manuscript around to agents and publishers with nary a flicker of interest.Â...
View ArticleBookseller has enlightened digital view
Mark (Leslie) Lefebvre is a writer, blogger, booklover, and a bigwig at the McMaster University Bookstore. I met him first more than two years ago when he kindly organized a book launch event at the...
View ArticleTBLP makes another “Decade’s Best” list
This is quite unexpected. Okay, I’m shocked and thrilled at one and the same time. The Mark is a respected daily online forum for news, commentary and debate. One of their regular arts/books...
View ArticleQ & A with The Mark
I’ve been scanning The Mark ever since discovering that my friend Mark Lefebvre is a regular contributor. Last week, they called and we did a Q&A that went live this morning. We covered a fair bit...
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