Social media/blogging update
A few months ago, I decided to join Tumblr and see what it was all about. I so rarely have time for real blogging nowadays, and most of my newsy things get posted on Facebook or Twitter. However, there are …
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Friends & Family Sale
If you didn’t see me hyping this up on pretty much all social media on Thursday and Friday, here’s your chance to know about a sweet deal for all my books, this week only (ends Friday)—the Tu Books Friends & …
#diverselit
Side note: I just realized—thanks to a congratulatory email on LinkedIn, of all things—that I’ve now officially been at Lee & Low Books for 3 years, almost to the day (I believe I started on March 5, 2010, but my …
It’s organization time
With new titles come new responsibilities, which means more to keep track of. I’m about to overhaul my desk and my task-management system, so before I really dig in beyond cleaning my desk, I thought I’d throw the questions out …
How to get in on holiday-discount action at Tu Books
Have you been waiting for the right time—for example, a holiday promotional event—to buy a Tu Book or two? We’ll be sending out a special holiday discount to all our e-news subscribers, so sign up for our e-news to be sure …
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A Is for Anansi conference
If you’re in New York City and have the time (i.e., you’re not out volunteering or salvaging your own home) the A Is for Anansi conference at NYU this weekend is still on, despite the university being shut down for …
New Visions extension announcement
As I was talking about yesterday, Hurricane Sandy has affected us at Lee & Low—our office is still currently without power—o we understand that it has made it hard especially for those in the path of the storm to get …
Logistics of New Visions due to Hurricane Sandy
I have just weathered the hurricane in relative style—thankfully, my neighborhood came out relatively unscathed compared to other places. I still have power and internet (mostly, though some flickers), and I live on high ground. A friend and I just …
New Visions Award–deadline approaching!
I haven’t been blogging very consistently, I know—which made me only realize today that despite my many mentions of it on Twitter and Facebook, I haven’t yet talked about our New Visions Award here on the blog yet! With less …
Las Comadres conference in October
I’ll be at this conference, and hope you can make it as well! Info below is from the press release: Las Comadres to Host October Conference for Latino Writers Day-Long Event to Offer Experts, Insight into Publishing Industry Opportunities New …