If you weren't able to get to this year's International Christian Retail Show in St. Louis (and even if you were), you'll want to read about it from literary agent Chip MacGregor's always insightful viewpoint: http://bit.ly/dBVZ7B
Thom Campbell, US Media Manager for Intel Corp., is on camera saying he believes the iPad will make the netbook obsolete. Watch the video, but then also read the comments posted at FORA.tv (http://bit.ly/9RsiWV) by people who disagree with him. Fascinating discussion about the limits of the iPad.
Somersault is featured in the weekly newsletter Rush to Press, published by Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (http://ecpa.org). Read it at http://www.ecpa.org/rush/pr41.html
According to a report by CNN, you can now read fiction books on your cell phone using the phone's Web browser or via text messaging. http://bit.ly/9bDef3
Fascinating. I moderated the "Future of the Industry" panel discussion just before ICRS this year and the question of doing a fiction blog came up, composed of either individual short stories or short chapters of an ongoing story.
Could be a kind of never-ending story, like a soap opera. This seems to be another expression of the same creative impulse. And also a good way to help promote a beginning fiction author, or one stuck in the mid-list, and help them find new readers. - Dave Lambert
Thank you David Crumm for such a warm welcome in announcing Somersault in ReadTheSpirit Weekly Planner. Read it http://bit.ly/dphPdD
Publishers Weekly features Somersault. Read it at http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/book-news/religion/article/43704-news-briefs-.html.
Somersault is featured in Book Publishing News by BookCatcher.com http://bit.ly/9FaTbZ
Somersault is featured in the July 3rd edition of the Grand Rapids Press. http://www.mlive.com/living/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/07/former_zondervan_employees_lau.html
For an inspiring video presentation on the advances in social networking, watch this
Here's an interesting quote from Miles Nadal, the Chairman & CEO of MDC Partners (advertising company) about how to leverage change.
"Change is the only constant you can be assured of, whether you believe in it or not. If you hope to make change your ally, if you hope to deploy new ideas with the kind of speed and agility that will give you a competitive advantage, you need to be part of enacting tomorrow's change instead of reacting to yesterday's. The only way to do that consistently and well is by gaining an appreciation of the hidden, underlying forces driving the trends that are visible to all." (From the July 2010 issue of Sky Magazine)