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Using YouTube? Double-up on Vimeo

Posted by on Aug 9, 2012 in Marketing Advice, Social Media | 2 comments

Have your book trailers and author interviews on YouTube only?  Changes at Apple for the future iPad and iPhone will exclude YouTube from those devices–highly irritating.   Learn why you should also have your content on Vimeo  here.  Curious City will be following this “not all your eggs in one basket” suggestion soon! Share...

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Stories TBD

Posted by on Oct 25, 2011 in Children's Book Illustration, Social Media | Comments Off on Stories TBD

Stories TBD

Long ago I decided to only post when a project was complete.  Complete?  Whenever is the messy, compelling work of engagement work around children’s lit complete?  What about the ideas that bubble up every day?  The sweet progress and frightful road blocks?  Each day we have brainstorms around manuscripts, galleys, and F&G’s–things happening now that will not happen to readers until months or years from now.   Illustrator Jamie Hogan’s Jamie Peeps blog is endlessly compelling because it is about the rich creative life she is living now.  Is there room for...

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