Ouch, Very Ouch

posted 10.27.04 The glamour of authorship aside, there are times where a small, tight pain crosses the scribe's brow. Such is the case with a particular copy of Book of Ages 30 for sale via Amazon.com's user marketplace. One particular copy, reports... continued

Google Sponsored Links Update

posted 12.05.03 Search for "Joshua Albertson" Search for "Jonathan Van Gieson" Search for "Lockhart Steele"... continued

Pop-up 30

posted 11.20.03 Well, we saw the Netscape love, but we needed to tune in to 601am to find out we had also scored an AOL popup plug linking to that article. Whooo-hooo! It's hard to decide which sidebar item on the Netscape... continued

Website Design: No Tears Shed

posted 11.10.03 Of all the tasks facing us as we developed the book and marketing, without a doubt the one that caused the least dissention in the ranks was this web presence you currently browse. In toto, we probably spent more time... continued

Amazon Update

posted 11.04.03 Some important developments: · Sample pages, which were mysteriously removed sometime last month after we heralded their arrival, are back and looking much worse. · Our customers have changed their shopping habits. Out with Pulitzer Prize winners, in with Vice... continued

Google Text Ad Fun

posted 10.28.03 If you're Barnes & Noble, still playing catchup Amazon in the online bookselling space, how do you juice your fourth quarter sales? By buying Google text ads for Book of Ages 30. How good a job did B&N do... continued

Ship It!

posted 10.20.03 A day ahead of the announced release date, Amazon.com has starting shipping Book of Ages 30. We thought you'd like to know that we shipped your items today, and that this completes your order. The following items were included in... continued

Amazon Watch

posted 10.14.03 There's no other way to say this: this book is superhot. Now featuring Jhumpa Lahiri, a 5-digit ranking, and sample pages (N.B.: "Excerpt," for a delicious taste of BOA's high-concept prose). Whoring Our Product [Amazon.com]... continued

Amazon Watch

posted 10.01.03 Besides keeping a close eye on our Amazon sales rank (today: 956,186), we're also keen students of Amazon's similar items feature. Back in August, we found ourselves in rather hip company: Customers who shopped for this item also shopped for... continued