http://michellerichmond.com/sanserif Booknotes, Litlife, & Writing Prompts from bestselling author Michelle Richmond Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:37:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's the Hungarian cover of No One You Know. The Hungarian edition, Nikt kogo znasz, translated by Bo?ena Markiewicz, will be published by Videograf, which also published The Year of Fog. http://michellerichmond.com/sanserif/2010/03/11/no-one-you-know-in-hungary/ My first novel, Dream of the Blue Room (2003, MacAdam/Cage), was re-released by Random House this week in a new paperback edition. I can't tell you how excited I am to have this book back in stores again. The first time, the distribution was limited, and for the first couple ... http://michellerichmond.com/sanserif/2010/02/21/now-out-dream-of-the-blue-room/ Frances Dinkelspiel did a nice write-up for Berkeley Inside about the 8th Annual Author's Dinner at the Berkeley Public Library on Saturday. The food and wine were over-the-top wonderful (especially the homemade banana ice cream), and I had a great time catching up with Rabih Alameddine (The Hakawati), Daniel Mason ... http://michellerichmond.com/sanserif/2010/02/09/books-in-berkeley/ The Authors Guild has launched a website, WhoMovedMyBuyButton.com, "which allows authors to keep track of whether Amazon has removed buy buttons from any of their books." Although we've launched WhoMovedMyBuyButton.com in response to Amazon's wholesale removal of buy buttons from Macmillan titles, we believe Amazon should be monitored for years ... http://michellerichmond.com/sanserif/2010/02/07/who-moved-my-buy-button/ I have long used the Amazon widget on this page because it offers the cleanest graphics and is the easiest way to create a linked, text-enriched slideshow of one’s books–capabilities which, unfortunately, are not yet available to authors through indiebound. For the moment, however, the Amazon widget has been ... http://michellerichmond.com/sanserif/2010/02/05/a-note-to-readers-regarding-amazon/ Three leaders of the women's rights movement in Haiti--Myriam Merlet, Magalie Marcelin and Anne Marie Coriolan--died in last week's earthquake. Read the story here. Merlet, who fled Haiti in the 70s and returned in teh 80s, described the challenges facing women in her homeland in an essay for the anthology ... http://michellerichmond.com/sanserif/2010/01/20/1009/ I still love the brick-and-mortar stores, especially in the Bay Area, where we're blessed with amazing independents. Personal preference aside, however, I do believe that, in the next couple of years, e-books will take over a huge share of the market. One thing paperbacks currently have going for them in ... http://michellerichmond.com/sanserif/2010/01/11/do-you-kindle-do-you-nook/ I just saw the cover for the German translation of No One You Know, which will be published by Diana (Random House Germany) in June. I think it coincides nicely with the German edition of The Year of Fog. I love it when covers of books by the same author ... http://michellerichmond.com/sanserif/2010/01/08/no-one-you-know-in-germany/ ..that Rainn Wilson, the guy who plays Dwight Shrute on The Office, has a smart, funny blog ...that a parking garage could look so mod, courtesy of photographer Jenna Brown (No Room for Necklaces) in Charleston ...that I should have saved this wine for a night when I wasn't home alone with ... http://michellerichmond.com/sanserif/2010/01/04/who-knew-2/ http://michellerichmond.com/sanserif/2009/12/29/life-in-san-franciscos-chinatown/