I’ve recently become a master in Goki Feng Ho, the ancient Chinese art of decoding license plates. It has, you can imagine, changed my life for the better.

September 23, 1862 marks the wedding of one of them the most tumultuous couples in literary history when Leo Tolstoy married Sophie Andreyevna Behrs

Cynthia Kocialski wrote the book “Startup From the Ground Up” which I thought was very informative. I had several questions for Ms. Kocialski

“Daughters of Iraq” by Revital Shiri-Horowitz is a well written account of Jewish Iraqi family who is forced to immigrate to Israel from Iraq in the 1950s.

While the story is also about the coming of age, it is also a touching testament to the early immigrant spirit and the hardships of life

Share 3 things you are essential tried and true practices for every blogger and 1-3 new trends or tools you’ve adapted recently or would like to in the future. Interesting topic and I’d be interested to read what others have written. But let’s not pontificate: Tried & True: 1) Comment on other blogs – karma’s great. 2) Personalize the posts. Sure it’s nice to hear a synopsis, but I want to also know about the person. 3) Quality trumps quantity! New Trends and/or Tools: 1) Get your own domain – it’s affordable, professional and looks great on a business card 2) Editorial calendars are a blessing. I use WordPress Editorial Calendar 3) Read out of your comfort zone, even if you don’t like it at first it will make you a better person, reader and blogger. Zohar – Man of la Book

Since starting this blog I have discovered some wonderful authors which I never would have read. Not only books which I might have passed on in the past, but those which I most likely never would have heard about because from one reason or another they did not make it onto the precious shelf space at my local book stores. The key was finding bloggers who have my taste, that might seem like an easy task to many people (especially ladies who are into paranormal), but to me it was not easy. However, I did manage to find several, among them is The Children’s War, Knitting and Sundries, Boston Book Bums and Janette Fuller and more. What I really learned a lot from my time blogging has more to do with marketing and publishing. Before I didn’t pay much attention to book marketing, but now it seems as if I learn something new each and every day. I learned how hard authors work to promote their books, that the “system” can be either very good or very bad but very rarely is it in the middle. I’ve learned a lot about social media marketing, blog marketing and product promotion. And…

The author realizes that there isn’t a magic formula which will work for all businesses, but she does provide a lot of valuable information in a package which is easy to read, understand and comprehend.

I only have been blogging for a bit more than a year and I don’t feel qualified to give anyone tips about building a community. However since this is the daily topic I’m going to try. Most important is to keep doing what you enjoy. Don’t try to appease others, don’t try to read books you “think” your followers want you to read and don’t overload yourself with deadlines. This is a hobby, it’s fun, it’s hectic, it’s pleasing and rewarding –but don’t make it work. Keep enjoying reading and don’t being afraid to express an opinion, follow other bloggers, see how they handle tough situations, seeing how they start/end discussion and don’t be afraid to participate. Don’t be afraid to ask questions, you’ll find a plethora of information and good will if you simply ask. Parajunkee even have a weekly feature called “Book Blogging 101” which is one of my favorites. Zohar – Man of la Book Related articles BBAW Day 2 – Blogger Interview! (walkietalkiebookclub.wordpress.com) My BBAW Interview Swap with Lu from Regular Rumination (bookjourney.wordpress.com) BBAW: Community (thecheapreader.wordpress.com) BBAW – Day One: COMMUNITY (bookjourney.wordpress.com) Thanks to the Blogger!!!!! (mylibrarycardworeout.wordpress.com)

Author J.E. Fish­man, who wrote Primacy, had a very inter­est­ing career in the book busi­ness; his blog is fas­ci­nat­ing and enlight­en­ing.