by Laura | Sep 9, 2015 | Book Publishing Topics
Derek Haines, who runs the blog Just Publishing, has an interesting piece on the future of ebooks. After a brief look at the history of ebooks, he lists four interesting predictions about ebooks in the future. Check it out. Subscription Services Haines points out that...
by Laura | Sep 2, 2015 | Book Publishing Topics, Editing-Writing How To
In traditional book publishing, once you finish writing your book you find an agent who will submit it to publishers, and then you can wait up to several months to find out whether it has been accepted or rejected. Publishers very often employ “first readers” to go...
by Laura | Aug 26, 2015 | Childfree Lifestyles
Staying on the theme of one’s later years – During the last year of journalist and author Francine Russo’s diabetic mother’s life, her aging husband and youngest daughter took care of her. Francine’s sister never asked her to do anything,...
by Laura | Aug 19, 2015 | Baby Matrix related, Pronatalism
In this Huffington Post piece, “Who Will Care for Us – the Aging, Childless and Single Population?” aging advocate Carol Marak writes, “Since adult children are the lifeblood of elder care, and I don’t have a child, it’s a concern for me.” Her comment...
by Laura | Aug 5, 2015 | Childfree Events
Last weekend on August 1st marked the third year of celebrating International Childfree Day and awarding the Childfree Man and Woman of the Year. How did it start? While running my blog, La Vie Childfree (which now lives here) , learning of an organization called the...
