http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/blog/ "Leftovers, beverages, and snacks unsuitable for mass consumption" en-us 2004-11-12T18:56:47+00:00 Publishers Marketplace The Publishers Lunch Guy hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00:00+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/images/PM_rssimg.gif http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/ http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/blog/index.html#20041112125540 How embarrassing to see that people have been checking this blog with some frequency but I haven't been updating it. Sorry. So as you've seen from Lunch, I've been thinking a lot about RSS feeds these days, and ways to push Marketplace information to people selectively. I guess part of my late awakening comes from the integration of RSS into the new My Yahoo page (which I use frequently to aggregate a lot of other content), along with the simple RSS Bookmark feature in the just-released ... The Publishers Lunch Guy 2004-11-12T18:55:40+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/blog/index.html#20040907190035 We're officially finished with the beta phase of our new Blog page template, so now any PM.com member can take advantage of this option. Already our few test bloggers have consistently made the Most Visited Pages list and are posting terrific stuff. MJ Rose is conducting a very interesting and provocative discussion about marketing books, and she's joined by the likes of Mark Sarvas (highlighting his outside blog The Elegant Variation), John Kremer, and longtime member Jerry Hatchett. Not ... The Publishers Lunch Guy 2004-09-08T00:00:35+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/blog/index.html#20040811140433 Of course we hope and expect that many authors will want to use our new easy blogging format. But we see it a great way of exponentially expanding the circle of trade information that Lunch/Marketplace can present to the community. We may take some concrete steps to that end to encourage/promote blogs from a few insiders in various parts of the business. But consider this a clarion call to all! Also, even if you're already blogging outside of PublishersMarketplace, you can set up a "mirror" ... The Publishers Lunch Guy 2004-08-11T19:04:33+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/blog/index.html#20040806161049 This is my first sample entry in the new blog template we're adding to PublishersMarketplace any day now. For months now, I've wondered aloud why more authors (and their publishers) don't establish blogs to connect with readers. Since we like to put our programming where our mouths are, we decided to create our own PM.com blog format. We're very consciously not trying to replicate all of the features that come with Typepad or Moveable Type or other true blogger programs. What we've done is ... The Publishers Lunch Guy 2004-08-06T21:10:49+00:00