Wildbound's Weekly Breeze 7/25/18
BOOK INDUSTRY NEWSLibrarian Standoff Against Forbes ...Librarians are throwing books at Forbes magazine after an article proposed replacing all public libraries in the US with Amazon bookstores. Ouch! Read the scoop on the Guardian.Make Friends With Books ...It's true, making friends is tough. But geeking out on books can help. Bookriot made a list of ways to meet some friendly faces this summer by sharing your love of books.Book Lover Turns Books Into Art on Instagram ...How cool is this...? Check out more of this guy's literary creations here.
USELESS FACT TO IMPRESS YOUR FRIEND(S)John Steinbeck used 300 pencils to write East of Eden and was known to use up to 60 pencils in a day.
BOOK PROMOTION TIPHost a Reddit AMA! A what...?!? You're asking. A Reddit AMA is basically an online discussion you host on Reddit where 18 million subscribers can ask you anything about a topic you specify, aka the book you have written or something interesting related to your book. For more info, check out this Livewire article.
WEEKLY $10 GIVEAWAYThis Week's Writing Challenge is to write a 500 word essay on this prompt: "You realize that a shop you walk past every day is only visible to you and no one else. What awaits you inside?" Email your piece to info@wildboundpr.com. The winner will be announced in next week's Weekly Breeze!
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