New Zanján Review on Humble Baha’i
“I will be the first to tell you that I am a nerd. I love my comics and I love being a grown up fanboy. When I heard about Zanjan, the graphic novel from Aaron Emmel and Aaron Kreader I knew I had to read it asap. I was not disappointed! “First off, I will […]
George Ronald Publisher celebrates its 70th anniversary
George Ronald, the publishing house founded by David Hofman, is celebrating its 70th year. Unfortunately I won’t be able to join in the festivities in England, so I just them a statement expressing my admiration for their work. I’m also enjoying their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/George-Ronald-Books/25850856123
Human Rights and Development
Today, at Dr. John Grayzel’s invitation, I’m guest facilitating a unit on human rights and development in a Wilmette Institute online course on international development. Half the participants are development experts/professionals, so it’s an exciting group.
Playtest
I’ve mentioned previously that I’m working on a new project with Aaron K. and Studio 9. It’s gotten far enough along that I’m ready to announce some more details — it’s a game, and it’s science fiction. Aaron had two people over to play-test it yesterday, the first people who have gotten a sneak peek […]
Thanks, Boston!
Thanks to everyone who joined me for the discussion on Human Rights in an Advancing Civilization on Friday! It was great to meet new people and see those of you I met last time. There were a lot of interesting, thought-provoking comments and questions.
Shorter and faster
I know that people have a lot of demands on their time. That’s especially true in the publishing industry, and particularly so in an era when it seems that everyone is writing a book and with so many self-publishing options every single one of them can immediately be put up for sale. But there’s one […]
Phishing call
I’ve just hung up after a blatant phishing phone call, to my cell phone (which is on the do-not-call registry) from Frederick, Maryland: Male Caller: “We’re calling to follow up on the online survey you recently participated in. How are you doing today?” Me: “I don’t remember taking a survey.” Male Caller: “Good, I’m glad […]
Zanjan discount with Release the Sun
For the next week, BDS is selling Zanján as part of a gift set with William Sears’ classic history Release the Sun for a combined price of $18.0o. If I didn’t have them both already I’d buy them now!
Human Rights available from Special Ideas
Support independent bookstores! Human Rights in an Advancing Civilization is now available from Special Ideas.