Virtual Book Tour: Day #2 Stop
Today the tour cruises into California for a stop at Booboolina.com. Site owner Kristin Garrity will be providing her thoughts.
In VBT news: The tour was mentioned at Boing Boing! which is like a nod from Oprah in weblogistan. Thanks to tour member Heath Row for the tip-off.
Also, tour info has been amended to include a contact address (duh) and to illuminate a bit the origins of the idea. I was inspired by Ben Brown and Greg Knauss at So New Media, an excellent micropress based in Austin. Greg did this for his first book. I later invited Ben to sit on a panel with me at SXSWi on the interaction of web and book culture. I then borrowed liberally from Ben and Greg’s idea and decided to try in a smaller concentrated way and with the New York publishing industry aware of what were were up to and the possibilities it contained.
So, in sum, my VBT was an amplification and a rejiggering of theirs, which would make me kinda like Elvis to Ben and Greg’s James Brown.
Tomorrow, the tour pulls into New York City for a stop at Carrie Bickner’s Rogue Librarian.com. Oh and if you’re curious about Stiff or what you’ve read about it, why not pick up a copy?