Category Archives: publishing

2 libro nga Ilokano, nangabak iti National Book Award

Posted on 11/25/2012 by mannurat

Iti umuna a gundaway, nainominar kas finalists ken nangabak ti libro nga Ilokano iti National Book Awards nga immatonan ti National Book Development Board (NBDB) ken ti Manila Critics Circle (MCC). Sigud a dagiti laeng naipablaak a libro a Tagalog … Continue reading →

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Beware the false compliments that are killing your writing

Posted on 11/01/2012 by mannurat

If there was a 10 Commandments of Writing it would be at #5, just ahead of ‘Thou shalt not write thy novel in a Starbucks’. The people around you can help simply by bringing you a refreshing cup of tea, … Continue reading →

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20 beautiful private and personal libraries

Posted on 02/20/2012 by mannurat

Apo, adda la koma met kastoy a bibliotekak! Wenno maurnosko la koma met(ten) dagiti agkaiwara a librok, aya, kas kadagitoy… By Emily Temple @ Flavorpill Here at Flavorpill, we can’t really get enough of gazing lovingly at photographs of books. We know … Continue reading →

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On translation, by a master translator

Posted on 02/11/2012 by mannurat

Edith Grossman, the translator of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and other Latino writers, has an excellent essay, on, what else, translation. I like what she said, that (emphasis mine, bold): Publishers have their excuses, of course. A persistent but not very … Continue reading →

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Self-publishing a book: 25 things you need to know

Posted on 02/09/2012 by mannurat

By David Carnoy I know, I know. This is a column about cutting-edge electronics. So, apologies to gadget-heads as I take a brief sojourn into the land of self-publishing, which has become a lot more high-tech than a lot of people … Continue reading →

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