Category Archives: What People Are Reading

An Interview with Mike Madrid

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Ed Battistella

San Franciscan Mike Madrid is former advertising executive, the author of The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines, which explored comic superheroines like wonder Woman, Batwoman, Elektra, Storm and the She-Hulk, and Madrid is a … Continue reading →

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Everyday Book Marketing

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Ed Battistella

I’ve got a book in the works, so I’ve been looking forward to Midge Raymond’s EVERYDAY BOOK MARKETING. Sometimes anticipating a book can lead to disappointment, but that wasn’t the case here. Raymond covers groundwork, promotion, book tours, book launches, … Continue reading →

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Indiegogo and Goodreads

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Ed Battistella

I‘ve been keeping up with my summer reading, which will soon transition to my sabbatical reading, and even joined Goodreads so you can those read those here. Right now I’ve finishing Mike Madrid’s Divas, Dames, and Daredevils, Melissa Mohr’s Holy … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Margalit Fox

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Ed Battistella

Margalit Fox is a New York Times journalist originally trained as a linguist. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in linguistics from Stony Brook University and a master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Her journalistic work … Continue reading →

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