Archive for February 9th, 2009

The Literary Life podcast (episode 11)

Monday, February 9th, 2009

Wowwie! Chip and Eric just spent the weekend and NY ComicCon and had the opportunity to interview none other than famed paranormal romance author, Sherrilyn Kenyon, for the return of The BookSwim Minute weekly interview segment.

In addition to that bit of wonderfulness, Chip and Eric also talk about the fun stuff going on this week on BookSwim, as well as right here on The Literary Life, while maintaining the level of wry entertainment you’ve come to expect from the scalawags that host your favorite podcast (ever).

You can check out that ABC Phoenix broadcast mentioned in this week’s podcast here.

Oh, and if you haven’t taken the time yet, go nominate your favorite cheesy romance novels (or “loin-burners” as I’ve heard them called) for this month’s Top Ten, as well as voting for the best graphic novel ever in this week’s Silly Survey.

Also, we’ve got a stockpile of interviews for The BookSwim minute that we’re excited to air. Comment below to let us know whether we should broadcast Brian Michael Bendis or Kim Harrison next week.

ABC 15 Phoenix: “Smart Shopper” by Daphne Munro

Monday, February 9th, 2009

Read the full article at ABC15.com (ABC Affiliate - Phoenix, AZ)

This past week I did a story on Bookswim.com. It is a website where you can rent books kind of like Netflix or blockbuster but for books….

eHow: “How to Rent Books Online”

Monday, February 9th, 2009

Read the full article at eHow.com

Can’t afford that Kindle? Refuse to pay $25 for hardcovers at Barnes & Noble because your library wish list is a mile long?…

….So if you’re on BookSwim’s 3-books-in-circulation “Light Reader Plan,” you can send back two and keep the third to read while your next two books are on their way to you.