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Essay Self-Published Jewish-Themed Books Come of Age by Stephen WittIn the brave new digital world of the book business, self-published authors enjoy a new clout. And every week this translates into more self-published… Stephen Witt March 20, 2013
News RA and Jewish Lights Publishing Form Joint Publishing Imprint Posted by Jackie AnzarootIt was announced last week that two major players in the Jewish book world, Jewish Lights Publishing and the Rabbinical Assembly, will be… Jackie Anzaroot March 5, 2013
Interview Self-Surveillance In this week’s installment of the Visiting Scribe, Joshua Cohen and Justin Taylor exchanged ideas around book promotion, materials of writing, and the devolution of… Joshua Cohen, Justin Taylor August 10, 2012
Interview Quality Grumbling In this installment of the Visiting Scribe, Joshua Cohen and Justin Taylor exchange ideas around book promotion, materials of writing, and the devolution of the… Joshua Cohen, Justin Taylor August 8, 2012
Interview Promowork: A Necessary Evil In this installment of the Visiting Scribe, Joshua Cohen and Justin Taylor exchange ideas around book promotion, materials of writing, and the devolution of the… Joshua Cohen, Justin Taylor August 6, 2012
Essay Codex vs. Kindle Matti Friedman is a reporter in Jerusalem for the Times of Israel, and author of The Aleppo Codex. He will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and… Matti Friedman July 16, 2012
Essay Why Self-Publish? Earlier this week, Pnina Jacobson and Judy Kempler wrote the aging Jewish community and the Australian Jewish community. In today’s post, they discuss their… Judy Kempler, Pnina Jacobson June 13, 2012
Essay It Takes Two Earlier this week, Dvora Meyers wrote about being an Orthodox Jewish gymnast. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning.As… Dvora Meyers May 17, 2012
Essay Writers Should Get Up Early Earlier this week, Matthue Roth blogged about publishing a real life old-fashioned book. He will be blogging all week for JBC and MJL.As a glutton for torture… Matthue Roth December 7, 2011
Essay Publishing a Real Life Old-Fashioned Book Matthue Roth’s latest book, Automatic, is now available. He will be blogging here for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning all week.Here’s the thing about… Matthue Roth December 5, 2011
Essay JBC in Jerusalem: Simtaot Books Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterOur friends over at Urim Publications connected us with one of their new colleagues in the field, Simtaot… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 23, 2011
Essay Questions that Signal Success Joel Chasnoff has been blogging all month for the Jewish Book Council on his NETWORK author tour.Writing from Houston, TX, in the midst of the mega-est week… Joel Chasnoff November 11, 2010
Essay Field Stories Without Names Yesterday, Martin Fletcher wrote about stories he’s covered for NBC’s London bureau. His newest book, Walking Israel: A Personal Search for the Soul of… Martin Fletcher September 28, 2010
Essay My Other Baby On Monday, Gal Beckerman wrote about barbecuing with hijackers. His first book, When They Come for Us, We’ll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle to Save… Gal Beckerman September 15, 2010
News An Even More Jewish Dating Site Than JDate Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterAlikewise: Dating based on book tastesLove it.We skimmed the profiles to find a few Jewy ones:On Portnoy’s Complaint:… Naomi Firestone-Teeter August 19, 2010
News Kafka Manuscripts: The Fight Over Kafka Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe blogosphere has been abuzz over the the newly found Kafka manuscripts (examples on: JPS, Tablet, and Jewcy). Rodger… Naomi Firestone-Teeter July 30, 2010
