Category: Books & Publishing
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Authors describe joys and challenges of independent book publishing; link to video
Author Anita Harris reports on a panel about independent publishing on which she appeared with Susan Coppack, Rick Wiggin and Neil O’Hara, on May 14, 2014. The report links to a video of the event, which was sponsored by The Write Stuff, the writers group of the Lincoln, MA Library.
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New Cambridge Observer’s Anita Harris on PBS “To the Contrary”
Cambridge Author and Communications Consultant Anita Harris discusses the Sheryl Sandberg Ban Bossy on PBS’ To the Contrary.
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Cambridge Common Press launches Broken Patterns, 2nd edition–for women’s history month
A new edition of Anita Harris’ book, Broken Patterns, has been published by Cambridge Common Press. The book, tells stories of women in male-dominated professions–and places these groundbreaking women, along with their mothers and grandmothers, in historical context. The book offers insight into issues faced by modern career women and perspective on the debate surrounding…
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My first e-book purchase: Out for Blood…on Vampires, of all things!
Cambridge author Anita Harris on friend Margot Adler’s new book on current fascination with vampires, which explores issues of power, politics, morality, identity, and even the fate of the planet.
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Professional Women Opt Out: A Complicated Conundrum
Like Sheryl Sandberg, the Facebook COO and author of Lean-In, Cambridge author Anita Harris is troubled by the conundrum created when talented women opt out of careers and lose the opportunity to advance to positions that might allow them to influence workplace culture. But, Harris suggests, perhaps it is not the privileged who are likeliest…
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Ebooks and authors: The math of publishing doesn’t add up
Authors have no idea what books cost or what profits publishers make. But even a former English major like me can figure out that authors make next-to-nothing…If only I had a day job, I’d know not to quit it, just yet.