As in guillotine...

"This is Fine" stuffed dog; a framed Writer's Digest cover; collected editions of The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes. In front, a miniature guillotine.

Five Things: April 14, 2022

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:April 14, 2022
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Five things for April 14, 2022. That's it! That's the excerpt.

Five Things: March 17, 2022

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:March 17, 2022
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Five things for March 17, 2022. That's it! That's the excerpt.

An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

Stroke Me, Stroke Me — Nine Months Later

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:March 2, 2022
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tldr: I'm doing pretty good physically now, but the mental side effects of having an unexplained stroke in the middle of a pandemic really suck. Running helps. "Go with what is. Use what happens."

Five Things: February 17, 2022

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Post published:February 17, 2022
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Five things for February 17, 2022. That's it! That's the excerpt.

Five Things: February 3, 2022

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:February 3, 2022
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Five things for February 3, 2022. That's it! That's the excerpt.

Five Things: January 20, 2022

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:January 20, 2022
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Five things for January 20, 2022. That's it! That's the excerpt.

Engaging New Readers with Ebooks in Public Libraries

Public Libraries and Ebooks Redux [for Independent Publishers]

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:January 13, 2022
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I had the pleasure of kicking off the new year by participating in IBPA's PubU Online webinar series, presenting "Engaging New Readers with Ebooks in Public Libraries" and I've posted my slides and written up my main presentation here as it pulled together a few threads I haven't addressed in one place before. Non-IBPA members and other library-curious types might find them useful as a starting point to learn more about how libraries work, and why they're an important partner for publishers of all sizes.