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Berlin's Farmers Market Voted Best Small Event in Maryland (9AM to 1PM) A Rich Arts and Food Community My Jimmy Grits Private Eye Book Signing at Greyhound Books (11AM to 3PM) Berlin's Historic Architecture Live Entertainment Visit the historic town of Berlin, Maryland Sunday, June 7th, for their multi-street Farmers’ Market and a book signing for Jimmy... Continue Reading →
This is part two of a two-part post on the 2026 Bay to Ocean Writers’ Conference. Click here to read part one. We filed into Chesapeake College’s Performing Arts Center, where the Eastern Shore Writers’ Association’s leadership provided some remarks, presented awards, and introduced an interview-style keynote between author and publisher Austin Comacho and today’s... Continue Reading →
“Are you going to the writers’ conference Saturday?” My Browseabout Book Store colleague Bethany spun on the squealing desk chair. I rattled-off the sessions I wanted to attend. “The lunch keynote is with S.A. Cosby.” “Wait, S.A. Cosby?” Bethany’s eyes grew wide, and I feared I would become a spotter for a gymnastic-style leap. “I... Continue Reading →
This month's blurbs include the biography of a trend-setting band and the story behind a 250-year-old trend-setting sentence. The Name of this Band is R.E.M by Peter Ames Carlin The college rock band REM-- Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe-- formed in Athens Georgia in 1980. Their music helped to define an... Continue Reading →
The cherry tree outside our window is covered in blossoms creating a white and pink cloud glowing in the sun. This is the first time Judy and I have been able to enjoy the tree’s peak bloom since moving to Rehoboth Beach. I can think of few better promises of summer, and I feel a... Continue Reading →
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, a French inventor, created the oldest surviving photograph in 1826 or 1827, a view through the window of his home. Niépce used a lens to focus light onto a pewter plate covered in Bitumen of Judea, a naturally occurring light-sensitive petroleum. Little did he know his camera would have a considerable impact... Continue Reading →
Here are two recent children's book recommendations I made at Browseabout Books. For our teacher friends, these would make excellent additions to your classroom libraries. Ilona Holland’s children’s book George Washington’s Remarkable Solutions presents an information-rich look at Washington’s innovations and architectural feats at his Mount Vernon estate without shying from the issue of slavery. Holland's approach... Continue Reading →
Carpenter James Marshall discovered gold at Sutter’s Mill in 1848, the same year the United States defeated Mexico in the American-Mexican War and gained the California Territory. John Sutter hired over one hundred men to build his gristmill and the eight-mile race, or ditch, carrying water to the mill. He put Marshall in charge of... Continue Reading →
What would writers of the 1920's think of all this? In part one of “Creating Reflowable Text Ebooks,” I dealt primarily with how reflowable text is different from static text, how to prepare a document for conversion to an ebook file, and I referenced the application Kindle Create. This post, part two, deals with some... Continue Reading →
Most ebooks I’ve published have been of the teacher-resource variety with static pages suitable for printing and reproducing, but I recently revisited the world of reflowable text and learned quite a bit. Reflowable text ebooks allow readers to change text sizes and page orientations while reading, and their devices repaginate the books automatically. About ten... Continue Reading →
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