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The Book Wasn’t Written in a Day

January 10, 2011
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In case you haven’t heard, Snooki has published her debut novel, A Shore Thing. Snooki wasn’t the only “celebrity” to score a book deal in 2010. Justin Bieber wrote a memoir. Hillary Duff, Lauren Conrad, and Nicole Ritchie penned novels. These days, anyone can write a book! Well, these celebrities don’t actually write their books (surprise!).

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Judging a Book by Its Amazon.com Rating

June 29, 2010
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When I was a kid, I would go to the library and choose a stack of books based on their cover art or clever titles. This was a mostly hit or miss strategy, and I would usually end up picking a lot of stuff that I didn’t like. But, when I was a kid, that was okay – I had a lot of free time!

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At Least Facebook Has a Privacy Policy

May 20, 2010
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Over the years, our judicial system has taken many steps to ensure that public libraries protect the reader’s privacy. Libraries store very little information about their patrons, and “In many states, violating a public library reading record statute is a misdemeanor criminal violation”.

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Always Leverage the Other Medium

May 4, 2010
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If you love a craft, you should practice it, no matter what. Don’t think too much about trends. If you recognize a need for a blog, then you should be the one to start that blog! Just think about how many other people online have the same questions that you do; use social media to find those people and empower the community.

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Seven Friends in Common with Snow White

March 25, 2010
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Curious to see whether a similar book already existed, Emily searched Amazon and scoured the shelves at her local bookstores. She found plenty of books about Facebook etiquette and how-to’s, but she couldn’t find anything about the effect that Facebook was having on society. She wanted to write this book.

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