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Meanwhile in South Bethlehem…
Some of the Parisian Phoenix authors attended the Southside Arts District’s Chili Fest in South Bethlehem, Pa. on October 18. Angel Ackerman, McKenna Graf, Dawn O’Harra, Larry Sceurman and Dianna Sinovic joined the chili trail at various locations to talk with people as they hopped from tasting to tasting. One of interns, Emily, came up from Eastern…
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Seventh Annual Easton Book Fest
The seventh annual Easton (Pa.) Book Festival (October 13-19) had delightful weather (and some crisp temperatures) and incorporated a variety of wonderful locations and interesting talks, panels and workshops. The people who organize the festival do a wonderful job of improving it every year and they have a keen sense…
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If you live in the Lehigh Valley…
Here is a call to action for local citizens. If you live in the Lehigh Valley, we have a great local resource for political information: Armchair Lehigh Valley. Two former Morning Call editors have developed this local news effort specifically to provide news about local elections in an era where newspapers no longer have reliable newsrooms.…
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Review of Group Portrait… Literature for uncertain times
Another book review appeared for Group Portrait, this time by Cara Goldstone in The Bookends Review, read more here. In the wake of a general election We released Splintered River by E.H. Jacobs last September to make sure it hit the shelves before the presidential election. We thought the book would be a satirical, if not absurdist, view of American…
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Amazon Ads update
I know some people are curious how Amazon Ads are working for Parisian Phoenix. If you don’t know, we got a grant from the Pennsylvania Creative Entrepreneurship Accelerator Program in May, which paid out in late June, which gave us $1,000 to spend on Amazon Ads. We are $600 in, and we survived an…
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Made in the Lehigh Valley
As part of the grant from The Pennsylvania Creative Entrepreneurship Accelerator Program, I will partner with local businesses to promote Parisian Phoenix Publishing. Our first business partner is Genevieve Terpstra from Made in the Lehigh Valley. She collects makers from across the Valley and highlights them on her website, on her social media and at events.…
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Amazon ad progress
I attended a free webinar with Geoff Affleck (of Amazon Ads Management) and learned some of his strategy and compared it to that of Bryan Cohen, whose mini-course I paid for about a month ago. In general, Geoff spends more money than Bryan. So this, and the differences in technique, give me more to…
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Cheap books
A recent search on Amazon showed a variety of our books at reduced prices, some cheaper than I can print them. Most of these books are around or under $5 each: Click here for Echo City
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When the fonts don’t work
Our art director talks about type problems– when the technology changes.
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From the event’s official materials: The evening fare features master storytellers Ingrid Bohn, Jim Cyr, Robin Gow, Charles Kiernan, Denise McCormack, and Larry Sceurman, each known for their ability to bring narratives to life with depth and resonance, as well as favorite regional poets Darrell Parry, Nancy Scott, and Latrice Young whose poetry embodies the participatory power of…
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