Accidental travel photographers tend to take photos at the same places where everyone else is taking pictures. If you want your travel pictures to look better than 99% of all photos taken in that same spot, you may want a little help from an expert. The travel photography expert is … Read >
If you have always wanted to stay a night at a library, now it is possible in Wales
There is an atmosphere of utmost safety and eternal truth in old libraries. They are like small and simple worlds inside the big and complex world we live in. On top of that, old libraries often are beautiful. So, who wouldn’t like to stay a night in a library where … Read >
Ebooks news digest: nonfiction writing prompts, best photos of 2016, breakthrough of remote work
Ebook news digest January 1, 2017
Plan Your Year: Nonfiction Writing Prompt #52
(Write Nonfiction Now!)
Writing a nonfiction book or article requires planning. Often, the hard part is to decide what to include and what to exclude, even though sometimes, a writer has already processed it at … Read >
Why I quit Yahoo and Gmail when I started traveling
A few years ago, when I started traveling for work, a strange thing happened with some of the web services I had been using. These cloud services, such as email, photo sharing and calendar refused to let me in to my account. I really needed to access them because my … Read >
Even without daylight, mysterious lights glow in Lapland in winter
The daylight period is short or even non-existent in Lapland during the weeks before and after the solstice, but it doesn’t mean that it is completely dark in winter in the Europe’s northernmost corner. Snow covers the ground in the whole region, efficiently reflecting every beam of light the stars, … Read >
Ebooks news digest: dealing with a big publisher, writers conferences, tips from Hemingway
Ebook news digest December 21, 2017
Why I still won’t review for or publish with Elsevier–and think you shouldn’t either
(Tal Yarkoni)
Scientific publishing is a vast business sector within the publishing industry. The biggest publisher of the sector is Elsevier that has been often accused of acting … Read >
Sweden’s book city: Gothenburg
Stockholm is the capital and the most populous city of Sweden, but Gothenburg on the country’s West Coast features the largest annual book show of Scandinavia. Maybe it is simply because Denmark, Germany and Norway are not far away from Gothenburg, or maybe the city has traditions in book business.… Read >
This is why book publishers want details about potential authors’ blog and social media footprint
If you already have had an opportunity to talk to a book publisher or an agent about your terrific book concept, you may have been asked about your blog and social media presence. For you, they don’t necessarily have anything to do with your aspirations as a writer. Maybe you … Read >
Something about bookstores in Porto, Portugal that makes people queue up
Not only the Lello bookstore (aka Harry Potter bookstore) is attracting visitors in Porto, Portugal, but also local people don’t mind queuing to a bookstore every now and then.
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The Icehotel in Swedish Lapland to stay frozen and open for guests around the year
During winter, there is an abundance of raw material available in Lapland if you want to build a hotel using blocks of ice, or a castle from blocks of snow. In fact, an icehotel has been operating in Swedish Lapland in the tiny village of Jukkasjärvi near Kiruna for many … Read >