So, I just want to post a quick plug for our new friend Umbrella Radio!
They play really great Baltimore based music (especially sahffi! ) and literature, and are doing a lot to support local arts and music. Plus, they are really great people.
Both AuthorsBookshop and IndieBookman are going to be partnering with them in [...]

Angelo Solera reads from his novel The Journey – el Camino at the very first BookBurn reading, sponsored by AuthorsBookshop.com and hosted by Koba Cafe in Baltimore, MD April 22, 2009

BookBurn Spring 2009 – The Journey from indiebookman on Vimeo.

Frank Joseph reads from his novel To Love Mercy at the very first BookBurn reading, sponsored by AuthorsBookshop.com and hosted by Koba Cafe in Baltimore, MD April 22, 2009
BookBurn Spring 2009 – To Love Mercy from indiebookman on Vimeo.

AuthorsBookshop.com announces its first
BALTIMORE BOOK BURN EVENT!
We have selected three of our favorite local authors and have invited themto BURN THEIR BOOKS!
Are we really going to burn them?
Heck no! We are going to celebrate them (and all indie books!) by bringingthem to light!
Each of the three authors will read an excerpt from their book. [...]

I just got an email from Lightning Source announcing an introductory deal – they are eliminating the setup fees if your order more than 50 copies. Here is clipping with the pertinent info:
Have you considered using on-demand printing, but wanted to see for yourself how it works? Effective March 23, 2009 through June [...]

AuthorsBookshop member (and author of 5(!) books,) Horace Mungin, just got a really nice write up in the Transport Workers Union newsletter. His book, Subway: After the Irish is an accounting of his years working on the New York City subway.

I think this is a great example of how you can leverage your own [...]