by Dana Mackenzie | Nov 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
To my Goodreads friends, my Facebook friends, and anyone else who might read this: The Facebook page for my book, The Universe in Zero Words, has now gotten 25 “likes,” which means it is 83 percent of the way to 30 “likes.” If I reach that...
by Dana Mackenzie | Jul 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Let me start by saying that I don’t believe there is any such thing as a bad review. Any reader’s perspective, assuming he or she has actually read the book, is a valid one that an author should consider. However, I do feel as if I’ve been a little...
by Dana Mackenzie | Jul 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Last week I learned about a cool social website for book-lovers, called Goodreads. If you join the site, you can submit reviews and evaluations of books that you have read. You can also network with friends and find out what books they are reading. Think Facebook but...
by Dana Mackenzie | Jun 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
Today an interview with me was posted at “The Browser,” a British website devoted mostly to book reviews. Before I talk about the interview, let me just say how much I love their concept. The centerpiece of the website is called “Five Books,” a...
by Dana Mackenzie | Jun 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
Christian Robert has published a review of The Universe in Zero Words on his blog, Xi’an’s Og. A version of this review will also appear in Chance, published by the American Statistical Association. I’ve been curious to see how my book will be...
by Dana Mackenzie | May 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
This week the British book-review website Popular Science (not to be confused with the American magazine Popular Science) published an interview with me. The format consisted of four questions sent by e-mail, and I was allowed to make the answers as long or as short...
