Liz Scheier is the Editorial Director of Digital Content at Barnes & Noble.com. She lives in Brooklyn with her partner. Welcome, Liz, please describe your new position with Barnes and Noble. I work on developing new lines of content for bn.com and across all our mobile platforms. I also do promotions on a title-by-title basis, [...]

Author Victoria Holt died aboard a cruise ship. Me, I’d really rather live on one! Here’s pictorial proof that you can ply your writing trade in a stateroom: the new iPad and keyboard were awesome! Kept in touch via email, ripped up the sample chapters I’d stalled on to revamp them in a different POV, [...]

A friend Tweeted recently, saying “illegal downloaders/pirates SUCK. That is all.” I absolutely agree with the first sentiment. And, sure, the Tweeter meant “That is all” as a sign-off, but in its other sense, it’s not all. Not anywhere close to being all. A blog I posted here in January  about trying to pull the [...]

While I’m so not a geek, or gadget-happy, the moment I saw my first iPad ad early this year, I HAD to have one! Bought mine direct from the Apple store online (no waiting in lines, thanks!) the first day they went up for order, and got free shipping, and received it on THE DAY [...]