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Mark Leslie is a writer, editor and bookseller who lives in Southern Ontario. In 2005, Mark joined the blogging bandwagon and started posting random thoughts and musings on writing, bookselling and being a father.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Avid Book Buyer

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I was reading an interesting article based on a recent Verso survey (which I'll see in more detail next week at Digital Book World ) w...
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Saturday, January 14, 2012

Reading Challenge 2012

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I've been using Goodreads for a while now and am delighted with the fact that Goodreads reviews are now linked to the book listings on ...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

Post HNT - Being Silly With My Son

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It's Thursday. Again. Still feeling the HNT withdrawl. On the computer monitor at home, the screensaver randomly flashes photos fr...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Magical Bookstore Experience

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A video that has captured the hearts and minds of book lovers comes from a small bookstore in Toronto - Type Books . It's a stop-motio...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Overcoming Visual Distraction

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When I don't have a lot of time to run, I find it easier to pop downstairs and get on the treadmill. It is particularly attractive in th...
Friday, January 06, 2012

Positive Side-Effects

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I love how, sometimes, the little side-effects of a good thing offer up a completely unexpected other good thing. We updated the fixtures ...
Thursday, January 05, 2012

Post HNT Cold Turkey

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This is the first Thursday since retiring from HNT . ( HNT is short for Half-Nekkid Thursday and from 2005 until the last Thursday of 2011, ...
Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Podcast Walk-Through About Self-Publishing

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If you've ever considered wanting to try self-publishing your book but weren't sure where to start, why try to do it on your own? A ...
Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Writing Resolution 2011 Recap

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Every year I try to make some sort of writing resolution. I sometimes meet the plans originally laid out. Here's what I resolved on Ja...
Monday, January 02, 2012

Favourite Books Read in 2011

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I have long been a slow reader. Twice I have read books about speed-reading (including a pretty decent one I read in 2011 year called “Remem...
Saturday, December 31, 2011

Navigating the Digital Tipping Point of the Book World

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I collected a group of essays I wrote which were originally published on The Mark News website. I've been writing a series of articles ...
Thursday, December 29, 2011

The Final HNT

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Every Thursday for the past six years I have been posting half nekkid pictures of myself as part of a world-wide blogger phenomenon. No, the...
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Beautiful Animated Christmas Card

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I recently received an animated Christmas card from a friend in the UK. It was made by Jacquie Lawson called Christmas at Chudwell's ...
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Saturday, December 24, 2011

Merry Christmas

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As another Christmas Eve begins to slip away, and, the annual family snuggle-read of Twas the Night Before Christmas is done, the magic rei...
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