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After writing, editing, designing, pricing, and finally launching my latest book BROKEN: Navigating the ups and downs of the circus called work, my next tasks dealt with promoting it. With a self-published book, every mention counts, whether it’s in person, by email, and especially through the Web. Since the book’s announcement, lots of people helped bring it to the attention of others.
Sharing—by those beyond the maker—is truly caring, and is not a given. The championing must be earned. Whatever the form (especially the virtual), whatever the size, and whatever the scope, the time and energy to share something are not trivial, because it didn’t have to happen. People, who share things you made, could have easily ignored you. When it does happen, the result is a smile, from the inside out.
Marketing a book is an ongoing process. But I want to take this opportunity to give heartfelt thanks to the following people and groups who made the effort to spread the good word about my book. Thank you for caring and making me smile!
Gigantic thanks to these awesome creative practitioners,
who social-media shared my book BROKEN
(chronological order):
Zealous Bee, Designers,
Producers of “original laser-cut wood and acrylic jewelry”
» Their tweet
Theo Rosendorf, Creative Director,
Author of The Typographic Desk Reference
» His tweet
Sole Sander, Designer, Illustrator
» Her tweet
Joanne Molina, Founding Editor of The Curated Object
» Her tweet
Ryan Evans, Founder of Bitesize PR, Source Sleuth, Lift Marketing, wrote an endorsement of BROKEN
» His tweets: 1, 2
Vook, Publishing platform, produced eBook versions of BROKEN
» Their tweets: 1, 2
Kristen Corpolongo, Consultant, Researcher, Strategist, Writer
» Her tweet
Marcia Conner, Executive Advisor,
Contributor to Fast Company magazine
» Her tweet
Rita Soultanian, Voiceover Artist, Singer
» Her tweet
The Creative Group, Staffing firm
» Their tweet
Mera Mistry, Designer
» Her tweet
Stop Tweeting Boring Shit, book published by Division of Labor
» Their tweet
The Bold Italic, “Online magazine and events hub”
» Their tweet
Stephanie di Biase, Designer,
Co-Author (found through CreativeMornings) of BROKEN
» Her tweet
Eight Hour Day, Graphic Design, Illustration Studio
of Nathan Strandberg and Katie Kirk
» Their tweet
Design Directory, “A comprehensive database of hand-picked design firms, studios, museums, organizations and resources”
» Their tweet
Neftali Morales, New Media Creative
» His tweet
Joe Meersman, Studio Lead at IBM Design
» His tweet
CreativeMornings, “A breakfast lecture series
for the creative community”
» Their tweets: 1, 2
Molly Bramlet, Graphic Designer
» Her tweet
Dan Wagstaff, Founder of The Casual Optimist
» His tweet
Nicole Delger, Brand Advisor, Author of Get Funded
» Her tweet
Jeffrey Yozwiak, Production Coordinator at Vook,
managed the eBook development of BROKEN
» His tweet
Mike Keen, Software Artist
» His tweet
Paul Buck, Founder of Zerofree
» His tweet
Judith Abbate, Book Designer
» Her tweet
John Clifford, Owner of Think Studio, Designer, Author of
Graphic Icons: Visionaries Who Shaped Modern Graphic Design
» His tweets: 1, 2
Guillaume Marin, Freelance Video Editor
» His tweet
Lucy Engelman, Illustrator,
made the wonderful drawings throughout BROKEN
» Her tweets: 1, 2
Dave Cuzner, Founding Editor of Grain Edit
» His tweet
Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology
» Their tweets: 1, 2
Laura Helen Winn, Designer and Co-Founder of Hike Conference
» Her tweets: 1, 2
Eleanor Mayrhofer, Founder of e.m.papers,
wrote an endorsement of BROKEN
» Her tweets: 1, 2, 3
Elaine Chen, Designer,
wrote her soon-to-be-published first novel The Good Brother
» Her tweet
RESUSstudio, Design firm
» Their tweet
Loretta May, Freelance Graphic Designer
» Her tweet
Sergio Salgado, Owner of Furnace Creative
» His tweet
Alma Hoffmann, Designer, Educator
» Her tweet
Amy Feezor, Freelance Writer and Creative Director
» Her tweet
Brianna Sylver, Co-Founder and President of Sylver Consulting
» Her tweet
50,000feet, Design firm
» Their tweet
Veronica Corzo-Durchadt, Founder of Winterbureau,
Co-Founder of Podcast Thing
» Her tweet
Makeshift Society, Coworking space
» Her tweet
Rena Tom, Founder of Makeshift Society, wrote BROKEN’s Foreword
» Her tweet
Chicago chapter of CreativeMornings
» Their tweet
Amy Lin, Pathologist
» Her Facebook post
Jo D, Musician
» Her tweets: 1, 2, 3, 4
Ethan Bodnar, Dean, School of Design at Skillshare
» His tweet
Paul Oeming, Food Photographer,
Organizer of CreativeMornings’ Milwaukee chapter
» His tweets: 1, 2
Angela Wang, Blogger at American Taitai
» Her tweet
George Starr, Designer, Comic-Book Maker
» His tweet
Colossal thanks to these awesome creative practitioners, who retweeted and/or favorited tweets, related to my book BROKEN (chronological order):
Michael Davis-Burchat, Portfolio Roadmap Manager at Nokia
Cara Narkun, Copywriter, Co-Founder of Zealous Bee
Joanne Molina, Founder and Editor of The Curated Object
Marcia Conner, Executive Advisor,
Contributor to Fast Company magazine
Emily Schaeffer, Designer, Photographer
Hike Conference, Educational design conference
The Creative Group, Staffing firm
Chronicle Books, Publisher
Stop Tweeting Boring Shit, book published by Division of Labor
Kate Koza, Marketing and Student Affairs Coordinator,
Institute of Classical Architecture and Art
Whisk, Design firm
The Bold Italic, “Online magazine and events hub”
James Puckett, Type Designer,
whose typeface Recovery was used for BROKEN’s title
Chicago chapter of AIGA, “the professional association for design”
The Purpose Economy, book by Aaron Hurst
Think Studio of John Clifford, Author of Graphic Icons: Visionaries Who Shaped Modern Graphic Design
Kern and Burn, book by Jessica Karle and Timothy Hoover
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Scott Berkun, Author, Speaker
Phil Terry, Founder/CEO of Collaborative Gain,
Co-Author of Customers Included
Nicole Delger, Brand Advisor, Author of Get Funded
Bitesize PR, founded by Ryan Evans, wrote an endorsement of BROKEN
Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology
Dave Goodridge, Singer-Songwriter
Lucy Engelman, Illustrator,
made the wonderful drawings throughout BROKEN
Night Owls Press, Publisher
Rena Tom, Founder of coworking space Makeshift Society
Makeshift Society, Coworking space
Tina Roth Eisenberg, Founder of CreativeMornings, TeuxDeux, Tattly
50,000feet, Design firm
Alma Hoffmann, Designer, Educator
Sergio Salgado, Owner of Furnace Creative
DuaneKing, Creative Director of Huge/KingCoyle,
Founder of Thinking for a Living
Trouvé Magazine, published by Amanda Marko
Stephanie di Biase, Designer, Co-Author (found through CreativeMornings) of BROKEN
Mari Huertas, Technology Consultant,
Manager of Operations at The Manual
Immense thanks to these awesome creative practitioners for featuring my book BROKEN in their respective publication (chronological order):
Joanne Molina, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Curated Object, interviewed me.
Claudia Gerdes, Editor of PAGE magazine,
reached out to me about getting my book featured.
Doug White, Editor of The Creative Group’s blog,
interviewed me—Thanks to John Clifford for the introduction.
Jennifer Maerz, Editor of The Bold Italic, reached out
to me—via Makeshift Society—about featuring my book.
Eight Hour Day, Graphic Design, Illustration Studio of
Nathan Strandberg and Katie Kirk, featured my book on their blog.
Lisa Hazen, edited BROKEN,
interviewed me for BookPromotion.com.
Dave Cuzner, Founder and Editor of Grain Edit,
featured my book on his blog.
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Work can suck—for some, not so much, for others, extensively. BROKEN is a book about making your professional path as productive as possible. Learn more and buy a copy.
