August 10, 2014

Mega thanks to everyone who promoted my book BROKEN (Part 1)


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After writing, editing, designingpricing, 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: 12

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: 12

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: 12

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 Hazenedited 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.