by Dana Mackenzie | Jul 20, 2012 | Books, Events
My Goodreads book giveaway has begun! You have three weeks to enter for a chance to win an autographed copy of The Universe in Zero Words. I am offering three copies. So far, in the first 12 hours of the promotion, there are 64 entrants. The deadline for entry is...
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 | Jul 12, 2012 | Books, Mathematics
In 2010 I was invited to write a glossy brochure for a committee of the National Academy of Sciences called “Mathematics in the Year 2025.” The committee was charged with making recommendations for government support of mathematics over the next decade or...
by Dana Mackenzie | Jul 1, 2012 | Books, Events, Santa Cruz
I have some exciting news to pass along about Capitola Book Cafe’s “Survive & Thrive” campaign. As I wrote earlier, they were trying to raise $285,000 by June 30 in order to keep their for-profit business going and also to start a non-profit...
