tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10847733.post-64557446683145187962008-05-08T15:04:00.000-07:002008-05-08T15:08:19.448-07:00<p class="MsoNormal"><img style="width: 121px; height: 178px;" alt="http://blog.turnhere.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/03/26/hh_tohorwitz_002_j.jpg" src="http://blog.turnhere.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/03/26/hh_tohorwitz_002_j.jpg" /> This is something I haven’t seen before. An author’s blog <a href="http://blogs.usatoday.com/livefrom/">hosted on a newspaper site.</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tony Horwitz, </span>the author of the fabulous <span style="font-style: italic;">Confederates in the Attic</span>, is promoting his new book, <span style="font-style: italic;">A</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Trip Long and Strange</span>. It’s an exploration of <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> before the pilgrims sailed over on the Mayflower, the missing century as he puts it. Tony, like many authors, i<a href="http://blogs.usatoday.com/livefrom/">s blogging about his book</a> tour. You can access the blog from his website, but you can also find it on the USA Today website.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>Now Amazon has been hosting blogs of the authors it sells and many bookstores ask authors to guest blog. But I have never seen this marriage of author, publishing, and newspaper. It’s actually a great idea, as it brings an author to a broader audience. (via <a href="http://www.juliaflynnsiler.com/blog/">Julia Flynn Siler)</a></p>Franceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00841865048085425498noreply@blogger.com