Category: Week in Review

• Apartment Tour: Part Two

  Just like I promised, here’s part two of the tour of my new apartment. Just off of the living room is my little dining room. Table and chairs: estate sale with DIY seat cushions Sideboard: Ethan Allen Sale (similar) Silverplate tea set: estate sale (similar) Wine rack: Pottery Barn (similar) I’m in love with my…

  alexandrap529

  August 16, 2012

  Reviews, Travel, Week in Pictures

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• Apartment Tour: Part One

  Even though this blog primarily follows my literary adventures, I wanted to share what I’ve been working on for the past few weeks. When I returned from the NYU Publishing Institute in NYC I packed up a UHaul and moved to Chapel Hill, NC. Though it was a whirlwind of packing and unpacking, I’m a…

  alexandrap529

  August 14, 2012

  Travel, Week in Pictures

  chapel hill, diy, ethan allen, first apartment, living room, moving, new apartment, north carolina, nyu publishing institute, outlet, pottery barn, spi

• NYU Summer Publishing Institute: Final Book Project

  Even though I haven’t posted about the final two weeks of the NYU Summer Publishing Institute yet, I couldn’t wait to share my Book Project. As with the Magazine Section, I was put in a group to complete the launch project. This time we were supposed to create an imprint, complete with Profit & Loss…

  alexandrap529

  July 17, 2012

  Education, Week in Review

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• This is the Start of Something New: Book Publishing Week 1

  The keynote speech was given by Markus Dohle of Random House. Though he is relatively new to publishing he really made all of us excited to enter the industry.* He spoke about how the industry is changing in really exciting ways – from ebooks to what comes after them. After Dohle’s speech he took a picture with…

  alexandrap529

  July 9, 2012

  Week in Review

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• Fascinating Monday Morning Read

  This one interested me so much that I couldn’t wait until the “Week in Review: What I Read” post! There’s a hotel in England that is putting kindles in every room instead of using printed Bibles. While this is an expensive proposition it seems really awesome! If you get bored while staying at the hotel…

  alexandrap529

  July 9, 2012

  Week in Review, What I read

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