Grand Opening
March 14–20
A big thank you to everyone who joined us as we celebrated the opening of our bookstore in Second Life with a selection of notable author interviews. If you missed the interviews, recordings are provided below.
Schedule
| Jasper Fforde | Sun 14 Mar, 1:00pm SLT |
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| Jasper Fforde is the author of a variety of novels
that engage the imagination in a way that is likely to appeal to many
Second Life residents. These include the bestselling Thursday Next
series starting with “The Eyre Affair”, The Nursery Crime series, and
his newest book, “Shades of Grey”. Web site Books Interview Recording |
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| Bob Garfield | Sun 14 Mar, 5:00pm SLT |
| Bob Garfield is host of the NPR show “On The Media”.
He is also the author of a variety of books about advertising and the
media including his latest: “The Chaos Scenario”. It’s an entertaining
book which discusses how social media has changed the nature of media
and business. Web site Books Interview Recording |
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| Peter May | Tue 16 Mar, 3:00pm SLT |
| Peter May is the author of a number of books including
“Virtually Dead”, one of the first novels set in SL. It’s a thriller
that spans RL and SL and will be fun reading for SL residents who
enjoy page-turning fiction. Web site Books Interview Recording |
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| Jeff Barr | Wed 17 Mar, 1:00pm SLT |
| Jeff Barr may be more familiar to many SL residents as
his SL avatar Jeffronius Batra. He is Amazon’s Web Evangelist, and now
he has written a book about hosting Web sites in the cloud using
Amazon’s Web Services. This will be one of his first opportunities to
speak about this new book. Web site Books Interview Recording |
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| Sarah Susanka | Fri 19 Mar, 1:00pm SLT |
| Sarah Susanka is a renowned RL architect and is the
author of a number of books about creating and remodeling houses to
make them fit our lives. She also has a book that uses architecture as
a metaphor for the way we live our lives. SL residents interested in
architecture and design are likely to be interested in what she has to
say as are those who are just interested in being mindful about the
way they live. Web site Books Interview Recording |
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| Douglas Rushkoff | Fri 19 Mar, 6:00pm SLT |
| Douglas Rushkoff will be familiar to many SL residents
as a result of his work on the Digital Nation program recently shown
on PBS. He is also the author of a number of books including “Life
Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take it Back”. Web site Books Interview Recording |
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Updates
| Second Life: | Join the Metaverse Books group. |
| Twitter: | Follow Metaverse Books. |
Questions
Contact Strachan Ofarrel or Pebbles Hannya in Second Life.
