Soon after we launched Togather, a friend sent me a story from the Wall Street Journal about an author whose novel landed on the New York Times Bestseller list two full years after its no-big-deal initial publication.  Kathleen Grissom did not have a massive marketing budget. She didn’t game social media or create a viral [more...]

A memoirist, a novelist, music theorist and economics author walked into a bar. No, it’s not a setup for a joke: they were in the bar because they were all on the same line-up for a book reading I went to last week. A book reading that no one — authors or audience members — [more...]

Hi! We’ve been working hard on Togather, making it easier for communities and venues to use the site to connect with authors. We’ve also been reaching out to the people who care about book events – librarians, booksellers, editors and authors – and asking them to tell us about themselves, what they do, what role [more...]