Ms. Huffington describes her ambivalence toward the appearance of new media in museums. She writes that museums are our place of departure and imagination, a respite from the rest of the world, and that social media as connection for connection’s sake is, in her words, pointless here. “At their best social media build community and…

Ms. Huffington describes her ambivalence toward the appearance of new media in museums. She writes that museums are our place of departure and imagination, a respite from the rest of the world, and that social media as connection for connection’s sake is, in her words, pointless here. “At their best social media build community and…

illillill: Gallery of the University of Florida Sparse Matrix Collection

illillill: Gallery of the University of Florida Sparse Matrix Collection

Hocking credits her success to aggressive self-promotion on her blog, Facebook and Twitter, word of mouth and writing in a popular genre — her books star trolls, vampires and zombies. And she’s making money. “To me, that was a price point that made sense for what I would be willing to spend on an e-book,”…

Hocking credits her success to aggressive self-promotion on her blog, Facebook and Twitter, word of mouth and writing in a popular genre — her books star trolls, vampires and zombies. And she’s making money. “To me, that was a price point that made sense for what I would be willing to spend on an e-book,”…