Sophie Vershbow

2 weeks ago | dwell.com | Sophie Vershbow

Like many Sniffspot hosts, Danni Bova Keane benefits both financially and emotionally from the equation. Her private backyard in Sykesville, Maryland, has been rented around 800 times since she listed it on Sniffspot in January 2023 while anticipating being laid off from her job of 22 years.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Sophie Vershbow

While pet ownership and housing costs rise, Sniffspot helps you use someone else’s outdoor space as your private dog run. Alma Reed loved bringing her pit bulls to their favorite dog park in Nashville, until two-year-old Emmie started showing reactivity toward other dogs. Worried about public misperception due to their breed, Alma decided to stop bringing Emmie and Nelson to dog parks, only allowing them off-leash play at home, where they have a standard suburban yard and deck area.

Nov 18, 2024 | yahoo.com | Sophie Vershbow

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." As a journalist covering the publishing industry and a devoted Taylor Swift fan who flew to Amsterdam this past summer to experience the Eras Tour, I took to the recent announcement of Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour Book like a moth to the during “Willow.” While it’s easy to write off a book of mostly tour photography exclusively sold at Target as “just another piece of merch,” the reality is, it...

Oct 31, 2024 | vulture.com | Sophie Vershbow

Celebrity memoirs are a dime a dozen, but there’s a smaller cohort of stars who have tried to add “novelist” to their résumés. This includes Kylie and Kendall Jenner, who wrote the 2014 YA novel Rebels: City of Indra; Carrie Fisher, author of the deeply autobiographical Postcards From the Edge; and Tyra Banks, whose 569-page Modelland is about a girl named Tookie De La Crème. In early October, Reese Witherspoon announced she was collaborating with the best-selling thriller author Harlan Coben.

Oct 23, 2024 | esquire.com | Sophie Vershbow

*A name has been changed at the request of the subject. **Cited book-sales data has been compiled by BookScan. In late June 2016, the flagship imprint of HarperCollins published a debut memoir by an Ohio-born lawyer named JD Vance. As was expected from a memoir without a known name attached, it initially received modest attention from both the media and book buyers.