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Wednesday News: Blurred Lines verdict, original audiobooks, Australian Romance conference, and...
Publishing News
Audible, audio drama, audiobooks, Australia, conference, cookbooks, copyright, infringement, lawsuit, music, Rural Romance
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The ‘Blurred Lines’ Verdict Could Be Bad for Music – So a Los Angeles jury ruled that Robin Thick and Pharrell Williams engaged in unintentional copyright infringement of Marvin Gaye’s ‘Got to Give it Up,” to the tune of $7.4M…. more
Daily Deals: Back to basics
Coming in from the Cold by Sarina Bowen. $ .99 From the Jacket Copy: He can’t have her. And he can’t tell anyone why. Ski racer Dane “Danger” Hollister does not do relationships, though he keeps his reason a secret…. more
REVIEW: Death Marked by Leah Cypess
B- Reviews
assassins, Fantasy, Harper-Teen, mages, Young-Adult
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Dear Ms. Cypess, Last year, I read your novel, Death Sworn, which took some well-known fantasy tropes — assassins, mages, secret alliances, and a protagonist on a suicide mission — and put an interesting, young adult spin on them. The… more
So What’s Up (and Down) with Ebooks?
Book Reviews
book prices, digital books, DRM, licensing, Self-publishing, traditional publishing
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So now that Hachette and Amazon have settled their epic feud, and we’re seeing the results of publisher negotiations with the retailer, we seem to be witnessing the revenge of traditional publishers when it comes to digital book pricing. Last… more
Tuesday News: the Apple Watch, fraudulent DMCA notices, indie publishing challenges,...
Publishing News
Apple, Cancer, copyright, dmca, Eve Ensler, Memoir, self-publishing book sales, smart watch
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INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING AND DMCA ABUSE, OR “HOW A SCAMMER GOT MY BOOK BLOCKED WITH VERY LITTLE EFFORT” – A pretty chilling tale about how author Becca Mills had her book removed from Smashwords and Amazon via a fraudulent DMCA takedown… more
REVIEW: The Passions of Emma by Penelope Williamson
A- Reviews/ Recommended Reads
1890s, Across the Tracks Romance, Gilded Age, Love-Triangle, Rhode Island
12 Comments
Dear Ms. Williamson, A long time ago (almost seven years!), my first review for Dear Author was of your romance Once in a Blue Moon. Today, stuck in the middle of an endless historical romance malaise, I decided to turn… more
REVIEW: The Siege Winter by Ariana Franklin and Samantha Norman
A Reviews/ B Reviews/ Recommended Reads
England, Historical, medieval, War / Military
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1141. England is engulfed in war as King Stephen and his cousin, the Empress Matilda, vie for the crown. In this dangerous world, not even Emma, an eleven-year-old peasant, is safe. A depraved monk obsessed with redheads kidnaps the ginger-haired… more
Monday News: RIP Cathie Linz, how to read books via Overdrive,...
Publishing News
digital books, fanzine, feminism, genre critique, International Women's Day, librarians, obituary, Overdrive, Romance, RWA
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RIP Cathie Linz – Cathie Linz, who was responsible for RWA Librarians’ Day and who advocated for Romance and librarians, in and outside of RWA, passed away yesterday from colon cancer. She wrote more than 50 Romance novels as Cathie Linz… more
Ebooks
The value of ownership and ebooks
Dear Jane
book business, book prices
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I posted this in January 2011 but in light of last week’s discussion, I thought it was timely to repost. Last week we determined that ebook pricing was not based on the cost of ebooks, but rather the most that publishers… more
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Book Club: The Windflower by Sharon & Tom Curtis [Updated: Giveaway]
UPDATE: Robin has an extra copy of the original first edition of The Windflower hanging around the house, that she’s giving away to one commenter. Please see the details at the end of this post and enter via the Rafflecopter…. more
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REVIEW: The Passions of Emma by Penelope Williamson
A- Reviews/ Recommended Reads
1890s, Across the Tracks Romance, Gilded Age, Love-Triangle, Rhode Island
12 Comments
Dear Ms. Williamson, A long time ago (almost seven years!), my first review for Dear Author was of your romance Once in a Blue Moon. Today, stuck in the middle of an endless historical romance malaise, I decided to turn… more