May 18 2013
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. You can submit your own First Page using this form. London—September 1, 1861 Agent Julia Richardson prided herself on her(…)
May 17 2013
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman. $ 2.99 From the Jacket Copy: Read Beth Hoffman’s blogs and other content on the Penguin Community. Steel Magnolias meets The Help in this Southern debut novel sparkling with humor, heart, and feminine wisdom Twelve-year-old CeeCee Honeycutt is in trouble. For years, she has been the caretaker of her(…)
May 17 2013
It’s Not Easy Being Green – For My Lady’s Heart This review might be a little shorter than usual, because all I really have to say about For My Lady’s Heart is “it’s awesome.” Thanks for reading! See you next week! Okay, I should probably say a little bit more than that, but this will(…)
May 17 2013
the “Cliff Notes” version of my review Dear Ms. Morgan: I did not like this book. For starters the heroine, Whitney Vidra, is a nasty piece of work: self-absorbed, manipulative, bitchy, and oh so superior to all the lesser beings around her. I endured page after page of her being a she-dick, waiting in vain for her(…)
May 17 2013
Amazon.com: New Adult & College: Kindle Store – Amazon rolled out a few new categories to its bookstore yesterday including New Adult & College and Sports filed under Romance. I think this is a great start and I’m glad to see Amazon move away from the BISAC codes to be more responsive to the consumers. (…)
May 16 2013
Yours for the Taking by Robin Kaye. $ 2..99 From the Jacket Copy: He might be too good to be true… Ben Walsh shouldn’t be single. Handsome and wealthy, Ben is equally at home in Idaho where he grew up and in Manhattan where he’s now an art dealer. Suave and successful with impeccable taste,(…)
May 16 2013
Dear Ms. Goodman: I love your books. I particularly love the slow way that they unfold, like a scroll unfurling as you toss it down a long set of red carpeted steps and then slowly wind it back up as you read each word and each sentence. Your books are for savoring. Alas. True to(…)
May 16 2013
I’ve had some concerns by readers who are primarily print readers that the coverage at Dear Author has been too focused on ebooks. When I asked the readers what they were interested in seeing, they responded that they would like to know more about print debut authors. We developed a little questionnaire and every Wednesday(…)
May 16 2013
“Princess Kimri is used to betrayal. Her brother sold her to a king in exchange for swords to defend his lands. King Tathan’s reputation is as fierce as that of his mountain kingdom–where dragons are said to guard the castle walls–but the realms are unstable enough without angering the mountain-king, so Kimri reluctantly agrees to(…)
May 16 2013
Annoying song but fun music video using animated romance covers. Pretty interesting how they manipulated the photos to animate them. U.S. Now Paints Apple as ‘Ringmaster’ in Its Lawsuit on E-Book Price-Fixing – Apple is the only party left standing in the DOJ’s lawsuit over price fixing. Emails alluded to in filings from the DOJ(…)
May 15 2013
The Big Kiss-off of 1944 by Andrew Bergman. $ 2.99 From the Jacket Copy: Searching for a chorus girl’s stag film, Jack LeVine stumbles on a sinister political plot Like all chorus girls, Kerry Lane yearns to get her name on the marquee. After years of high-kicking, she lands a bit part in a Broadway(…)
May 15 2013
Dear Ms. Evers: I think my expectations played a part in my dissatisfaction with this story. I was expecting something a little more serious and perhaps dark and angsty; but instead the relationship between the two came off as more flippant. Marc Wilde and Mistress Lauren are very good friends. They play at the same(…)
May 15 2013
1) New Adult is exploding right now. Why do you think that it’s resonating with readers? I think it’s resonating with readers because it bridges the gap between YA and traditional romance. It’s about the pivotal point in life where for the first time ever there is no parental supervision, and the choices made have(…)
May 15 2013
If you look at the top selling New Adult books on the market, you may be surprised to learn that they are almost all created by the same cover designer, one Sarah from Okay Creations. Sarah is so identifiable and that there is a goodreads list designated just for her. Her client list reads like(…)
May 15 2013
Note: The comments are closed for this review. I’d direct you to the Dear Author Book Club pick for May for centralization of comments. Dear Ms. McCarthy: Rory does one thing really well – school. Everything else, particularly the social scene and the interpersonal relationships with the opposite sex, she can’t quite grasp the nuances.(…)
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