Dec 31 2006
In this month’s RWR (publication by RWA for RWA members), there was a feature about Harlequin ebook royalty rates. Apparently, RWA on behalf of the authors have been asking Harlequin to increase their royalty rates. Last fall, the Smart Bitches asked about e-book royalty rates quoting an anonymous source pointing to the ebook royalties being [...]
Dec 30 2006
Dear Ms. Alexander: I think I’ve read a book of yours before but I honestly can’t remember. Your name is familiar, at least. The familiar name and the blurb sold me on this book. The premise of this story is a widow who was enjoying her widowhood rather than the virgin widow which is about [...]
Dec 29 2006
I’ve heard horror stories, but I didn’t realize that signing up with AOL was a life sentence.
Dec 29 2006
Advanced Marketing Services, Inc. is a book distributor to warehouse clubs, speciality retailers, e-commerce companies, and bookstores. The Group provides product selection advice, specialized merchandising and product development services, distribution and handling services to membership warehouse clubs. Via Business.com This morning, Publisher’s Weekly reported that AMS is filing for a Chapter 11 restructuring. Chapter 11 [...]
Dec 29 2006
Dear Ms. Anderson: This is the third and last book that I have of yours that I read. I bought it back in November when it came out, still thinking about the Dangerous Cravings book. I figured that any excessive porniness that existed in Dirty Girl would surely be stamped out by the editing at [...]
Dec 28 2006
This is a great thing for readers as trades are expensive, libraries rarely buy them and authors and readers lose out. Releasing the trades in mass market at a lower price point makes sense all around. Ms. Duffy announced the following releases: September, 2007 – FANGS FOR THE MEMORIES by Kathy Love October – THE [...]
Dec 28 2006
Dear Ms. Hunter: So, for many years, I have been bemoaning the state of historicals. Particularly bemoaning the fact that a brilliant author such as yourself seemed to slide from vibrant and emotional books to recycled plots and lackluster characters. I had not bought your most recent two books and thought this one was a [...]
Dec 28 2006
Jessica Cutler, blogger and author of the book, Washingtonienne, is embroiled in a lawsuit over privacy issues. One of the men with whom Cutler enjoyed a physical relationship and subsequently blogged about the details sued her for invasion of privacy. A case of first impression (as lawyers call legal issues for which there is no [...]
Dec 28 2006
Basically, if you weren’t selling a gift book or your name isn’t Nora Roberts, you weren’t being bought during the holiday season. I think if I was a new author and released during the holiday season, I would think someone hated me. Nora Roberts, Valley of Silence, No. 48 (Peak 2) Philippa Gregory, The Boleyn [...]
Dec 28 2006
Dear Ms Hunter, It was with reluctance that I tried to follow you to Regency era books. Your medievals were so good and (though I hate to admit it) the few Regency ones I tried just didn’t seem to cut it. I was disheartened. Then “The Rules of Seduction” started getting rave reviews. Jane suggested [...]
Dec 27 2006
A couple new books are in the works that demonize the heads of publishing houses from the view of publicity assistants. According to Jerome Weeks: And it continues, in part, because publicity has little glamor or clout in publishing; most people don’t want to do it, even though, if publishers had any brains, they’d realize [...]
Dec 27 2006
Dear Readers, According to the note in this book, EP Roe was a popular writer in the late 19th century. This book contains three short stories which take place near Christmas and were first publish in 1869. A Christmas Eve Suit: a young lawyer decides the time has come for him to carefully weigh the [...]
Dec 27 2006
Echoing the sentiment of JP Morgan’s, publishers are looking to sign and release more non fiction, political books for the 2007, 2008 year. Out are the “angry liberal” books and in are issue-based books, biographies, personal books from presidential candidates, and war books. Via Book Standard.
Dec 27 2006
Dear Ms. Burton: I think this is one of those books were the hook will totally captivate people or turn them off. Gina Bliss is an action star in the vein of Jackie Chan. She does all her stunts herself. Coming off of back to back action movie blockbusters, Gina agrees to do a Reality [...]
Dec 26 2006
Dear Ms. Andrews, Whenever I read that a book is set in the American South, I get excited and tense at the same time. Will the author make it feel right for this Southern girl or go with stereotyped characters, complete with double first names, who make me cringe? You got it right, girlfriend and [...]
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