Feb 12 2007
Dear Mrs. Cummings, I read your novel “My Rebel Belle” (TBH, I still cringe at that title) and quickly bought the rest of your published books. I had a feeling that “An Affair of Honor” might tie in with it and indeed it does, telling the story of the US Civil War from the Northern [...]
Feb 12 2007
Lover Awakened: A Novel Of The Black Dagger Brotherhood (Signet Eclipse) is now available in e-form. I hope that means the other Black Dagger Brotherhood books are also due to be released in e-form.
Feb 12 2007
Borders is having a Buy 4 Get 1 Free Romance Book special. Usually these are only at Waldens so I am glad to see Borders picking up these types of promos when the Waldens seem to be closing all over the country.
Feb 12 2007
The Judge in the bankruptcy suit filed by AMS may decide today which competing offer between Perseus and NBN for the distribution rights of 150 publishers who are creditors of AMS. Perseus may have the leg up, having signed contracts with 65% of the 150 publishers. However it is offering $.70 per dollar of debt [...]
Feb 12 2007
Medallion Press began in late 2003 when Helen Rosburg, a romance writer and investor, decided to start her own house to publish and market fiction that the big six weren’t. Medallion Press, in its short life, has major distribution deals with bookstores like Borders and Books-A-Million. When I purchased Hope Tarr’s book, my Waldebooks ordered [...]
Feb 11 2007
On Thursday, February 8, 2007, Arthur Sulzberger Jr, owner and chairmen of the New York Times told the Haaretz news that in five years, the print version of the NYT would be relevant no longer. The profits for NYT have been shrinking for the past four years and its market share is too. Sulzberger believes [...]
Feb 10 2007
Due to Vacation! the Ebook Weekly Article will be posted in the afternoon today. Thanks for accommodating the traveling Jane.
Feb 10 2007
Dear Ms. Briggs, Mercedes Thompson is a funny name for an auto mechanic, but then Mercy, the narrator and heroine of Moon Called is not your usual auto mechanic. She's a walker, not only capable of shifting into coyote shape at will but also possessed of a sharp nose for scenting other creatures and an [...]
Feb 9 2007
From eMediaWire. The Romance Novel TV website launches, most fittingly, this Valentine’s Day, with interviews of bestselling authors, features on upcoming books, a drama that follows a new author, visual tours of romantic cities and more. Read more about it here.
Feb 9 2007
Amazon was granted a patent on Tuesday for its Amazon Upgrade program which is supposed to allow electronic access to owners of a physical text. It also has a “features suppression” which allows a publisher to allow some text to be viewed while hiding others such as allowing an ingredients list to be shown but [...]
Feb 9 2007
Dear Ms Steffen, Despite your extensive backlist, I’ve never had the pleasure of reading one of your books. I think based on the characterization that I’ve been missing a lot by this and it’s something I’d like to rectify. While the book isn’t the offbeat/kooky romance I was expecting from the backblurb, it is refreshing [...]
Feb 8 2007
Dear Ms. Robb: This is the 27th entry into the JD Robb series which began in 1995. Eve Dallas and Roarke No Last Name are married and have been for a few years with no plans to add to their household. Mavis Freeman, Eve’s best friend, has conscripted Eve and Roarke into being her birth [...]
Feb 8 2007
Ned sent me this in an email so it must be news. She was found unresponsive in her hotel room and was not revived. RIP. Via CNN.
Feb 8 2007
This might have well been romance week. There were a ton of romances on the list this week along with some new faces. Irish Dreams, Nora Roberts (Silh Special Releasees), $7.99, No. 2 (Peak 2). Last week it was 150 and this week it’s 2. Most Likely To Die, Lisa Jackson, Beverly Barton, Wendy Corsi [...]
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