Aug 14 2007
Dear Mrs Hoyt, After I finally got around to reading your first book, “The Raven Prince,” I was hooked on your writing. I knew I had this book and [gloating] “The Serpent Prince” [/gloating] already on hand. Well, now that I’ve finished this one I’m starting to panic. Only one book left. “Gah!” as a [...]
Aug 14 2007
This looks hilarious. Drew Ferguson’s THE SCREWED-UP LIFE OF CHARLIE THE SECOND, about a dorky seventeen-year-old who can’t pass his driver’s test, can’t stand his overbearing parents, can’t stop masturbating, and, most of all, can’t find a guy to make out with, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, by Jennifer DeChiara at the Jennifer DeChiara Literary [...]
Aug 14 2007
Medical scientists in Israel have devised a new silicone implant that works as a permanent bra. So now you can be uncomfortable all the time. It’s one thing, I suppose to have permanent eyeliner, permanent lip liner and so forth, but still another to have an implanted bra. The researchers say that all the women [...]
Aug 14 2007
A few weeks ago, I started reading Lord of the Fading Lands by C.L Wilson. It was sold to me as a epic fantasy meets romance tale. I was skeptical. I hadn’t ever read an epic fantasy + romance and frankly, I didn’t know that it could be done. Epic fantasy, at its core, relies [...]
Aug 13 2007
Dear Mr. Davidson: The literary blog world (and NY gossip blogs) were alive a few weeks ago with the boxing match between yourself, a relatively new author, and established literary heavyweight, Jonathan Ames. This event, so curiously outside my realm of gentle romance stories (tongue in cheek, ladies, tongue in cheek), spurred me to read [...]
Aug 13 2007
Borders is offering its 30,000+ employees the opportunity to be published. Starting now and ending in January of 2008, Borders is running a fiction writing contest for its employees. The winner will be awarded a book deal with marketing from Borders including “being featured in the Borders “Shortlist,” an e-mail promotion for Borders Rewards(R) members, [...]
Aug 13 2007
Over the weekend, an enterprising coder released an eBook widget for the iPhone. It reads only html files, but its a better solution than what iPhone users have currently. The problem is it requires you to hack into your iPhone. I’ve read the process and it looks way confusing. I’m still hoping for a legitimate [...]
Aug 13 2007
I admit I have a vintage fetish which naturally means I tend to love all things retro. Is there anything more retro than a USB stick for personal mixes? That is packaged in a tape cassette holder and has an area to handwrite your playlist? Lloyd Dobler + USB stick = Contemporary Hotness. Via Gizmodo.
Aug 13 2007
Pocket is the publishing house for bestselling authors Sabrina Jeffries, Liz Carlyle, and Roxanne St. Claire, and award winning authors such a Caridad Ferrer (Adios to My Old Life) and Kresley Cole (A Hunger Like No Other), both who walked away with a RITA this summer at Nationals. Lauren McKenna is the editor for both [...]
Aug 12 2007
Yesterday, I pulled up a review of an older book because I wanted to talk about one of my favorite anthology contributions written by Author Nicole Camden. One of the commenters, Charlene Teglia, asked what other works Camden had penned. Unfortunately, as Rosario, another commenter pointed out, Camden’s anthology contribution was her only published work. [...]
Aug 11 2007
To some extent, I think I am a book title snob and thus I hadn’t bought any of those Big Guns/Bad Boys Anthologies. I mean, come on . . . Who wants to be seen reading one of those books! (Apparently lots because I think they sell really well). I’m glad I read Big Guns [...]
Aug 10 2007
Universal, the largest music company in the recording industry, is testing the DRM free waters with a portion of its catalog. From August 21 to January 31 of 2008, UMG will offer mostly its popular content DRM free. The format will be MP3 which can be played on nearly any music device including the iPod [...]
Aug 10 2007
Amazon is offering galley copies to elite amazon reviewers along with self publishing service through its On Demand program. The self published Amazon books will have the same benefits as other books with the Search Inside feature and inclusion in Amazon Prime. I would think that the promise of free advanced copies would spur more [...]
Aug 10 2007
Dear Ms. Laurenston: For those readers who are looking for stronger and sassier women in Romance, your Magnus Pack series may be a perfect match. When I got Here Kitty, Kitty, the third and final installment in the paranormal adventures of best friends Sara Morrighan, Miki Kendrick, and Angelina Santiago, I hadn't even heard of [...]
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