Comments on: Epic story sales that may or may not put me to sleep

By: Joan

Joan — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 04:33:58 +0000

Jane, you do know that the romance genre is the lonely hearts club of literature, don’t you? I bet when you get ready for a romantic evening all you need to do is make sure you have enough good batteries to last through the steamy parts…eeeeewwwww!

By: sherry thomas

sherry thomas — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:55:16 +0000

Didn’t the Dirty Girls Social Club have six voices?

By: Janine

Janine — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:01:34 +0000

Jane, I think a genre-bending book is one that mixes genres. For example, The Time Traveler’s Wife is a genre-bender because it mixes science fiction, literary fiction, and romance.

By: May

May — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:26:05 +0000

I’m another Swendson lover. I’m hoping she does manage to sell the fifth book of the current Enchanted, Inc story arc now that she’s sold movie rights.

Emily Gee is supposed to be pretty god.

By: Janine

Janine — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:19:26 +0000

BTW, I have missed this Publishing Deals feature.

By: Janine

Janine — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:18:35 +0000

I think Faulkner did more than six voices in As I Lay Dying, and what a great book that is. You never mistake any of them for another.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:26:27 +0000

Oooh…if done well, Swendson’s books could be cute on the big screen.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:16:16 +0000

The first of the Between-the-Numbers series is my favorite Plum book (even if I can’t remember the title right now), but like Miki, I’m not sure they can carry single title length. And quite frankly, if they’re not going to be bonus novellas, what’s the point? Why not make them #’s 17 and 18?

By: Miki

Miki — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:11:38 +0000

Never read the Between-the-Numbers series

…and haven’t lost a thing. Wish I hadn’t.

Besides, do you really want to add in the additional frustration of dealing with Stephanie’s inability to choose from three men?

I’m not sure the premise can carry a full-length novel (or worse, two of them). These have previously been novellas in hardback.

By: Collette

Collette — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:22:21 +0000

So, I was so intrigued by the 7 figure deal for Josh Bezell that I looked around a little. The 7 figure deal was for the North American rights only…the UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada) were sold for a “high five-figure sum.” I guess he’ll be able to pay off his med school loans, huh?

By: jmc

jmc — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:35:00 +0000

I just finished Echols’ The Boys Next Door, so I’m looking forward (far, far forward) to reading more from her. The plot does seem a little unlikelym though. ;)

Feathered Serpent sounds interesting…but a novel set in the Far East was not the first thing I thought of when I saw the title. Without any other information, just the title, I would assume it was a book set during the Spanish conquest.