Oct 15 2007
Loose ID Bids on Contractual Assets Last week, the week of October 8, 2007, Loose ID made a bid for the contractual assets of Triskelion Publishing. This is a brilliant public relations move by Loose ID as e authors on various message boards are already treating this as a gift. The press release by Loose [...]
Oct 14 2007
A couple of days ago, I made a recommendation for a book and one of our readers, Anji, asked whether it was in ebook form. It is not. Penguin is not ready to release all of its books in ebook format and when it does release the books in ebook format, the price is punitive [...]
Oct 13 2007
Dear Ms Crigger, After I read your book “The Prince’s Cousin,” I thought it more like a fantasy with romance than a true fantasy romance book and I feel the same way (though now speaking of Westerns) about this one. And as with that book, I feel that men would probably enjoy this book as [...]
Oct 12 2007
Dear Ms. Alexander: I can't recall the last book I had read of yours so it's as if you are a new to me author. I can see why you are popular because your books provide the comfort of the familiar with a dash of the funny. For me, though, the plot and characters were [...]
Oct 12 2007
David Michaelis’ recent biography of Charles Schulz, Shulz and Peanuts brings up an interesting concept. Is a biography about the subject or the biographer? Michaelis contacted the Schulz family in 2000 to see if they would be open to Michaelis writing a biography of Charles Schulz. The family opened up their hearts and records to [...]
Oct 12 2007
Source: Reuters The cursed and embattled Knights Templar have been fodder for literary works for centuries. Burned at the stake for heresy after confessions likely given under duress, the Knights Templar mythology has become legendary. The Vatican is releasing trial documents regarding the accusations of the Order’s heresy and sexual misconduct. These are documents which [...]
Oct 12 2007
What can I say as an intro for Claudia Dain other than she inspired Ned and me to create the lego videos*. Her first book in three years, The Courtesan’s Daughter, is out this month in trade paperback. It’s a smart book from a smart author and I am thrilled that Dain is back in [...]
Oct 11 2007
Dear Ms. Shinn, You’ve written some of my favorite romances (Yes, I know that they are published in the SF/Fantasy and YA genres, but I consider many of your books romances). General Winston’s Daughter, your latest YA fantasy novel, may not be my most cherished among your works but it’s still an unusually good book, [...]
Oct 11 2007
Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas is number one at Bookscan Romance list this week and appeared at No. 5 on the USAToday list. Despite last week being a release week, there are few new entries into the list and two that dropped out. I was wrong in predicting that Deanna Favre’s book would be [...]
Oct 11 2007
10. Don’t claim the dog did it. We all know that all but a very few dogs, maybe none other than Underdog, is capable of the task because they have no opposable thumbs. In fact, blaming it on any animal makes us suspect unless it is one of the gorillas studied by Dian Fossey. 9. [...]
Oct 11 2007
Dear Mrs Eldridge, I think this is a first book from you and sorry to say, I can tell it. I’ve long been a fan of Western romances and you manage to hit just about every cliche in one that deals with an Indian/White romance. First we have our white, Irish heroine with — no [...]
Oct 10 2007
I’ve sadly been falling down on posting these. I logged in today at Publishers’ Marketplace and saw that there were 455 new deals since I had last checked. Zoinks. I think I read one Jane Green book. Why do I think she writes about infidelity alot? Three more books by British writer Jane Green, starting [...]
Oct 10 2007
Dear Ms. Laurenston: Your Pack Challenge series introduced me to three wonderfully strong, sassy, and entertaining heroines (the Samhain reissues, that is), making me actively anticipate your first Kensington release, The Mane Event. Although I had only recently discovered your work myself, I was excited at the possibility of a wider audience being able to [...]
Oct 10 2007
Warner Home Video is going to include a two additional versions of the Harry Potter movie in its latest DVD release. One for the PC and one for digital media devices. There is no word as to how the digital movie file will be encrypted although ArsTechnica speculates that it will be tied to Windows [...]
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