Mar 31 2008
I read on an author’s blog the other day that she had an MS Word catastrophe. I think we’ve all had those at one time or another. Google docs doesn’t really solve the MS Word catastrophe but it does allow a person to write and edit documents without relying on your own personal computer. The [...]
Mar 31 2008
Want a Sony Reader? Join the editorial staff of a major publishing house. Random House is the latest publishing to join the ereading ranks with Hachette, Simone & Schuster, St. Martin’s. Each publishing house is providing eReaders to its editorial and sales staff to read galleys and other “preview material.” I asked one insider about [...]
Mar 31 2008
There was an Australian library (I think) that once hosted single’s parties which I thought was a brilliant idea. Apparently, though, some of the Literati* think that book tastes are more of a turn off than a turn on. Self help books are apparently something that would likely make women keep their clothes on. One [...]
Mar 31 2008
Dear Ms. Clare: I admit to having some reservations about starting this book because I had a real hard time with the heroine in Hard Evidence. However, the gritty and realistic feel that emanated from the pages of this book were captivating and made the book hard to put down. I read that you had [...]
Mar 31 2008
Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews. Both Jane and Jia would recommend this sophomore effort by newcomer, Ilona Andrews. The “Magic” series features a smart mouthed, sword wielding Kate Daniels who helps to enforce the law in an alternate universe Atlanta. For the crossover genre reader (i.e., the romance reader that likes to cross the genre [...]
Mar 30 2008
So, this Amazon thing. It sounds bad. For those who might have missed it, Amazon decided to stop stocking Print on Demand books that do not use Amazon’s own service, Booksurge. I’m not sure who falls under a Print on Demand service. I have always viewed PODs as any publisher who has print books but [...]
Mar 29 2008
Poll is closed. Results are as follows. See the updated standings at the Official DA BWAHA site. The Elite Eight books are: Young Adult: Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr Paranormal: The Rest Falls Away by Colleen Gleason Novel with Romantic Elements: Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews Historical: The Serpent Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt Erotica/Erotic Romance: [...]
Mar 29 2008
Dear Ms Hart, I was checking my ebook reader to see what books were on it and came across this one. I’m embarrassed to say how long it’s been sitting there, patiently waiting to be read so I won’t. But I found once I got started reading it, the pages just clicked along. I’m not [...]
Mar 29 2008
Sadly there is no query for today because no one wants to play with us. I can do a couple of things for query Saturday. I can solicit queries from debut authors who have books coming out soon so that it serves as an example for aspiring authors and promotion for those debut authors. Or, [...]
Mar 28 2008
Poll is closed. Results are as follows. See the updated standings at the Official DA BWAHA site. The Elite Eight books are: Young Adult: Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr Paranormal: The Rest Falls Away by Colleen Gleason Novel with Romantic Elements: Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews Historical: The Serpent Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt Erotica/Erotic Romance: [...]
Mar 28 2008
Drop Dead Gorgeous by Kimberly Raye. The premise was that geek girl saw her geek boy bestfriend get super hot, super confident, and super sexy and she wanted that too. Except the reason that the geek boy bestfriend got super everything was because he got bit by a vampire and now he too was a [...]
Mar 28 2008
Poll is closed. Results are as follows. See the updated standings at the Official DA BWAHA site. Special thanks to our sponsors: Paperspine Harlequin Turn the Page Bookstore who is donating our prize to the second place bracket.
Mar 28 2008
In what I like to think of as the “cock block” Amazon has said to self published authors that only those POD books that use Amazon’s POD service will be for sale through Amazon. Before, if you were a POD, you could have your books fulfilled by Lulu.com or any other POD service. Not any [...]
Mar 28 2008
Meredith Duran’s first sale might be known already. She won the first Gathers.com/Borders/Simon & Schuster romance writing contest. 500 manuscripts were submitted and Duran’s was the cream that rose to the top. Her winning novel, Duke of Shadows, is in stores now. *** Back in third grade, Mr. Butzen wrote a mysterious word on the [...]
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