May 15 2008
Today the California Supreme Court’s decision dropped on the constitutionality of a same sex marriage ban. Specifically, the court addressed this question: The question we must address is whether, under these circumstances, the failure to designate the official relationship of same-sex couples as marriage violates the California Constitution. The Court found that the “right to [...]
May 15 2008
Avon and The Sak has teemed up to give away a handbag and books each month. This month’s giveaway is the Silverlake Canvas Convertible Satchel($99 retail value) filled with two Meg Cabot books, 1 Rachel Gibson book and 1 Marion Keyes book. The giveaway is for 15 sets of the books + bag combo. It’s [...]
May 15 2008
We review here for free, but it’s not much different if you review for a trade magazine like Publishers Weekly. With traditional media hurting financially, PW has responded one way by reducing the amount of money that reviewers will be paid for each review to $25.00. Obviously reviewing is done by those who love reading [...]
May 15 2008
I wanted to put up a post pimping the Brenda Novak Diabetes Auction and our small contribution and decided to do a summary post on some features here at Dear Author in anticipation of my next Tuesday post. If you have a question that you want to ask about Dear Author, blogging, my reading habits, [...]
May 15 2008
Borders is suffering financially and Tuesday saw the removal of eight management individuals which included buyers Beryl Needham and Tom Dwyer. Rob Teicher was numbered among the eight although Shelf Awareness reported that he was retiring. Via ShelfAwareness.
May 15 2008
Hot for You by Jodi Lynn Copeland. This is a friends to lovers story (the first of two in the anthology). Carinna was a cocktail waitress at The Liege, a resort in Las Vegas. She likes her men like her martinis “dirty as a girl could get ‘em.” The man she want right now is [...]
May 14 2008
Astak inc is showing off three different sizes of e ink ebook readers at the International Digital Publishing Forum conference. The smallest one has a 5″ screen and is going to retail for $200.00. There will also be 6″ and 9.7″ sizes. The larger devices will have wi fi and bluetooth capabilities. No word on [...]
May 14 2008
Dear Mrs. Jenoff, In my never ending quest to find historical novels set in unusual times and places, I stumbled on “The Diplomat’s Wife.” Off the top of my head, I can’t recall anything similar to it – Polish, Jewish, resistance heroine who starts as a Gestapo prisoner who is saved by the American invasion [...]
May 14 2008
I have 20!! copies of this great hardcover to giveaway. Drop a comment and let me know why you are interested in reading this book. Dear Ms. Rose: Congratulations on going hardcover. It’s a tough time to make the move, what with the cratering economy and all. Even before it cost be $10 to drive [...]
May 13 2008
Will Kresley Cole hit #1 with her June release? She’s at number 3 with her May release. Brenda Jackson’s Kimani release hit the extended list which is unusual because, in part, it is a category romance. *** Book Title Author Publisher Price Rank Peak NYT The Devil Who Tamed Her Johanna Lindsey Pocket $7.99 7 [...]
May 13 2008
Millenia Black announced that the settlement of her suit with Penguin over the allegations that Penguin tried to make her write black characters. As a part of the settlement, Black had to purge every reference to the suit from her site as well as refrain from any future discussion. Oddly, some people deem this as [...]
May 13 2008
Dear Mrs. Rigler, When your publicist queried DA about a possible review for your book “Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict,” I admit to groaning and rolling my eyes. Not another book designed to appeal to the Austeninistas, I thought. Can’t these authors think of their own plots and characters? Must they keep endlessly recycling [...]
May 13 2008
Dear Ms. Williamson, For my inaugural review for Dear Author, I thought it would be nice to review an old favorite (my thinking being that then I wouldn’t have to sharpen my claws right away). Having been reminded of my fondness for "outsider" romances by a recent read (Meredith Duran’s excellent The Duke of Shadows), [...]
May 13 2008
Budget Travel magazine decided to publish a “consumer generated” issue of its magazine. It received over 2800 submissions and resulted in 324 contributors to the final issue. Whether the consumer generated issue is a wave of the future or a gimmick remains to be seen. Budget Travel magazine editor admitted that the issue was “neither [...]
May 13 2008
Given that the 2007 Cover Contest voting is underway, I thought this would be the appropriate time to post my cover post. Because this is an image heavy article, you’ll have to click the “more” link to read the entirety of the article. I’m talking about trends in covers and cover identification today. There was [...]
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