Sep 30 2008
From the email: Fictionwise has always been proud to be the only eBook retailer to actively promote and support independent eBook Publishers. This week, we are featuring all Independent Publishers by offering big savings on nearly 20,000 MultiFormat eBooks! For a limited time, all MultiFormat eBooks are 25% off through October 5th. see below: http://www.fictionwise.com/Z133282T951/ebooks/multiformat.htm [...]
Sep 30 2008
Dear Ms. Abbot, This is an interesting mixture of contemporary and historical romance. Though I still have a hard time with the idea that stories set before the turn of the 21st century are considered “historical.” I also see this is where Harlequin’s “Everlasting Love” line has ended up. “Because happily ever after is just [...]
Sep 30 2008
more animals Anne Mallory’s latest release, The Bride Price, involves the question of what is a true gentleman. The hero is a bastard and not considered a “gentleman” by society standards. The heroine’s sister at heart, Sarah, is a shy, retiring wall flower. Sarah’s father wants her to marry well and sets up a tournament [...]
Sep 29 2008
From the press release: "Mercy Thompson: Homecoming" is a four-issue mini-series with issue #1 hitting comic book shelves in November 2008. The series will be collected in hardcover and distributed by Del Rey in 2009. Dabel Brothers Publishing is excited to premiere the first eleven pages (DOWNLOAD HERE) of the much-anticipated Dabel Brothers project, "Mercy [...]
Sep 29 2008
Dear Ms. Anna, While I’ve heard of you before, this is the first story of yours I’ve read. I know some of my fellow Dear Author reviewers don’t care for shorter fiction. The compressed length doesn’t allow for as much development as you’d find in a full-length novel and as a result, something (plot, characterization, [...]
Sep 29 2008
I have a not very well thought out irk that I wanted to throw out there. One issue I have with futuristics, particularly ones that depict the end of our current civilization due to various reasons whether it be war, natural resource depletion (which would likely lead to war), population overcrowding (probably linked to natural [...]
Sep 29 2008
Welcome to our series called “If You Like” which will be hosted by various readers, authors and bloggers of Dear Author. The purpose of the post and the comments is to explore what we like about a particular iconic author and what other authors have books like the iconic author. This week, we are featuring [...]
Sep 28 2008
I saw this interesting promotion on Book Binge this morning. Linda Wisdom, author of 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover, and the October 1 release, Hex Appeal, and her publisher Sourcebooks, Inc. is offering a prize package for the best fan fiction entry surrounding Wisdom's books. You can go to Book Binge for the details [...]
Sep 28 2008
In no particular order, the following is a list that I would like to see all epublishers/etailers implement. Eternal Bookshelf. An eternal bookshelf means that every purchase you have bought can be downloaded at any time. Most of the larger etailers have this feature but not all. Mass Downloads. Along with the eternal bookshelf should [...]
Sep 27 2008
I’ve disabled the ability to edit the comments because it was taking the individual pages alot of time to load. Would you rather endure a slower loading page so long as you can have the ability to edit your comments?
Sep 27 2008
Dear Ms. Knight: I admit to rolling my eyes a bit over the beginning book because I kept thinking of the movie 300. The prologue is the set up for the entire series. 7 books involving 7 Spartan warriors who stood at the gap at Thermopylae to stave off the demonic forces overtaking Sparta. There [...]
Sep 27 2008
I saw the ticker on CNN this morning that Paul Newman passed away at the age of 83.
Sep 27 2008
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** She turned around, saw him, and her world suddenly went still. Iain was back! Her heart began beating in [...]
Sep 26 2008
Back in June or so, some bloggers formed a group blog called DIKladiesrule. It’s a fun place that features interviews with authors and alot of book chat about the bloggers’ favorite books. About late June, Dear Author started a feature called “If You Like” based upon the shelftalkers at bookstores. It came to my attention [...]
Sep 26 2008
Dear Ms. Britton, I’d heard that Harlequin has a NASCAR themed series but had not ever tried any of them. To be honest, despite living in the heart of NASCAR country, the area where the original drivers had souped up their cars to evade the ATF agents and run their moonshine, I don’t follow the [...]
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