Oct 31 2008
Wall Street Journal wakes up and discovers that vamps are sexy to readers. (thanks Kay) Quotation marks are lacking in elegance. Really? I appreciate punctuation. (thanks again Kay) Archaeologists may have found the campfire of a real Robinson Crusoe. Brazillian designer selling lingerie that has a GPS locator so your stalker can find you [...]
Oct 31 2008
For romance writers, the RITA is the equivalent of a writing Oscar. This year there were changes to the qualifications for the RITA awards including one that effectively eliminates ebooks from competing. The RITA contest will not be open to any book that is not “mass-produced by a non -Subsidy, non-Vanity Publisher in print book [...]
Oct 31 2008
Upon the recommendation of others, including, Blog Happy, I picked up the November Harlequin release of Lori Borill titled Unleashed. I enjoyed it so much that I went and downloaded two other Harlequin ebooks by Borill, Private Confessions and Putting It to the Test. When I sat down to pen the “lightning” reviews, they ended [...]
Oct 31 2008
Carly Phillips, Hot Property, is available for FREE through the Harlequin eBook store. Add the book to your cart and type in the coupon code HALLOWEEN at the checkout.
Oct 31 2008
Harlequin posted revenue gains of 2.4% in the third quarter. There was a decline of earnings due to "unfavorable exchange rates" and flat profits. Sales continue to slide in the North American direct to consumer division (which is, I believe, it's subscription and direct sales through its site to consumers) but there have been strong [...]
Oct 31 2008
Simon & Schuster had a 5% sales gain in the third quarter after two negative quarters. S&S benefited from selling the execrable book, The Obama Nation by Jerome Corsi which should have been marketed as fiction for all the made up facts Corsi included in the book (many facts had been sourced from his own [...]
Oct 31 2008
Book Depository , an online retailer based in the UK, said that 96% of the election books that have been sold recently are Obama titles. According to the Book Depository's global book-buyers: Democrats read, Republicans don't; Palin isn't popular, Biden is invisible. If the Book Depository's customers were voting it would be an Obama landslide,' said [...]
Oct 31 2008
Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Friday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. New York Times Bestselling Author, Marie Bostwick, writes stories about women for women. Her latest release, A Single Thread, is in stores now. *** When my agent, Jill Grosjean, called [...]
Oct 30 2008
Nearly every author has a biography in their book. Does that make a difference to you? I’ve got my thoughts on that and I’ll be talking about that on Tuesday. Let me know your thoughts.
Oct 30 2008
Dear Ms. James: Angela James (no relation, I assume), Editor Extraordinaire at Samhain, has been Twittering about your book for weeks as she edited it, saying how good it is. She then had a Twitter competition to give away five review copies of the book and while I missed out on that, she sent me [...]
Oct 30 2008
I had forgotten to post this earlier but it might be a good gift idea for the ebook reader owners in your life. Waterfield Designs sells sleeves for the Kindle and the Sony Reader. The "SleeveCase" offers a rear pocket and protective flap with an impact resistant plastic. Admittedly, the sleeve seems to be [...]
Oct 30 2008
We’ve been reading about authors leaving Bantam, a subdivision of RandomHouse, and now it appears the belt is tightening further. At Doubleday, another subdivision of Random, 16 people or 10% of the workforce have been let go from every area of publishing: editorial, publicity, advertising, marketing and administrative staffs. I’ve read other places that agents [...]
Oct 30 2008
Two more ePublishers are Moonlit Romance and By Grace epublishing are closing as of Dec 31st. Both are owned by the same person operating under the umbrella of Unique Enterprises. My understanding is that these two epublishers have been in business since 2006. The plan was to sell titles through December ’09 while ending its [...]
Oct 30 2008
Socialite Tatiana Boncompagni wrote Gilding Lily which Gawker described as full of drivel. Her second book, Hedge Fund Wives, is the subject of a lawsuit filed by Tatiana against her sister for “allegedly stealing her next manuscript.” The sister claims that they were a writing team. NY Post via Galley Cat.
Oct 30 2008
Dear Ms. Dimon: Thank you for sending me Hot as Hell. I think the guy on the cover looks a bit like Tom Brady, of whom I not a big fan but I promise I didn’t hold it against your book. I think the complaint I had from the last book is that the plot [...]
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