Nov 30 2008
Last week we talked about the dedicated ebook readers from the high end Sony Reader PRS700 to the Kindle. One thing that commenters addressed was the conversion issues. I.e., how difficult is it to convert content to be read on the Kindle, Sony, et al. I think that there should be a whole post on [...]
Nov 29 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. *** The worm wind is the night wind. Cool and moist and bearing strange scents, it flows from the east, [...]
Nov 28 2008
This poll comes to us via Jill Myles who twittered a new discovery from Lulu.com. In a remarkably well put together copy is a collection of recipes featuring food made with semen. After some twitter speculation, I wondered whether people would be more interested in the drinking water from urine that NASA has recently developed or [...]
Nov 28 2008
Avon is promoting its books through an online feature called “Love Gives Back.” Through December 23, 2008, you’ll be able to read 20% of every book online and various books in their entirety. This is an online read only and you must have internet connection to read the books. It’s not the easiest way to [...]
Nov 28 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. Carrie Lofty’s debut work, What a Scoundrel Wants, featuring a historical within the Robin Hood ouvre is out in stores now. *** When my husband moved to Virginia in 2006 [...]
Nov 27 2008
Unlaced, as you might have guessed by the number of authors in the title of the post, is an anthology. It is an erotic romance anthology of three contemporary stories and one paranormal contemporary story. I admit that I did not read the last story by Denise Rossetti. I just haven’t been in the mood [...]
Nov 26 2008
Dear Mrs. White, In a historical book world filled with Regency this, Norman knight that and followed by kilted Highlanders mangling brogue it’s nice to occasionally find a story with a different setting. There’s been a dearth of American set historicals recently. One which I hope this book will help remedy. Camilla Beaumont has worked [...]
Nov 26 2008
First, let me apologize for not putting up another poll for so long. I kept meaning to put up another one but kept putting it off because I couldn’t think of a good poll topic (if you have one, let me know – jane at dearauthor.com). Second, what do you think of series books? It [...]
Nov 26 2008
Dear Ms. Robb: I’m of two minds about this book. The mystery was excellent. This was no thriller with marauding serial killers, but a police procedure story in which the principal officers unpeeled the layers of a crime step by step to find the surprising and somewhat convoluted truth. These stories also move on emotion [...]
Nov 25 2008
John Updike was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in the Bad Sex in Fiction Prize. The Bad Sex prize is given out each year by Literary Review magazine to the author who has the worst prose describing a sex scene. British author Rachel Johnson won for her description of oral sex in Shire Hill. Last [...]
Nov 25 2008
Dear Ms. Hoyt, I hate this title but suppose that few readers would buy a book called “She is a balm for his soul.” Nah, not catchy enough but so accurate for this book. In “To Taste Temptation,” you gave us the secondary character of Jasper Renshaw, Viscount Vale. Jasper’s a former Army Captain, current [...]
Nov 25 2008
Maybe Obama should designate someone from Powell's Books to be part of the energy counsel. Powell's has installed 540 solar panels on the top of its 60,000 square foot building. These panels will generate enough electricity to power a quarter of the building. In five years, the investment will pay for itself. Amazingly cool. Via [...]
Nov 25 2008
more animals Every Thanksgiving, we have tried to post something positive, something to show our thanks for the community of readers here. This year, we are providing a self help guide, so to speak, for the community to respond to those around us who might question the reading choices we have brought with us on [...]
Nov 24 2008
A proviso for my Buying Guide. I will be revising to add – buy the cheaper version and a good booklight. Sent to you by Jane via Google Reader: Sony PRS-700 Reader Review: Blinding Glare Kills All Improvements [Review] via Gizmodo by Wilson Rothman on 11/24/08 Things you can [...]
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