Nov 12 2008
Best Buy Offers Mini Notebook for $280
Had your eye on a mini pc? Best Buy is offering the Asus EEE-PC for the low price of $280. It's got an 8.9" screen size with 4GB flash memory. It runs on Linux. Via Engadget .
Nov 12 2008
REVIEW: Nowhere to Run by Valerie Hansen
Dear Ms. Hansen, Currently I’m on a Love Inspired Suspense kick. In the past, romantic suspense books have been problematic for me as the balance between romance and suspense is hard to get right. Perhaps books without overt sex in them help this subgenre work better for me? ::shrugs:: Anyway, on to my thoughts. Marie [...]
Nov 11 2008
Christian Science Monitor Reveals the Crackaliciousness of Twilight. It’s the Romance!
Surprise, surprise. Twilight is popular because the boy meets girl, girl meets boy, and the two fall in love trope works or so discovers a blogger for the Christian Science Monitor. Actually Marjorie Kehe is just discovering the theorizing of Alex Carnevale from Gawker: She writes: “Bookstores have been known to shelve the Twilight books [...]
Nov 11 2008
S&S CEO Calls for Innovation in Publishing to Meet Economic Downturn
Carolyn Reidy addressed publishers at the Evangelical Christian Publisher's Association CEO Symposium and Publishing University in Illinois last week. She stated that because of a combination of things "significant decrease in retail traffic, less consumer purchasing, a gloomy economic forecast, declining backlist sales, brand name authors continuing to sell but 'everything else is far off [...]
Nov 11 2008
Cedar Rapids Library Seeks Books for Donation
Cedar Rapids, Iowa suffered a terrible flood this summer and as a result the Cedar Rapids Public Library was nearly destroyed. Federal funds are being used to rebuild but there are no funds to replace the 20,000-30,000 books destroyed as a result of the water damage. If you want to donate books for the library [...]
Nov 11 2008
REVIEW: Fortune and Fate by Sharon Shinn
Dear Ms. Shinn, I’m embarrassed to admit I’ve never read any of your novels before. Given how long I’ve been a fantasy reader, I don’t know how I managed to accomplish that. I hope my blogging partners here at Dear Author won’t hold it against me since several of them love your books. Better late [...]
Nov 11 2008
Open Thread for Authors (Author Promo)
What’s this you say? I read quite a few blogs outside the romance blogosphere and many of the big ones have a daily open thread where the commenters drive the bus. I thought we would test out an open thread here at Dear Author. The rules for Author Promo Open Thread are as follows: The [...]
Nov 11 2008
Author Photographs
more animals This is the second in a three part series about the author as a consumable part of the book. It’s a look at how readers respond to current marketing tecniques and why. This series is more a reflection of the reader and the reader’s mindset and not meant to be a criticism of [...]
Nov 10 2008
Winners of the Demon Bound Contest
We gave away twenty copies of Meljean Brook’s Demon Bound. These are the winners: Valarie P Mandy Clatterbaugh The Discriminating Fangirl Brandy W Gina S.W. Vaughn Antonella Leslie Cindy W Blanche HeatherK ReadingIsSoMuchFun Fionn J. DeeCee ms bookjunkie Lisa W Diane V Jezebel freecia Sherry
Nov 10 2008
REVIEW: A Mermaid’s Kiss by Joey Hill
Dear Ms. Hill: This is one of those books in which there were moments where I thought to myself, if anyone but Joey Hill were writing this, it would be flung against the wall. However, the deliciously subversive retelling of the Little Mermaid made famous by Disney was quite fun and I ended up appreciating [...]
Nov 10 2008
Newsweek’s 7 Article Epic Will Be a Book
The Newsweek 7 chapter epic on the election was posted last week but apparently an expanded version will be in book form come Januar y. I thought that the Newsweek piece was fascinating and this is one non fiction book I'll be buying as soon as it is on the market. Please let it be in [...]
Nov 10 2008
MGM to Put Movies Out on YouTube
I was listening to the radio this morning on the way to work and Brook Shields was talking to Valentine (I know, my radio station selection sucks, but in my defense, I had just switched over from Mike and Mike where they were talking about college football and I am still sad about JoePaw losing [...]
Nov 10 2008
iPhone Overtakes Razr as Bestselling Phone in US
On Sunday, I briefly summarized the ebook reading applications for the iPhone. Ebooks on the iPhone are becoming a greater reality due to the sheer number of iPhones purchased. This morning, the news is that the iPhone has overtaken Motorola's Razr as the bestselling phone in the US. Earlier this year, the iPhone had outsold [...]
Nov 10 2008
Publisher’s Weekly Digital Rundown
PW published an excellent mini Q&A with the major publishers of the day regarding the state of digital publishing. Highlights include: Penguin Group USA's net e-book sales are up 500% over 2007, and we expect e-books to continue to sell strongly. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Our e-book sales are 10 times a month now what they [...]
Nov 10 2008
Political Memoirs Post 2008
No one wants to hear from Bush right now, including publishers. "If I were advising President Bush, given how the public feels about him right now, I think patience would probably be something that I would encourage," says Paul Bogaards, executive director of publicity for Alfred A. Knopf, which in 2004 released Bill Clinton's million-selling [...]
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