Apr 13 2009
Recent comments from Amazon seem to directly dispute the idea of a hack or external tagging issue, but rather an internal cataloguing error. I don’t think that Amazon’s explanation is any explanation at all. It doesn’t address what it’s “adult content” policy is and what it will do in the future to books in terms [...]
Apr 13 2009
Dear Ms. James: I was reluctant to read this book despite hearing accolades of support from other readers. Mostly I resisted because I just wasn’t sure if I wanted to read a romance about two lawyers, particularly two lawyers vying for a coveted partnership position at a BigLaw firm. I didn’t think I would be [...]
Apr 13 2009
Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Jocelyn Drake authors the Dark Days series published by Avon. The second book in her series, Dayhunter, is in stores on April 28, 2009. *** At what point do [...]
Apr 12 2009
UPDATE 1: Here is a spreadsheet of books denoting their catagory metadata along with whether the book has an amazon rank. If you are a gmail user, you can (I think) access the spreadsheet for sorting. If you aren’t a gmail user, here is a web page of the spreadsheet. Additionally, there is a Change.org [...]
Apr 12 2009
Amazon Rank UPDATE: Just in case Amazon argues that this was a technical glitch, consider these facts: (Oh, and here is Amazon saying that it is a glitch). Also, see why I think that Amazon is deranking based on category metadata provided by publishers. 1. Craig Seymour first complained about his book being adversely treated [...]
Apr 12 2009
UPDATE No. 2: Amazon executive customer service email is: ecr@amazon.com and the customer service phone number is 1-800-201-7575. You can use Robin’s template: Dear Amazon, It has come to my attention that you are de-ranking books, supposedly on the basis of "adult content." Apparently, according to the Amazon Dictionary, this is defined as books that have anything [...]
Apr 12 2009
TechCrunch is close to releasing its web device. It’s a $200 computing device that has no harddrive and about a 2 hour battery. It is designed to allow you to surf the web and access information from the cloud. I’m not convinced it is terribly useable but I could be wrong. [I]t is for reading [...]
Apr 11 2009
Dear Mrs. Cobb South, Of all your regencies I’ve read, and that’s most if not all of them, I don’t recall ever reading a bad one. They are well researched, well written, and feature strong characters. But best of all, they’re different. I realize this has made it harder for you to market them but [...]
Apr 11 2009
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. *** How did this happen? How did I let this happen? These are the two thoughts that are circling my [...]
Apr 10 2009
Michelle Sagara has alerted readers to an Amazon seller who is selling unpublished books. TSCBooks is offering unpublished works of authors like Maya Banks, Michelle Sagara, Stephenie Meyer, Maria Snyder and the like. These are books that are not published and some are not even in ARC form but the seller has them offered for [...]
Apr 10 2009
Dear Readers: There is this livejournal community called weepingcock wherein users collect literary outtakes of tragically bad sex scenes. In reading my fourth Ravenous Romance ebook, I’m convinced that there is some conspiracy between WC and RR, or at least some hidden symbiotic relationship because I haven’t read four books in a row from one [...]
Apr 10 2009
It occurred to me that perhaps DA readership needs a name. A few people suggested a community name. D-literates was probably my favorite.
Apr 10 2009
I am a big fan You are on my auto-buy I love your writing Am less of a fan Of your contemporaries But still a fun read My fave was the first Loved Sugar Daddy. But the next Was a little dark. STS is a Return to light and happy But remains poignant Ella – [...]
Apr 10 2009
Film revew: Ladyhawke (1985) Grade:B Genre: Historical romantic fantasy (US) Dear Richard Donner: I really enjoyed your 1980 film Inside Moves, a romantic black comedy about a young man who, after a failed attempted suicide, acquires a permanent disability that takes him into an underworld of people with disabilities and a dark sense of humour. [...]
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