Apr 2 2012
Dear Ms. Ward: I haven’t read a book in this series since Book 5. My interest waned as I felt the series moved farther away from the core romance base where the series was birthed. I read the flyleaf of the hardcover when I received my complimentary copy and discovered that this was the love [...]
Apr 1 2012
The April Fool’s jokes started early last night. Google always participates and this year pulls out a fantastic 8 BIT NES Google Maps. The following video shows you how to use the cartridge. Blowing on the teeth of the cartridge is an important part of the installation process. Sarah Wendell went old school at the [...]
Mar 31 2012
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. *** Chapter One:Fateful Visitants (August 1572) It was a day of blue summer breezes. I was resting in the meadow, [...]
Mar 30 2012
Dear Ms. Enoch: I appreciate what the Tantalus Club series is about. In the 19th Century, women held few rights. For many, there were only a few options for a life of independence. Almost all of those choices depended on the use of one’s own person as the form of currency, whether the transaction was [...]
Mar 29 2012
Amazon Fire Refurb for $139 BN is still offering its Nook Color for $129. Throw a Nook Touch on for $20 Mark Coker has provided substantive information to the DOJ arguing that agency pricing does not lead to increased prices in books. It’s also fallacy to believe that somehow the wholesale pricing model is the savior [...]
Mar 28 2012
Dear Ms. Gaines: The book has a very original opening. Rachel Frye is trying to convince her stick in the mud boyfriend not to break up with her. The breakup is bringing out her least favorite trait, shrillness, and is being done in front of her biggest rival, Garret Calder. Garrett is a fellow creative [...]
Mar 28 2012
My updates today are brief given my current real life work schedule. Harry Potter books have been released in digital and audio format. The prices are US $7.99 each for the first three and $9.99 each for the last four. If you buy them direct from Pottermore.com, they are DRM free and in epub format. [...]
Mar 28 2012
I’ve had some concerns by readers who are primarily print readers that the coverage at Dear Author has been too focused on ebooks. When I asked the readers what they were interested in seeing, they responded that they would like to know more about print debut authors. We developed a little questionnaire and every Wednesday [...]
Mar 26 2012
This is a big ol’ podcast: we start out talking briefly about novellas and short digital reads that I liked, but our main topic is the canon. What romances form the genre’s canon for historical, contemporary, and paranormal? We talk in circles a good bit (sorry about that) and we discuss what a canon is, [...]
Mar 25 2012
Week ending March 20, 2012 The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold A | BN | K | S The Amorous Education of Celia Seaton by Miranda Neville A | BN | K | S Requiem for Ashes by David Crossman A | BN | K | S Ride with Me: A Loveswept Contemporary [...]
Mar 25 2012
Publishing is being remade every day, from print only to digital first; from traditionally published to self published. With the advent of coordinated fundraising sites like Kickstarter, there is a move toward mass patronage. Patronage is a system of private support of the arts that has existed for centuries. The Medicis, for example, were well [...]
Mar 24 2012
Dear Ms. Masterson and Mr. Halpin: My interest in this book was piqued by an off hand remark but excited remark by The BookSmugglers. When it became available for review, I requested it. I’m a casual reader of Young Adult fiction books and my tastes run toward the YA romances more than issue books but [...]
Mar 24 2012
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. If you would like your piece critiqued, please check out this page. *** Chapter One ~ The Clock With Three Faces [...]
Mar 23 2012
Dear Ms. Moore Thank you for sending me your book for review. I was sold when you told me that this werewolf story was based on the Norse mythology and involved a lot of discussion of pack dynamics. While I appreciated the fresh take on the werewolf myth and the focus on the pack, I [...]
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