Publishing News
Books-a-Million, Fair Use, Kobo, Nook Tablet
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Barnes & Noble Announces Black Friday Megadeals on Hottest Holiday Gifts Including Top-Rated NOOK Simple Touch® at Lowest Price Ever of Only $39 – The NOOK Simple Touch will be on sale for only $39, and prices on the NOOK… more
Letters of Opinion
book reviewing, bullying, commercial speech, genre criticism
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By way of introduction So I’ve been listening to Anthony Bourdain read his own book, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and… more
Letters of Opinion
book recommendations, commercial speech, genre criticism, marketing
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Last week I talked about the way the personal and the professional often overlap in the Romance community around authors reviewing and recommending books. At one end is the elevation of what seems essentially a concern about personal relationships among… more
Book Reviews/ Letters of Opinion
author reviewing, genre criticism, professionalism, Twitter
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We talk a lot here about what it means to be a Romance reader, but not as much about what it means to be an author. For example, what does it mean to be an “aspiring author”? In an academic… more
Letters of Opinion
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There’s an interesting conversation going on in the review thread to Tillie Cole’s USA Today Bestselling book Sweet Home, which features a British heroine pursuing a master’s degree in Philosophy at the University of Alabama, and an Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback…. more
Book Reviews/ C+ Reviews
Contemporary; Arkansas; small town; reality television; famous heroine
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Dear Molly O’Keefe: One of my favorite things about your books is the way they refuse to shy away from messy, complicated characters and relationships. Wild Child is no different in that regard, although I found the book more problematic… more
Letters of Opinion
criticism-of-romance
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There have been a number of discussions recently in Romance around the question of whether the genre has become excessive in its portrayal of sex, violence, and sexual violence, especially in the work of authors like EL James, Kristen Ashley,… more
Letters of Opinion
community ethics, copyright infringement, plagiarism
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I know; I know. You’re as burned out as I am on all the community drama of late. And here I promised a post on the marketplace of ideas, when instead I’m writing one on plagiarism. But because we are… more
Letters of Opinion
book reviewing, community ethics, First-Amendment, Free Speech
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Letters of Opinion
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Remembering Why We Read Because sometimes I just need to reflect and remember why I spend so much time in the company of the written word. Maybe you do, too? Because I can: A love of reading is something that… more
Letters of Opinion
genre critique, reading community, Romance
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It is commonly accepted wisdom that controversy sells books. Many people believe that negative reviews can sell books. But what we talk about less is how whether and what the effect might be of this controversial discourse on the genre… more
Letters of Opinion
Alpha hero, balance of power, genre critique
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When I wrote my post last week on what I’m calling Extreme Romance, it seemed to translate for some readers into the ballad of the “controlling hero.” In fact, several readers asked for more books in which the hero and… more
Letters of Opinion
captivity narrative, genre critique, power, Romance
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When I started this series, I was working toward a consideration of why certain types Romance novels and authors are so popular right now, especially when they have generated so much controversy and even divisiveness among readers. I started with… more
Letters of Opinion
EL James, genre critique, Kristen Ashley, Romance
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Note: This is super-long, but I wanted to talk about the E.L. James and Kristen Ashley phenomena together. I will be doing the final summing-up post next week, so this one might appear to end abruptly. Sorry about that, but… more
B Reviews/ Recommended Reads
louisiana, Paranormal, Recommended Reads, Urban-Fantasy, vampires, werewolves
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Dear Ms. Harris: Now that I read so much in digital, I don’t pay as much attention to book covers as I used to. But the cover for Dead Ever After says so much about the book itself, that I’m… more