Publishing News
Comics, dictionaries, digital journalism, Libraries, news, OED, Shakespeare
Oxford University Press Gives You Free Access to Books, Dictionaries & More During National Library Week – So while you can’t access Oxford academic journals, in honor of National Library Week, Oxford University Press is offering free access to a… more
Letters of Opinion
genre critique, Publishers, rape fantasy, tropes, warning labels
As some of you may know, Riptide author Amelia Gormley recently stirred some controversy on her blog regarding book warnings. Her dubcon f**ck or die m/m erotica (or erotic Romance, depending on your confidence in publisher tagging), Strain, is the… more
Publishing News
book-covers, class, Literary fiction, literary prizes, marriage, Pulitzer
Guardian and Washington Post win Pulitzer prize for NSA revelations – A full list of finalists and winners can be found here. While the fiction prizes are always of interest, this year the spotlight is definitely on the journalism awards,… more
Publishing News
Authors Guild, copyright, digital books, digital lending, digital publishing, Fair Use, Google, Libraries, Self-publishing
Authors Guild asks court to rule against Google – From the files of ‘give it up already,’ the Authors Guild has filed an appeal with the 2nd Circuit, obviously unhappy with Judge Chin’s dismissal of their suit against Google. The… more
Publishing News
Amazon, Comics, Hewlett Packard, literary award, Literary fiction, weddings
Hewlett-Packard Admits to International Bribery and Money Laundering Schemes – Okay, let’s start with the bad news. If this were April Fools’ Day, I’d say this has got to be a joke. Sadly (or for those reading The Will, alas),… more
Publishing News
antitrust, Archie, Comcast, Comics, digital books, diversity, Kobo, net neutrality, poetry, Self-publishing, Time Warner
Comic book icon Archie to ‘die heroically’ – I have to admit that this is pretty clever, although I’m guessing it’s going to make some readers feel manipulated. Although the Archie comics that continue to feature Archie, Veronica, and Betty… more
Publishing News
Amazon, children's literature, gender, Hulu, Netflix diversity, streaming media
Peter Matthiessen, Co-Founder Of The Paris Review, Dies At 86 – Peter Matthiessen died last week of acute myeloid leukemia. He may be best remembered for the writing he did in the wake of his world traveling, but Matthiessen was… more
Publishing News
digital lending, e-commerce, Libraries, sex tips, Simon and Schuster
A Growing Number of E-Commerce Sites Are Moving Into Print – I have to say that one of my guilty pleasures is the Vermont Country Store print catalogue. It’s old-fashioned goodness is so much better in print than digital —… more
In the aftermath of my post on the worrisome increase of aggression against negative reviews, Sunita wrote a fantastic post, which raised a number of additional discussion issues, including the question of how the online Romance community has changed in the… more
Publishing News
Apple, crowdsourcing, Fire, Galaxy, genre fiction, Indiegogo, iPad, Kindle, Movies, npr, Samsung, YA
Data Point: People Really Like to Read on Their Kindle Fires – A very interesting graphic comparing the iPad, the Galaxy, and the Fire. The statistic for e-reading on the Kindle Fire is a clear stand-out, but I’m not really… more
Publishing News
Amazon, Apple, diversity, emojis, Game of Thrones, Google, Roku, security, streaming media, Yahoo
Yahoo Protects Users with Lots More Encryption – Good news for Yahoo users; the company has boosted encryption for email and for traffic between its data centers. Yahoo has also instituted HTTPS encryption for search queries on the Yahoo homepage,… more
Publishing News
Amazon, bookstores, digital books, films, Fire TV, gender, Korea, Race, streaming media
OPEN THREAD: WHAT MAKES A BLACK FILM A BLACK FILM? – A short but pithy piece about how films get categorized as “black films” versus, say, “Comedy” or “Sports Drama.” There is a strong parallel to Romance here, not only… more
Publishing News
Amazon, digital books, diversity, Libraries, streaming media, writing advice
Ebook Growth Slows to Single Digits in U.S. in 2013 – In 2012, digital books comprised 23% of adult trade sales, and in 2013, that percentage only grew by a few points, to 27%. Children’s books decreased in digital, even… more
As you know, Dear Author takes the business of serving readers very seriously. We know how much of a disconnect there is between what our readers say they want and much of what is being published today. And as excited… more
Publishing News
Amazon, book-covers, digital publishing, editing, Kobo, Self-publishing, Sony
My Buying Community Want to Help Authors Beat the Kindle Store Best Seller List – My Buying Community, with a purported 10,000 members, seems to be another way to game the system on Amazon. The idea behind the service is… more