Bookstore

UPDATED: Samhain to close My Bookstore and More

One digital book byte before bedtime. My Bookstore and More, the bookstore portion of Samhain, will be closing toward the end of the year. Readers will still be able to purchase Samhain books from the Samhain site but MBaM will no longer be offering other publishers’ books. I’ve asked what will happen to readers previous(…)

August Promotions for eBooks

These are the August specials I know of. If I have missed some, let me know.   The Hachette deals can be found at most etailers like Kindle, Sony, BooksonBoard.com, and the like. Orbit’s $1.00 release is Night Shift by Lilith Saintcrow, retail price $6.99 for $1.00 during the month of August. Forever Summer Sizzling Reads(…)

Barnes & Noble’s eBookstore Is Neither Sound Nor Fury

I had to write this post after reading all the headlines on Twitter about Barnes and Noble’s ebookstore presenting real competition for the Amazon Kindle.    It’s not and here’s why. First, BN’s ebookstore is simply that, a store. There is no device.   Kindle captured the burgeoning ebook crowd not because it simply provided books(…)

Books on Board’s Beyond Heaving Bosoms Promotion

For twenty four hours, BooksonBoard will offer Beyond Heaving Bosoms for 25% off beginning on April 14 10am cst to April 15 10am cst. Along with 20% off list price all titles by these authors whose books are mentioned in the book: Stephanie Laurens JD Robb/ Nora Roberts Jude Deveraux Kelley Armstrong Patricia Briggs The(…)

Amazon Pricing Problem: Beware

Michelle Sagara has alerted readers to an Amazon seller who is selling unpublished books.      TSCBooks is offering  unpublished works of authors like Maya Banks, Michelle Sagara, Stephenie Meyer, Maria Snyder and the like.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(…)

REPOST: DA Discount for Dorchester Books

I’m just reposting this as a reminder since the coupon will end on March 15, 2009.    EXCLUSIVE OFFER FOR DA READERS: TAKE $10 OFF YOUR $25 ORDER with Code DA25 at checkout    You can preorder these hot May titles and get them before they arrive in stores:                      Then use your(…)

Oh Noes! Borders Offers Romance Book for Free; Takes Advantage of Emotionally Weak Women

Borders is running a Buy 4 Get 1 Free special for romances. When I first saw this discount notice in my inbox (which works out to about $1.25 off per book), I thought, “Sweet.” But apparently, I should have thought “those rat bastards.” According to blogger at TensionBreaker: Offering consumers 5 romance novels for the(…)

Beautiful Book Buying

Beautiful Book Buying

We all love to buy books, right? And as much as I luv me some ebooks, I still enjoy browsing in a bookstore. Something about the feel and heft of a book in my hands, the surprise discovery, the remembered TBB title makes a trip to my local brick and mortar store a treat. Sean(…)

New Romance Marketing Expert at Borders

moar funny pictures I have to just give a plug for my dear friend, Tina Trevaskis, who is now the new Romance/Horror & Westerns Marketing Specialist at Borders Group Inc. Tina is a huge lover of romance. I met Tina over 7 years ago (I think) due to our mutual love of romance. Of course,(…)

Spotlight on Drollerie Press

Spotlight on Drollerie Press

Drollerie Press came to my attention when two authors, Joely Sue Burkhart and Imogen Howson, emailed DearAuthor and wondered if we wouldn’t be interested in reading their books. The covers were gorgeous and I assumed that this was some small print independent publishing house. Upon further investigation, I learned that Drollerie Press is a new(…)

Price Comparison: Which E book Retailer Has the Best Prices

I’ve purchased most of my books at Fictionwise. I’ve long thought that its Buywise club was a smart purchasing decision. After all, I buy alot of ebooks and it just seemed to make sense. I sat down with my laptop, an Excel spreadsheet, and Ned and learned that I really haven’t been spending my money(…)

Top 10 Peeves from Booksellers and Readers about Author Websites

This is a special post by Bookseller Jolie after talking with some other booksellers and readers. Readers want to buy your books; booksellers want to sell your books. Even though this article is all about the peeves, it’s really about how to help authors get connected to readers. The only way to do that is(…)

REVIEW:  Ebookstore Review:  All Romance Ebooks

REVIEW: Ebookstore Review: All Romance Ebooks

    Angie W, Executive Editor of Samhain Publishing, brought a new ebookstore to our attention last week: All Romance Ebooks. All Romance Ebooks or “ARe” opened its doors on November 1, 2006, and while it took a while to get my attention I appreciate it didn’t go around and spam comment on all of(…)

REVIEW:  Ebook Weekly : Review of Cobblestone Press

REVIEW: Ebook Weekly : Review of Cobblestone Press

Edited April 17th This week we’re reviewing Cobblestone Press. They opened their cyber doors in 2006. “Cobblestone Press is an electronic, full service publisher of mainstream, sensual, and erotic romance, releasing two to three digital books a week in a variety of downloadable formats. It is our mission to provide quality romance books in electronic(…)

REVIEW:  E-Book Weekly:  Review of Freya’s Bower Site and Bookstore

REVIEW: E-Book Weekly: Review of Freya’s Bower Site and Bookstore

This week we’re reviewing Freya’s Bower. Freya’s Bower is a subsidy of Wild Child Publishing. FB opened it’s electronic doors in spring of 2006. While the catalog is small, it offers books in fifteen different categories. It is a non-subsidy publishing house and pays 40% e royalties and 10% wholesale print royalties with no charges(…)