Jun 18 2013
Blackberry Summer by RaeAnne Thayne. $ 1.99 From the Jacket Copy: Claire Bradford needed a wake-up call. What she didn’t need was a tragic car accident. As a single mom and the owner of a successful bead shop, Claire leads a predictable life in Hope’s Crossing, Colorado. So what if she has no time for(…)
Jun 18 2013
Today is the release date for Colleen Gleason’s next installation in her paranormal romance series: The Gardella Vampire Chronicles. While I’ve been complaining for a while that I think vampires series are a bit played out, this series features fabulous vampire slayers a la Buffy Summers, AND this trilogy is set in the 1920′s, a(…)
Jun 18 2013
Jun 18 2013
Are We Subjected To Literary Skeuomorphism? – This is a hard to read (black background, white text) short blog entry about the idea of literary skeuomorphism or how authors use something familiar to introduce readers to something unknown. This is actually something that Meljean Brook admitted doing in her first Iron Seas book, The Iron(…)
Jun 17 2013
Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life by Steve Martin. $ 2.99 Amazon & Google Play From the Jacket Copy: In the midseventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up. In 1981 he quit forever. This book is, in his own words, the(…)
Jun 17 2013
In the interest of information sharing, I bring to you three things from my inbox: Tomely is a retailer site devoted to indie books. It looks like a Smashwords competitor and is designed to work with ePub, Kindles, and even the iBooks App. You can even send to “Readmill”, an iOS reading app that I’m(…)
Jun 16 2013
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. $ 2.99 Amazon & Google Play From the Jacket Copy: Released by Louisiana State University Press in April 1980, A Confederacy of Dunces is nothing short of a publishing phenomenon. Turned down by countless publishers and submitted by the author’s mother years after his suicide, the book(…)
Jun 16 2013
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. You can submit your own First Page using this form. Neither the press nor any other media network heralded the(…)
Jun 15 2013
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce. $ 1.99 From the Jacket Copy: The book that inspired the Academy Award–winning short film, from New York Times bestselling author and beloved visionary William Joyce. Morris Lessmore loved words. He loved stories. He loved books. But every story has its upsets. Everything in(…)
Jun 15 2013
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. You can submit your own First Page using this form. The air was a tangible thing, snaking along his skin,(…)
Jun 14 2013
Oracle Glass by Judith Merkle Riley. $ 2.99 From the Jacket Copy: For a handful of gold, Madame de Morville will read your future in a glass of swirling water. You’ll believe her, because you know she’s more than 150 years old and a witch, and she has all of Paris in the palm of(…)
Jun 14 2013
Choose Your Own Adventure Series Heading for the Big Screen…Wait, Huh? – I’m not really sure how this will work. Will everyone be given an electronic device and vote for the ending that they want to see? In a big theatre, I don’t see this as functioning well. At home? In an app? Maybe. LitReactor(…)
Jun 13 2013
Obssession by Jennifer Armentrout. $ .99 From the Jacket Copy: He’s arrogant, domineering, and… To. Die. For. Hunter is a ruthless killer. And the Department of Defense has him firmly in their grasp, which usually doesn’t chafe too badly because he gets to kill bad guys. Most of the time he enjoys his job. That(…)
Jun 13 2013
Stacked: Female Sexuality in YA Fiction: Exploring the Range of Experiences – Catagator discusses the need for YA books to have a more sexually empowering message. It should be noted that Catagator isn’t calling for all YA books to have sex in them or for all YA books to have one particular type of sex,(…)
Jun 12 2013
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. $ 3.99 From the Jacket Copy: Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place-he’s the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians’ time as well as their timely(…)
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