Interviews
Debut-book, Interviews, New Author Interviews
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… more
Publishing News
Amazon, digital lending
‘Knitting Behind Bars’ Helps Inmates Cope with Prison Life – Lynn Zwerling and Sheila Rovelstad started a knitting program for prisons, but not female prisons. Instead, the Knitting Behind Bars program has been introduced to the male inmates and according… more
Apple Turnover Murder by Joanne Fluke. $ 1.99 (but see the notes) From the Jacket Copy: The Luscious Los Angeles Times And USA Today Bestseller! Early summer brings plenty of work for baker Hannah Swensen, even before Mayor Bascomb’s wife… more
Letters of Opinion
genre critique
When I first started reading Romance, I tended to avoid contemporaries, because the sexual politics were so blindingly overt. Even in books that did not purport to be about power, it was just so there. Over time, however, I realized… more
Seed to Harvest: Wild Seed, Mind of My Mind, Clay’s Ark, and Patternmaster by Octavia E. Butler. $ 9.99 From the Jacket Copy: The complete Patternist series—Butler’s acclaimed vision of a world transformed by a secret race of telepaths and… more
Publishing News
digital lending, Google, Kobo
Rumor: Google Planning to Open Retail Stores? – Google is supposedly going to be opening retail store to sell its tablets, phones and upcoming Google Glasses. I’d be surprised if Google didn’t opt for partnerships with Target and Best Buy… more