Jan 15 2009
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Jan 14 2009
Condoms in Contemporary Romance
[poll id="140"] In Janet’s positive recommendation of Roxanne St. Claire’s Bulletcatcher series, she mentions the lack of use of condoms: There is one thing that drove me absolutely crazy in all three books, but it is more of a pet peeve than a strike against the work itself: no condoms. Now I know that some(…)Jan 12 2009
Reading Definition Poll
[poll id="139"] The National Endowment for the Arts said that there was an uptick in reading this year for the first time in 26 years, but it is also the first time that the survey included reading on the Internet. The PDF report is here. (Haven’t read it yet). From the report is this statistic:(…)Jan 6 2009
Would you pay more for DRM free digital media? iTunes Now Offering Its Entire Catalog DRM Free by End of Q1, 2009
[poll id="138"] The music industry is hoping that in exchange for DRM free music and the attendant freedom (and reduction of guilt associated with DRM stripping), the consumer will be okay with paying a higher price for music. Apple inked a deal with the three largest music distributors: Sony, BMI and Warner, to provide DRM(…)Jan 5 2009
Suggestions for Dear Author Changes in 2009
[poll id="137"] We’ve changed the look and now we’re thinking of what we can do to make Dear Author fresh and new for 2009. I loved getting the guest opinions during the month of December and am thinking about making that a regular feature for Tuesday’s Op Ed day. I’ve had other people ask(…)Dec 31 2008
Books in Recessionary Times
[poll id="136"] Last week I wondered on Twitter if the recession would hurt the book market. It doesn’t look like it will hurt the romance book market. One twitterer pointed out that movies did great during the Great Depression and apparently it was during that time that the Harlequin imprint really took off. And if(…)Dec 30 2008
Free Giveaway Poll
[poll id="135"] This week Harlequin has been giving a book away a day at its ebook site. The first day, I bought a couple of other titles, as the free book looked lonely in my cart. I wondered how many others actually bought books with their free book download. Send to KindleDec 27 2008
Can you read in the car poll?
[poll id="134"] SB Sarah mentioned on her twitter feed that she reads in the car alot. I know that sometimes I can read in the car and sometimes I can’t. I think it depends on whether I am reading with my glasses and whether I’ve eaten decent food. I am generally able to read in(…)Dec 22 2008
Hero/Heroine Preference
[poll id="133"] I’ve only put two choices in the poll because I really want to know, given your druthers, which story you would pick up first. Right now, because there are so many of the “hero in pursuit” stories, I tend to like the heroine in pursuit, but I’ve always had a weakness for the(…)Dec 19 2008
Reader Expectation Poll – Suzanne Brockmann Edition
[poll id="132"] The controversy of the week appears to be the upcoming Suzanne Brockmann book. I believe the book is due out the end of January but early readers have leaked that the coupling of the two main protagonists is not what was expected. This has lead to a firestorm of posts at All(…)Dec 17 2008
Zombies the New Black?
[poll id="131"] I see alot of books featuring zombies of late and I just don’t find zombies sexy or interesting. The word zombie conjures up hollowed out eyes, drooping skin, and mindless. What say you? Send to KindleDec 16 2008
Would you rather go without sex or books?
[poll id="130"] At the request of David Rothman from Teleread.org comes the weighty question of whether you would give up sex for two weeks or reading for two weeks. According to a survey conducted by the New York Times (via online polling which isn’t always accurate), more women would give up sex than access to(…)Dec 15 2008
Generational Divide Poll
[poll id="129"] I’m starting to wonder if there is a generational divide amongst readers of romance (and of writers too) wherein certain tropes appeal more to the older readers and certain tropes that appeal more to the younger readers. I don’t mean to say that all readers/writers of a certain age fall into the “old(…)Dec 10 2008
First and Last Name Poll
[poll id="128"] I’m big on characters having the right name for the book which means that the names should match the region, ethnicity, political structure, if any, and so forth. In most books, except for some fantasy books (and there has to be a reason for this), I need characters to have first and last(…)Dec 7 2008
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