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Aug 26 2012
Welcome to the Promotional Thread for Authors. What’s this you say? I read quite a few blogs outside the romance blogosphere and many of the big ones have a daily open thread where the commenters drive the bus. The rules for Author Promo Night Open Thread are as follows: The book has to be released(…)
Aug 26 2012
Got a book you want to talk about? Frustrated with a book or series? In love with a new one? Found a buried treasure? An issue that keeps popping up in the books you are reading? Just want to chat about stuff in general? Post away. Don’t forget to bookmark our New Releases site. Books(…)
Aug 26 2012
A little history behind the Nano Watch When the Nano was first introduced in 2005, I thought it was cute but totally a waste of money. There was no way to add new apps to it. It played music, had a tiny screen for some kind of video playback and that was about it.(…)
Aug 5 2012
A few weeks ago Google released their first entry into the increasingly crowded Android tablet arena, the Nexus 7. The 7-inch Nexus 7 competes with the likes of the Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet, Galaxy Tab 2 and others, as well as older spec’d devices like the Kobo Vox and Nook Color. Google’s Nexus line are(…)
Jul 30 2012
Here are the winners of the Pimp My Read contest picked by author Shannon Stacey: The winner of the Nook SimpleTouch with GlowLight is: shutter_red The two runners-up, winning the books are: Just Shireen and Michelle K. Ms. Stacey will be in contact with you. Thanks everyone! Send to Kindle
Jul 30 2012
Dedication by Janet Mullany My review is here. I liked this quite well, in spite of the fact that I rather embarrassingly didn’t remember that I’d read the original version. I Am Old. Lust Ever After by Rose de Fer My review here. Eh. The Dark Knight by Elizabeth Elliott My review here. Unfortunately a bit of(…)
Jul 29 2012
Welcome to the Promotional Thread for Authors. What’s this you say? I read quite a few blogs outside the romance blogosphere and many of the big ones have a daily open thread where the commenters drive the bus. The rules for Author Promo Night Open Thread are as follows: The book has to be released(…)
Jul 29 2012
Got a book you want to talk about? Frustrated with a book or series? In love with a new one? Found a buried treasure? An issue that keeps popping up in the books you are reading? Just want to chat about stuff in general? Post away. Send to Kindle
Jul 26 2012
We were supposed to post the winner of this contest earlier this week. Unfortunately Ms. Stacey is having internet troubles but hopefully we can work something out so that the winner is posted tomorrow or Saturday. Send to Kindle
Jul 16 2012
The Contest Pimp My Read is your chance to win one of four fantastic e-readers, as well as best-selling, super-sexy, fun contemporary romances by authors Ruthie Knox, Sarah Mayberry, Shannon Stacey, and Molly O’Keefe. This week, we four authors bedeck ourselves in (virtual) feathers and gold chains, climb on top of our Pimp Caddies, and(…)
Jul 11 2012
My June reading was a mixture of the good and the disappointing. Here’s what I read: A Gentleman Undone by Cecilia Grant I loved Grant’s debut, A Lady Awakened. This is the follow up, about the brother of the heroine from the earlier book, an officer in the Napoleonic Wars who sold his commission and(…)
Jul 7 2012
If you couldn’t tell by the last couple of weeks’ posts about Automator and Belvedere, I am a big fan of automating repetitive tasks in my life. This way I can spend more time creating content, reading or just laying about the house. I’ve been telling everyone how much I enjoyed Charles Duhigg’s book “The(…)
Jun 24 2012
Welcome to the Promotional Thread for Authors. What’s this you say? I read quite a few blogs outside the romance blogosphere and many of the big ones have a daily open thread where the commenters drive the bus. The rules for Author Promo Night Open Thread are as follows: The book has to be released(…)
Jun 24 2012
Got a book you want to talk about? Frustrated with a book or series? In love with a new one? Found a buried treasure? An issue that keeps popping up in the books you are reading? Just want to chat about stuff in general? Post away. Send to Kindle
Jun 24 2012
One of the panels that BEA Bloggercon has had for a couple of years is managing relationships between publishers and bloggers. Bloggers bemoan the seemingly relentless focus on statistics, something a new blogger often stresses over. From speaking with other reviewers at BEA, there was a desire for greater discussion about relationships and not numbers. (…)
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