Apr 6 2012
What’s Up Doc (1972) Genre: Screwball Comedy/Romance Grade: A- Judy: Love means never having to say you’re sorry. Howard: That’s the dumbest thing I ever heard. Lots of people have tried to make screwball comedies in the decades after its 30/40s heydays but very few have actually succeeded. Usually, IMO, because they try too hard [...]
Apr 5 2012
No deals today. What, you didn’t gorge yourself yesterday? Get to it! Amazon Media Room: Press Releases – “Early sales data indicates that inclusion in the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library not only generates additional revenue from loans for authors, but actually increases customer purchases of authors’ work as well. In the case of Suzanne [...]
Apr 4 2012
I met HP Mallory last year at RT. I actually sat on a panel with her about reviewing. I came away super impressed with her level headed approach to reviews, her tireless dedication to her fans, and her general outlook on publishing which seemed like every day was an opportunity. Mallory sold more than [...]
Apr 4 2012
News Online Movies Set to Overtake DVDs and Blu-rays – eMarketer – One of the reasons I banged the ebook drum for so long was because all of media was moving toward online consumption. This year, US customers have begun using online movie services, either via download or streaming, in greater numbers that physical media [...]
Apr 3 2012
News From Reader Lana: Your midday link about Amazon being evil really got me thinking. See, I live in Canada, you know that place just North of the USA. Really close by in fact. Now, it seems a few authors that I have been reading for years are deciding to only sell their books with [...]
Apr 3 2012
I saw Julie James make a reference to interviewing different individuals for her books. It struck me as something I hadn’t heard of before even though I am sure that other authors have undertaken this task. You often see thanks to various individuals in the acknowledgments but I’ve never seen any one write about the [...]
Apr 2 2012
News On Friday, Reuters reported that Apple and five of the Big 6 publishers are moving toward settlement. My guess is that either Random House is arguing that it wasn;t involved in any collusive activity as it’s decision to move toward Agency came far later and based on market influence rather than any collusion or [...]
Mar 31 2012
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. *** Chapter One:Fateful Visitants (August 1572) It was a day of blue summer breezes. I was resting in the meadow, [...]
Mar 30 2012
Clash of the Titans (1981) Genre: Fantasy/Myth/Adventure Grade: B-/C I decided to check out this 30 year oldie goldie because today the sequel to the 3D 2010 remake is being released. I haven’t seen that one so I’m not going to compare them but despite the fact that the 1981 version is old school and [...]
Mar 29 2012
Amazon Fire Refurb for $139 BN is still offering its Nook Color for $129. Throw a Nook Touch on for $20 Mark Coker has provided substantive information to the DOJ arguing that agency pricing does not lead to increased prices in books. It’s also fallacy to believe that somehow the wholesale pricing model is the savior [...]
Mar 28 2012
My updates today are brief given my current real life work schedule. Harry Potter books have been released in digital and audio format. The prices are US $7.99 each for the first three and $9.99 each for the last four. If you buy them direct from Pottermore.com, they are DRM free and in epub format. [...]
Mar 28 2012
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 to know more about print debut authors. We developed a little questionnaire and every Wednesday [...]
Mar 26 2012
This is a big ol’ podcast: we start out talking briefly about novellas and short digital reads that I liked, but our main topic is the canon. What romances form the genre’s canon for historical, contemporary, and paranormal? We talk in circles a good bit (sorry about that) and we discuss what a canon is, [...]
Mar 25 2012
Week ending March 20, 2012 The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold A | BN | K | S The Amorous Education of Celia Seaton by Miranda Neville A | BN | K | S Requiem for Ashes by David Crossman A | BN | K | S Ride with Me: A Loveswept Contemporary [...]
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