Apr 20 2010
Crowdsourcing a Harlequin Blogger Bundle
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Harlequin wants to do another set of blogger bundles for release in July and beyond. I asked, and Harlequin agreed, that it would be fun to crowdsource a bundle. This is how we will do it. I have a space here on Dear Author for you to recommend and then rate a suggestion. Each recommendation will have to be accompanied by a brief reason why you recommend it and it must be from 1998 (first printing or reissue) to the present.
To repeat.
- Step 1 is to suggest a book using this form.
- Step 2 is to vote on the submissions. Check back often.
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Apr 20, 2010 @ 11:43:28
That’s 1998 or later everyone as it says on the site, you’re not limited to that year only :)
~Amy from Harlequin
Apr 20, 2010 @ 12:31:22
Sorry Amy. I meant to make that clarification.
Apr 20, 2010 @ 13:06:04
I need to come up with a bribe for votes…I mean a prize to offer if The Sweetest Taboo gets picked. I want that book in digital so badly. So badly I got flustered and missed a typo in my plea.
Apr 20, 2010 @ 13:45:40
No worries Jane, it’s on the actual nomination site loud and clear :)
Apr 20, 2010 @ 14:21:28
Jane, does the book have to be branded as Harlequin, or can it have been published under the Silhouette brand?
Apr 20, 2010 @ 14:33:33
I think it is anything under the Harlequin umbrella.
Apr 20, 2010 @ 18:22:07
How long is this open? I need to ration my vote-mongering accordingly. :)
Apr 20, 2010 @ 19:35:56
Yep, anything published by Harlequin — including Silhouette, Kimani, MIRA, HQN, whatever!
~Amy from Harlequin
Apr 20, 2010 @ 21:01:03
Cullen’s Bride by Fiona Brand
Silhouette (February 1, 1999)
I’ve seen this book recommended numerous times on the Amazon forums–alpha heroes, like Linda Howard. I’m not a big Harlequin fan because the length is usually to short for me but if this book was available as an ebook I would buy it. Well, I would have to see what formats HQN offers their ebooks in and make sure I can strip the DRM off of it first but if the DRM isn’t a problem I’d buy.
I filled out the form but I figured I’d post to just to encourage people to recommend books and because I think it’s awesome–even with DRM–for a publisher to actually get feedback from their customers. Good job.
Apr 20, 2010 @ 21:03:46
@Tabby: I loved thosebooks and you are right – they are very Linda Howard. Did Brand ever finish the series? I always expected the dead brother to show up at some point.
Apr 20, 2010 @ 21:51:50
@Tabby:
@Jane:
O RLY? I’ll have to check into these. I love the older Howard books.
Apr 21, 2010 @ 11:21:53
Don’t Tempt Me… By Dawn Atkins. My first Blaze, and a different heroine to be sure. Not to mention it was actually well written, and very steamy. ^^
Apr 21, 2010 @ 13:58:52
I’d love to see mini-series come out. Like Alison Kent’s gIrl-gEar or the Lock & Key Blazes…but those probably aren’t old enough…Maybe a collection of Flipsides or Duets? That could be fun!
Apr 21, 2010 @ 14:03:23
Jenna, Alison’s gIRL-gEAR series is available digitally. I think they came out in January, but they’re out for the Kindle, nook and at FW. (Probably most everywhere, though I didn’t look.)
Love that series!
Apr 22, 2010 @ 14:51:02
@Jenna — Shannon’s spot-on, Girl Gear ebooks are on sale now everywhere. And Lock & Key series will be coming out this summer!
Apr 23, 2010 @ 22:04:08
I forgot about reissues. Could have nominated some of my fave Noras that Silhouette reprints seemingly every year – LOL.
But since they aren’t aleady out in e, I figured something must be up with the rights.
Jul 29, 2010 @ 23:02:03
I bought this blogger bundle last night and read Cullen’s Bride today. That was the first Fiona Brand book I’ve read and I enjoyed it. It has its flaws, but it did remind me of the early Linda Howard novels that I loved.
So now I’m searching for the other books in the series. From Amazon, I see there are several other books from what appears to be a Lombard-SAS series. After reading reviews, the only three in the series that I’m interested in reading are:
(1) Heart of Midnight (Gray Lombard, Blade’s brother);
(2) Blade’s Lady; and
(3) Marrying MacCabe (Roma Lombard, Blade and Gray’s sister)
Amy W (from Harlequin): Could Harlequin please digitize these three? Roughly 90% of my book purchases nowadays are ebooks to reduce clutter. I could go and track down used copies, but I thought I’d check first to see if these might become available in ebook format soon.
Jul 29, 2010 @ 23:05:57
Oops, typo for book 3: “McCabe” without the additional a. (I used to be able to edit my post within a certain amount of time but that option is not available now?)