Jan 16 2012
Dear Ms. Roane: I have been a fan of your books since the first in the series. Yes, I do kind of make fun of the books but I’m really making fun of myself for being in thrall to the world that you are building and the idea of these world weary warriors that go [...]
Jan 16 2012
There are two big tech publishing conferences that take place in the spring. One is Digital Book World and the second is Tools of Change. (The latter is one that I’ve gone to for 3 years). Different companies collect data and present that data at these conferences. One such survey conducted by Forrester Research Inc. [...]
Jan 16 2012
Dear Ms. Miller, This book got my attention due to the lovely cover. Larkstorm has one of the more striking covers I’ve seen lately, especially in a world of self-publishing that is dominated by stock photography. The sample was intriguing, and I was sold, even though I’m rather tired of dystopians. Larkstorm started out strong, [...]
Jan 15 2012
Week ending January 10, 2012 Angelfall by Susan Ee | Amazon | BN | Sony | Kobo Unraveled by Courtney Milan | Amazon | BN | Sony | Kobo | ARE To Love a Thief by Julie Anne Long | Amazon | BN | Sony | Kobo Under Her Skin by Jeaniene Frost, Ilona Andrews [...]
Jan 15 2012
Part two of settling up a new library with Calibre. The first can be found here for plugins and metadata. Once you have the books entered into your library, you can then manipulate the data. Calibre now allows you to create your own custom columns. Calibre comes with columns for Title, Title Sort, Author, Author Sort, [...]
Jan 14 2012
Dear Readers, When I reviewed The Nonesuch a few months ago during Sourcebooks’ summer Heyer sale, I mentioned in passing that I really wanted to review Sprig Muslin, but it hadn’t been digitized yet. Now it is, so as promised, here’s a review. This book wasn’t in my Top 10 Heyer Regencies during the first decade [...]
Jan 14 2012
You wouldn’t believe how long it took for me to find a LOLCat capable of expressing the rage and hatred that all of romancelandia is feeling today toward stupid fathead Merlin Bracks, who revealed that she has been using a million aliases and faking reviews all over the place. Is this the work of one [...]
Jan 14 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. *** Finley stepped out of the terminal and caught the smell of the Atlantic even before the glass doors had [...]
Jan 13 2012
Dear Ms. Ee: I am pretty sure I bought that at the recommendation of has_bookpushers on September 6, 2011, (according to my Kindle records). But like many a book, it languished (or was lost) in my to be read pile. Internet chatter about this book rose up and I pulled it out to read. Okay, [...]
Jan 13 2012
Definitely, Maybe (2008) Genre: Romantic Dramedy Grade: B Definitely, Maybe is another film Netflix kept urging on me and I kept resisting. The star ranking was only slightly above an average of 3 and the description didn’t grab me. I like a HEA in a movie that looks to have romance in it and with [...]
Jan 12 2012
Rhian’s Rooftop Resolutions: 1. Write a children’s book 2. Learn to play basketball 3. Have a summer fling Between caring for her orphaned nephew and working as a tech writer, Rhian MacGregor has spent several years perfecting the art of abstinence. But the arrival of Nathan Delaney—her gorgeous housepainter—has her contemplating a new instruction manual: [...]
Jan 12 2012
We are back with a new podcast! AND I have a new microphone that KICKS IN OMG about 4 minutes in, but after that I sound a lot better. Which is funny because I was coming down with the flu at the time we recorded. Heh. This week we are all about Listener Mail. We’re [...]
Jan 12 2012
News HarperCollins is making a core set of backlist titles available for print on demand through espresso machines. I’m not sure why every digitized book can’t be accessed through an in store POD system but I’m glad that more print titles are being made available to readers who want print. **** I know that there [...]
Jan 12 2012
Dear Ms. Frost: This book ended up being too frothy for me. Alissa is a Muse and as such her role in life is to inspire those around her. The big concept in the book is that the heroine is competing to be the Best Muse of All (or for to be the Wreath Muse) [...]
Jan 11 2012
Dear Ms. Kleypas: I may be in the minority of readers in this, but I really prefer your contemporary books to your historicals. I find your contemporary voice more confident, fluent, and engaging, and, more specifically, I find Travis series books reliable comfort reads. Since we already had reviews of Sugar Daddy and Smooth Talking [...]
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