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Special Deals Post: 12 Book Club Picks $2.99 from Avon
In celebration of National Reading Group Month, Book Club Girl has combed through Harper Collins extensive list of trade publications to hand-select 12 great e-books for book clubs for just $2.99 each (price is good for the entire month of… more
Contemporroneous: 5 Biggest Mistakes Writers Make About Lawyers (or why...
Letters of Opinion
Contemporary
During the Mistorical discussion, some asked why we didn’t point out errors or miscues in contemporary romances.Lynn S even gave us a good name for it: contemporroneous. To the extent that we know them, I think that we do. I’ve… more
Monday Midday News: Sandra Hyatt Memorial, Sara Douglass passes, Copyright Office...
Publishing News
Author-deaths, digital lending, digital rights management, dmca, Kindle
As you will have heard, author Sandra Hyatt (Hyde) died suddenly a few weeks ago. A trust has now been set up in her memory, it’s aim to support a NZ-based romance writer going to a conference here or overseas…. more
REVIEW: A Bride Unveiled by Jillian Hunter
C Reviews
across the tracks, friends-to-lovers, Jillian Hunter
Dear Ms. Hunter, I picked up this book after Jane mentioned it in passing in an email with…some sort of positive connotation. I hadn’t read your work before, but whatever it was Jane said, it was enough for me to… more
Dear Bitches Smart Authors Podcast: Jane Interviews Sarah regarding “Everything I...
For this edition of the Dear Bitches, Smart Authors podcast, Jane (me) asks Sarah Really Really Hard Questions about Everything I Know About Love, I Learned from Romance Novels, known affectionately as EIKAL. I tried to ask hard questions about… more
REVIEW: Touch of Crimson by Sylvia Day
D Reviews
angels, demons, No Paranormal Left Behind, reincarnation, shapeshifters, Sylvia Day, vampires
Dear Ms. Day: I felt like that there was a kernel of a really great story here but the story I wanted to read and the story I read were at such odds with each other. The story that I… more
DA/SBTB Bestseller List
Bestseller List
best seller lists
Week ending September 28, 2011 Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost Amazon | nook | Sony | Kobo I Love the Earl by Caroline Linden Amazon | nook | Sony | Kobo Lord and Lady Spy by Shana Galen… more
Authorial Stickiness and Self Publishing
I’ve been buying and reading a number of self published books of late, primarily because of the price point of $.99. I find that the $.99 price point overcomes a lot of reservations I might have about a book. One… more
Ebooks
REVIEW: Kidthing.com
Ebooks
childrens-books, ebook technology, Ebooks
Last month, I read about a new e book program for kids called Kidthing.com. Kidthing is based on Adobe flash and is one part audio book and one part video. It really harnesses the ability of a computer to translate… more
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Dear Author Recommends for March
Recommended Reads
Christine Rimmer, Julie James, K.A. Mitchell, Karina Bliss, N.K. Jemisin, Pamela-Clare
You can get a discount on some of the recommended reads at Books on Board. Dark Angel/Lord Carew’s Bride by Mary Balogh. Recommended by Janine, Jennie and Jayne | Mary Balogh’s Website | Kindle | Amazon | nook | BN… more