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May 2 2013

Thursday News: Author Solutions subject to class action; HarperCollins launches a digital first imprint for mysteries

HarperCollins to launch digital-first mystery imprint, with monthly royalty payments – The idea of no advance in a traditional publishing world is really groundbreaking outside of romance. Yet HarperCollins is going to do this for mystery books. “HarperCollins’ William Morrow division will launch Witness, a digital-first imprint for mysteries and thrillers, this October, the company(…)

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In Praise of the Personal Review

Jan 24 2012

In Praise of the Personal Review

Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen a lot of bluster in the YA community over what reviews “should be” and how they should be written and defined and what they should and should not contain. It’s a conversation that was very common in the online Romance community not so many years ago, and the(…)

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REVIEW: Wanted Man by Ellen Hartman

Jan 12 2012

REVIEW: Wanted Man by Ellen Hartman

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:(…)

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Jun 15 2011

Note from Hachette Regarding eBook Sales

As I mentioned previously, I had emailed Hachette about these concerns Ms. Carriger had posted about the underreporting of ebook royalties and how that may be harming authors. This was causing readers to think that they shouldn’t buy digital. I received the following response (reposted with permission): Dear Jane Neil has passed on your email(…)

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Dec 16 2009

Wednesday Midday Links Roundup: More Casual Gaming for Romance Authors

Dr. Sarah Frantz (aka Joan here at Dear Author) has an article published in the Jane Austen Society of North America. You can read the entire article here in which Dr. Frantz talks about the legacy of Darcy in the post modern romance novel. It’s all about the hero. **** Candace Sams continues her wigging(…)

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Feb 18 2009

Even Ian McEwan Has Critique Partners

I often hear about authors’ critique groups.   Some authors hire beta readers.   Some rely on random readers and some have a trusted circle.   Ian McEwan falls into the latter group.   His first readers are poet Craig Raine, historian Timothy Garton Ash and philosopher Galen Strawson. Ian McEwan, it turns out, has a triumvirate of friends(…)

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Oct 1 2008

Forbes List of Best Paid Authors

It doesn’t surprise you that JK Rowling is at the top of the list, does it? According to Forbes, Rowling has made over $300 million in the last year. Forbes says that the Potter series has sold 375 million+ copies worldwide. James Patterson comes in a distant but respectable second with a $50 million earning(…)

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Jun 10 2008

Looking Past the Ivy to See the Writers

more cat pictures What do Diana Peterfreund, Lauren Willig, Julia Quinn, and Eloisa James have in common? They are all Ivy League educated authors. Peterfreund is a graduate of Yale University. Willig, Quinn and James are Harvard educated. They are all, to varying degrees, commercially successful writers. At the both ends of the reading industry(…)

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Oct 8 2007

Katherine Stone Opens Review Site Run by Authors

On Running with Quills, Katherine Stone announced a new website to be launched November 1, 2007, called WritersareReaders.com (website currently not operational). The website will feature reviews written by authors. While Stone says that while negative reviews are acceptable, the only reviews she has received are the ones beloved by authors. While it would be(…)

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