Oct 26 2011
Tribute Books has announced that beginning in 2012 it will become solely an e-book publisher young adult titles. They are looking for authors who are ready have a book published to a royalty paying press and are offering a 50% off the net retail price in royalties. They want to work with 12 authors, publishing(…)
Jul 31 2010
The following are your 2010 RITA Winners. 2010 RITA for Best First Book Finalists * WINNER * One Scream Away by Kate Brady, Grand Central Publishing, Forever, Editor: Celia Johnson (ISBN: 978-0-446-54152-7). Reviewed here by Jane. He Calls Her Doc by Mary Brady, Harlequin Enterprises, Harlequin Superromance, Editor: Kathryn Lye (ISBN: 978-0-373-71561-9) The Gladiator by(…)
Nov 25 2009
The much maligned Harlequin Horizons (which authors and readers had begun to refer to as HarHo after what I presume to mean that some one is engaging in prostituting herself) has transformed into DellArte Press. It has essentially the same look and feel but there is no mention of Harlequin anywhere. Even the contact person(…)
Jan 15 2009
This past fall RWA announced its new RITA / Golden Heart eligibility rules. I actually blogged about it when it was announced but apparently authors did not pay attention/read the rules/understand what they were reading. The new rules are thus: Contest Rules Specific to the RITA Books entered in the 2009 RITA contest must:(…)
Jan 5 2009
eHarlequin.com has made the shortlist for the “Best Online Community” award called the Weblog Awards. It is the world’s largest weblog competition. Kudos to eHarlequin.com. Go vote for them. Send to Kindle
Dec 18 2008
The long list of 22 books have been released for the coveted "Romance Novel of the Year 2009" given out annually by the Romantic Novelists' Association. 156 books were submitted. The 22 books will be whittled down to a short list on January 13, 2009. A panel of 80 readers from all over the country,(…)
Apr 9 2008
Sue Grimshaw, buyer for romances at Borders for the past 7 years, was awarded the 2008 Vivian Stephens Industry Award from RWA. This was announced a week or so ago when the RITA nominations were announced. Grimshaw is a voracious reader of romance as well as general fiction and mystery. She devours a minimum of(…)
Apr 7 2008
FICTION: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (Riverhead Books) DRAMA: August: Osage County by Tracy Letts HISTORY: What Hath God Wrought by Daniel Walker Howe (Oxford University Press) BIOGRAPHY: Eden’s Outcasts by John Matteson (W.W. Norton) POETRY: Time and Materials by Robert Hass (Ecco/HarperCollins) POETRY: Failure by Philip Schultz (Harcourt) Pulitzer.org(…)
Mar 6 2008
The Board approved the following 2008 Award Recipients: RWA Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award – Vicki Lewis Thompson (this used to be the Lifetime Achievement Award but was renamed to the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award) RWA Emma Merritt Service Award – Linda Winstead Jones RWA Service Award – Jill Limber, Nicole Burnham RWA Vivian(…)
Feb 8 2008
Essence held its first annual Literary Award ceremony last night. The Storyteller of the Year Award was given to LA Banks, author of the Vampire Huntress series. The Storyteller of the Year award is voted on by the ESSENCE readers. It has awarded the The Pirate’s Daughter by Margaret Cezair-Thompson its first ever Essence Literary(…)
Jan 22 2008
Orson Scott Card was awarded the Margaret A. Edwards Award by the Young Adult Library Services Association. The Association’s decision to honor Card for “helping adolescents become aware of themselves and addressing questions about their role and importance in relationships, society, and in the world” is controversial given the anti-gay tone of some of his(…)
Jan 21 2008
Mills & Boons sweeps the Romantic Novelists’ Association Awards shortlist for category romance. The nominated titles include: The Secret Life of Lady Gabriella – Liz Fielding Driving him Wild – Julie Cohen Her Parenthood Assignment – Fiona Harper English Lord, Ordinary Lady – Fiona Harper The Mediterranean Rebel’s Bride – Lucy Gordon Breakfast at Giovanni’s(…)
Jan 6 2008
Jayne and I have a great fondness for e published books. Since the inception of this blog, we have been reading and reviewing books that are published by houses which specialize in releasing books in the e format. We thought that it would be nice to do a little 2007 retrospective on the ebooks that(…)
Jan 2 2008
Minneapolis, Minnesota, population 372811, was named 2007′s Most Literate City. The methodology used by Central Connecticut State University includes only cities with a population in excess of 250,000 according to the US Census Data as of July 1, 2006. The study calculates the ranking based on newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, library resources, periodical publishing(…)
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