Aug 30 2009
Those devoted to paper in publishing houses worry that digital publishing will lead to the loss of the art of publication. The sad fact is that the art of publication has been subsumed in mass production long ago. With increased paper costs, distribution costs, lowering margins, publishers have cheapened the physical book to the point(…)
Aug 29 2009
Author Talk features nudity and PC and Kristin Cast. Roxanne St. Claire is at the Borders True Romance blog talking about her latest book (a recommended read by Robin) and giving away three free copies of Hunt Her Down. Huffington Post writes about the efforts of DirecTV to put cable stations TNT and TBS online.(…)
Aug 27 2009
Popular Culture Association is putting out their annual call for papers: We are considering proposals for individual papers, sessions organized around a theme, and special panels. Sessions are scheduled in one-hour slots, ideally with four papers or speakers per standard session. If you are involved in the creative industry of popular romance (romance author/editor, film(…)
Aug 6 2009
In the ereading category: Sony officially announced its two new ebook readers to be available at the end of the month. The more affordable device has a 5″ screen, no external memory card, 512 internal MB on board (that will allow you to load over 500 books depending on the format), and will come in(…)
Jul 29 2009
Barnes and Noble will offer free ATT wifi access in all its retail stores. Once on the wifi access, you’ll be able to get access to instore promotions and the ability to buy your ebooks. Wendy, the SuperLibrarian, wonders if bloggers can actually make a book. Wendy says that publicists can’t expect this of a(…)
Jul 27 2009
More rumors abound about the Apple Tablet. The Financial Times is stating that it will be due out by Christmas (registration required). There is a supposed launch of a new iTouch complete with camera and microphone in October so it’s possible that the Apple Tablet will be announced at the same time. Red Sage author,(…)
Jul 23 2009
Kindle sales are now being counted toward bestseller numbers. I hope this goes a long way toward pushing publishers to get their act together and release ebooks in a timely fashion. Slow web loading speed can be a greater deterrent than anything and can overcome great features or content. This is something I struggle with(…)
Jul 22 2009
Dear RWA: It looks like next year, you’ll have to disqualify at least one New York publishing house from the RITAs next year. Hopefully you have someone looking into this right now and will be making an announcement in the interest of fairness and equity. According to an editor, one New York house is not(…)
Jul 21 2009
see more Lolcats and funny pictures It seems romance has evolved to the point where we either get positive press by way of showing off the Ph.D’s writing romance or we get smarmy coverage about how romance authors are all smelling of yeast but still bringing home the bacon. A better article on the RWA(…)
Jul 13 2009
Jul 7 2009
see more Lolcats and funny pictures Tor opened Tor Store to great fanfare a few weeks ago. The big news was that Tor Store was publisher agnostic. It plans to offer science fiction and fantasy book fans a one stop shopping place. Combined with the Tor blog, Tor is destined to become the preeminent online(…)
Jul 1 2009
There are a few very interesting (and some long) pieces on the current publishing business model and the way that it will need to adapt and change in order to survive. Michael Nielson’s long post on how publishing is failing and how smart parts of publishing can reinvent itself. It’s definitely worth reading but it’s(…)
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