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REVIEW: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

REVIEW: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

Dear Ms. Lin: I don’t review many non romance books here at Dear Author because it’s a) a romance oriented blog and b) I rarely read anything that isn’t romance except for the books I read to my daughter. For the most part, the books I’ve read to my five year old are mainly old [...]

REVIEW: Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman

REVIEW: Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman

Dear Ms. Goodman, I first heard of your novel last year while reading a fantasy blog about a book released in Australia called The Pearls of Wisdom.   Being intrigued by the premise, I looked for information about a North American release but turned up nothing.   Then a couple months ago, I received my monthly package [...]

Penguin to Soon Publish First Chinese Book

Penguin will be releasing a new book “Wolf Totem” that was first written and published in China. The book sold nearly 6 million copies in China. What did Penguin pay for these rights? The rights were acquired in 2005 and the estimated cost was $100,000. Seems like a good investment. Wolf Totem was written by [...]