Feb 5 2010
Some of you might have noticed, on the top of the Samhain website page there is information and a link for the poll about the Sammie Awards this year. PGo vote for your favorite Samhain titles in 2009. Macmillan ratchets it up the debate by putting a full page ad in the NYTimes for Atul(…)
Dec 16 2009
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(…)
Mar 11 2009
I’m just reposting this as a reminder since the coupon will end on March 15, 2009. EXCLUSIVE OFFER FOR DA READERS: TAKE $10 OFF YOUR $25 ORDER with Code DA25 at checkout You can preorder these hot May titles and get them before they arrive in stores: Then use your(…)
Jan 12 2009
Someone’s going to hell over this. Vatican’s hottest in priest’s robes. (JD Robb’s Salvation in Death has a hot priest). According to one commenter, though, these pictures are not only 4 years old but also not of priests but of Gondola drivers in robes. Simon & Schuster has totally redone it’s website (thank god) and(…)
Jan 12 2009
The big news of the day is Dorchester is going digital. According to the press release, by summer Dorchester will do simultaneous releases of its book in print and digital format for all of its new titles, but expect to see titles as early as April in multiple DRM formats. You can read more about(…)
Nov 9 2008
I am still digesting and working on a post regarding the Google BookSearch Settlement. If you have thoughts on it, feel free to email me (jane at dearauthor.com). I’m fairly concerned about the future impacts and my initial feelings are ones of concern. Today, though, I thought I would give some bullet point items about(…)
Aug 27 2008
Leah Hultenschmidt*, an editor with Dorchester, has been listening to readers concerns about the poor state of publisher websites. In response, she’s started a blog/site of her own to feature Dorchester books she is editing or has edited in the past and books she’s bought and that are slated for publication in the future. She(…)
Sep 10 2007
I have a real affection for Dorchester because it takes a lot of risks. In a market in which we readers complain of homogeneity, Dorchester is providing variety. There is its new Shomi line of which Driven by Eve Kenin is a keeper. In October, the first of CL Wilson’s epic fantasy romance cross breed(…)
Aug 14 2007
A few weeks ago, I started reading Lord of the Fading Lands by C.L Wilson. It was sold to me as a epic fantasy meets romance tale. I was skeptical. I hadn’t ever read an epic fantasy + romance and frankly, I didn’t know that it could be done. Epic fantasy, at its core, relies(…)
Jul 3 2007
Dear Ms. Liu: I had never read you before and as the Dirk and Steele series became longer, I became more intimidated by the idea that I would have to read 3 or 4 or even 5 books to catch up. When I was sent Soul Song as part of Dorchester’s Buzz Campaign, I thought(…)
Apr 30 2007
The April 23, 2007, issue of Time magazine contained an article on buzz marketing. Proctor & Gamble signed up 500,000 mothers to evangelize P&G products. P&G sends those women marketing materials and coupons but the volunteers can say anything they want, even negative things, about the products. Recent research has indicated that most people, however,(…)
Apr 24 2007
The RITA finalists were announced last month. We wanted to devise a contest that would allow readers to feel more connected to the RITA Award which is considered by romance authors to be the Oscar of the romance genre. Any reader can fill out a ballot and submit their guesses for who will be announced(…)
Apr 15 2007
So you may have noticed that the blog and the forum were down at various times since Friday. I moved DearAuthor from Bluehost to Media Temple and due to my inexperience, it was kind of a shaky move. But everything seems to be working, including our controversial pink theme (which will be changing one of(…)
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