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Friday News: Google giveth and it taketh away; Also, woman love science as much as news media likes to say the words Mommy Porn

Google quietly pulls plug on Frommer’s print travel guidebooks – Google launched a new product called Keep earlier. It’s supposed to be a competitor to the popular free web and app program called Evernote. Evernote is like a trapperkeeper (everyone who went to school in the 80s will get this reference) or a post it(…)

REVIEW:  Reaper’s Property by Joanna Wylde

REVIEW: Reaper’s Property by Joanna Wylde

Dear Ms. Wylde: I picked this up even though I had to buy it direct from the Ellora’s Cave site and even though I have never read you before (although my records indicate I purchased a book by you that was published in 2002, Price of Pleasure).  The motorcycle club angle intrigued me as did the(…)

REVIEW:  Marked by Aline Hunter

REVIEW: Marked by Aline Hunter

Dear Ms. Hunter: I’ve read and enjoyed your shapeshifter romances in the past, so requesting this book from you was a no-brainer for me. Chloe Bryant is mystified to find herself in front of The Wolf’s Den, a tattoo parlor in the seedier side of town. She’s determined to have a tattoo done over the(…)

Wednesday News: Weird Tales weird shifts on Revealing Eden; Newsweek doesn’t fact check!!; and Nook sales flat

Wednesday News: Weird Tales weird shifts on Revealing Eden; Newsweek doesn’t fact check!!; and Nook sales flat

Niall Ferguson’s Obama story, fact-checked – Politics aside, I found this kind of fascinating. Newsweek, a magazine with a circulation of over 1.5 million, does not have a fact checking department “Krugman is correct — the magazine, like many others, does not have a fact-checking department. “We, like other news organisations today, rely on our writers(…)

Wednesday Midday Links: Kobo Launches in Germany

Wednesday Midday Links: Kobo Launches in Germany

  Updated: Amazon just announced that AT&T is sponsoring its Kindle with 3G (and I don’t know for how long) so that the price of the Kindle 3G with special offers is now $139. Even without a touch screen, I think this is the best ereader on the market. The 3G makes it so easy(…)

Ellora’s Cave Settles with Chris Brashear

As of April 8, 2011, the three year lawsuit between Ellora’s Cave and Chris Brashear has come to an end.  On April 7, 2008, Chrissy Brashear filed suit against Ellora’s Cave alleging that she was entitled to a distribution of profits from 2005 until the date at which defendants bought out her 5% shares.   EC’s(…)

Wednesday Midday Links: Upcoming RT Convention, Avon Impulse, EC lowers prices

This will be my third year of attending RT Convention.   RT has, in my opinion, really made an effort to bring interesting content to readers.   The conference takes place in LA from April 6 through the 10.    All of the “reader” events are marked by “READER” at the front: READER: Western Reader Roundup Date:(…)

REVIEW: “Commanding Acquisitions” and “Firm Touch” by Christine d’Abo (with bonus: Brazen by Cara McKenna)

REVIEW: “Commanding Acquisitions” and “Firm Touch” by Christine d’Abo (with bonus: Brazen by Cara McKenna)

Dear Ms. d’Abo. I became interested in your writing after seeing that Jane had accepted one of your stories for her Agony/Ecstasy anthology. So I hied me on over to Ellora’s Cave and bought these two stories. I’m glad I did and I look forward to your anthology story even more now. Commanding Acquisitions Simon’s(…)

2010 Trend Analysis from All Romance eBooks

2010 Trend Analysis from All Romance eBooks

Lori James, co owner of All Romance eBooks and its sister site, Omni Lit, share a 2010 trend analysis that she said I could share with all of you. I think that there are some really interesting data points.   (Here’s an interview Kassia Kroszer did with Lori James and one between Sarah Wendell of Smart(…)

Tuesday Midday Links: Ellora’s Cave Gets the Smackdown from Judge

Tuesday Midday Links: Ellora’s Cave Gets the Smackdown from Judge

Yesterday, I received an email from HarperCollins that it was shuttering its ebookstore (used to be called PerfectBound) as of November 19 and that customers would only have until December 19, 2010 to redownload their purchases. After the December 19, 2010, date, titles purchased through the HC eBook Store would not be accessible. (I thought(…)

REVIEW:  When in Rio by Delphine Dryden

REVIEW: When in Rio by Delphine Dryden

Dear Ms. Dryden: You probably know that I started reading and buying your books after you submitted a story to me for the upcoming anthology I am editing for Berkley. I’ve made my way through your backlist and hope to write reviews for each one but I started with this one because of recent comments(…)

Wednesday Midday News: Nookcolor

Wednesday Midday News: Nookcolor

[poll id="230"] Barnes and Noble invited press to view its newest edition to the Nook family. The NOOKcolor is a tablet like reader that runs on the Android operating platform. The tablet has an IPS screen which is similar to the iPad and is capacitive, again like the iPad and iTouch/iPhone. Where it differs is(…)

Wednesday Midday Links: BN may go private

Wednesday Midday Links: BN may go private

The big news yesterday (and there does seem to be big news constantly in publishing these days) is that Barnes and Noble is up for sale.   This may mean nothing more than Len Riggio is tired of answering to shareholders.   Riggio has said that he is interested in putting together a private equity bid for(…)

REVIEW:  Liberating Lacey by Anne Calhoun

REVIEW: Liberating Lacey by Anne Calhoun

Note: This is one of my longer reviews, but I promise that I only really laid out in detail what happens in the first chapter. It’s just a book that I enjoy thinking and talking about. Dear Ms. Calhoun: Thank you for sending me this book as it is not one that I would’ve picked(…)

Monday Midday Links: It’s Release Time Again

Tomorrow marks the beginning of the official release of the April books.   Most Avon and Random House books are released on the last Tuesday of every month. Kensington, Grand Central, and Harlequin have an official release date of the first of every month with Berkley/Jove/Signet/NAL books being released on the first Tuesday of every month.(…)