Apr 23 2013
2013 Romance Cover Trends – Stairs, Dresses and Fences…Oh My! Linnae at the Cover Cafe points out a few trends from stairways to dresses to fences. The big big big dress that looks like it is spawning five other dresses has been around for a while. I’m not in love with it. Cover Cafe How(…)
Apr 9 2013
One on One: Jason Merkoski and the View of E-Books From the Inside – I didn’t really find this interview all that illuminating and it didn’t pique my interest in reading the book Jason Merkoski is publishing through Sourcebooks about his experience at Amazon. I suspect anything interesting is prohibited by some employment non disclosure(…)
Apr 2 2013
Arizona bill looks to add e-book readers to library privacy law – “A bill is going through the state legislature to add e-books to the current library privacy law, according to the Associated Press. The current state law already prohibits the disclosure of library records without a court order. This bill would protect readers of(…)
Mar 20 2013
Small online merchants file suit against Amazon.com – Amazon is getting sued by everyone. A class action suit on behalf of small third party merchants using Amazon’s retail portal has filed suit for unreasonably freezing funds. The interesting details of the suit include that “Third-party sales account for about 40 percent of all products sold(…)
Nov 30 2012
Judge, Jury & Executioner – Copyright Law – The Colbert Report – 2012-26-11 – Video Clip – Stephen Colbert took on the Kirtsaeng case which may have far reaching affects on the right of first sale for consumers. The question for the Supreme Court in the Kirtsaeng case is whether a product sold overseas, purchased(…)
Feb 10 2012
News Penguin has severed all ties with Overdrive which means that there will no longer be any titles from Penguin available for library loan in digital format. The parties are negotiating terms in which books that the libraries have already purchased can be lent but no agreement has been forthcoming. Chilling, isn’t it? Perhaps libraries(…)
Feb 21 2011
For the past few years, nearly every Monday we have featured a First Sale letter from different authors. These blog posts told the stories of authors “first sale”, generally to a big six traditional publisher. As we came to a close last year, I began to think about this space, the authors who are featured,(…)
Jan 31 2011
Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Darynda Jones sold her debut book, a Golden Heart winning entry, at auction to St. Martin’s Press. First Grave on the Right is on shelves starting tomorrow. *** An interesting(…)
Jan 10 2011
Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Stephanie Rowe is a multipublished author whose latest work, Kiss at Your Own Risk, is in stores now. *** What do I want to do with my life? That was(…)
Jan 3 2011
Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Beverley Kendall’s second release, A Taste of Desire, is in stores now. You can visit Beverley at her website and learn more about her books. *** I'm one of those(…)
Dec 27 2010
Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Keri Ford is a debut author who submitted a first page for critique in May of 2010. Taking the critiques, she examined her writing and launched herself into a new(…)
Dec 20 2010
Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Nathalie Gray writes science fiction and paranormal romance, some of which have won awards (including an RT for best futuristic romance). Nat also creates cover art as Kanaxa. When she's(…)
Dec 13 2010
Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Grace Burrowes, The Heir, is in stores now. You can find out more about Grace and her books at http://graceburrowes.com/. *** For much of my adulthood, I have been a(…)
Nov 29 2010
Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Barbara Wallace writes romances for Harlequin romance. As a self published author, Wallace lived in that nether space of being both published for the purpose of contests in local chapters(…)
Nov 8 2010
Welcome to the My First Sale series. Each Monday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between. Today’s first sale story is from Phillipa Ashley who studied English Language and Literature at Oxford before becoming a freelance copywriter and journalist. Dating Mr. December (called Decent Exposure in the UK)(…)
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