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) [...]
Oct 25 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. Shana Galen’s latest novel, The Making of a Gentleman, is in stores this week. Shana Galen is the author of five Regency historicals, including the Rita-nominated Blackthorne's Bride. Shana is [...]
Oct 18 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. DiAnn Mills is an award winning Christian romantic suspense author with a brand new romantic suspense novel arriving in bookstores this October, Pursuit of Justice (Tyndale House Trade Paperback), book [...]
Oct 4 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. Joelle Charbonneau’s debut roller skating mystery book, Skating Around the Law: A Mystery, is on the shelves. (I resisted making some joke about rolling and shelves). *** I never intended [...]
Sep 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. Two words “Harem Romance”. That is all I seem to need to say to friends to get them to pre order this book. Who knew harem romance was such a [...]
Sep 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. Stephanie Draven writes Silhouette Nocturnes and has historical fiction, a series of forthcoming novels from Berkley Books featuring Cleopatra's daughter under the name Stephanie Dray. You can visit Stephanie at [...]
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