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Wednesday Midday Links:  The Amazon Tablet Is Real

Wednesday Midday Links: The Amazon Tablet Is Real

Sometimes I forget what news pieces I’ve posted here so if I have posted this, please forgive my lapse in memory.  Tech Crunch has actual details of the new Amazon Tablet. It’s 7″ and supports two finger multi touch gestures (instead of the 10 finger supported by the iThings). Runs on a modified Android platform [...]

Wednesday Midday Links: The Iron Duke Bookchat

Are you guys up for a bookchat? We are hosting one for The Iron Duke that will be held Saturday night, December 18, beginning at 8 pm CST. We readers will chat for an hour and then the author, Meljean Brook, will appear at 9 pm CST to answer questions. If you haven’t read this [...]

Wednesday Midday Links Roundup:

In non shocking news, while first day sales of the Kindle version of The Lost Symbol were strong, digital sales represents only about 5% of the 2 million copies sold so far which was in line with what I thought last week: Over time, obviously, the digital version cannot outsell the print version because of [...]

Genre Labels Poll

Today we are going to have a #followreader discussion on the issue of genre labels on Twitter wherein we have to express our opinion in 140 characters! I’m interested in hearing what you have to say in the comments below (fortunately unfettered by the Twitter character limit). Personally, I am a big fan of genre [...]

The Romance Apologia Scale

The Romance Apologia Scale

more animals Every Thanksgiving, we have tried to post something positive, something to show our thanks for the community of readers here.   This year, we are providing a self help guide, so to speak, for the community to respond to those around us who might question the reading choices we have brought with us on [...]

Romance Isn’t for Everyone and It Doesn’t Have to Be

Romance Isn’t for Everyone and It Doesn’t Have to Be

There was a recent post at “Fangs, Fur & Fantasy”, a blog for urban fantasy writers, from a self labeled romance cynic, author Maggie Stiefvater. Ms. Stiefvater is, by her own definition, a urban fantasy writer whose first book is due out in Fall 2008. She attempts to open a dialogue about romances by sharing [...]