May 8 2011
Update: The Kindle is ordered. According to Len, they want the K2 or K3 in wifi so that is what we have purchased. WINNERS of Into the Crossfire by Lisa Marie Rice are: 1) Winnie P 2) Victoria Zumbrum 3) Tracy 4) Amy P. 5) Dana 6) Breanna 7) kzoet 8) Julie 9) StacieDM 10)(…)
Mar 30 2011
Update: This contest will close on Saturday, April 2, at 9:00 pm CST. Welcome to Ace and Roc's fantastic forthcoming spring books preview and giveaway. The weather is slowly but surely warming up, and we've got a lot of great books to talk about (and give away) to keep you entertained, inside or out! Thanks(…)
Feb 28 2011
Sometimes I have the opportunity to read a book early because an editor might contact me and let me know that she’s really excited about a particular book. That’s what happened to me with the book Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison. Cindy Hwang at Penguin contacted me and asked if I was willing to read(…)
Dec 18 2010
The big news is that Kara won the Kindle giveaway sponsored by Dear Author. We’ve been lovers of ebooks here since we started the blog and seeding ebook reading for someone is really exciting. We hope you love your Kindle, Kara, and good luck in college! “The gift I’m most excited to give this year(…)
Dec 13 2010
Last week we held our quarterly giveaway for the Ace/Roc winter 2010 books and this week, we are hosting the giveaway of the Berkley Jove books for winter 2010. Executive Editor, Cindy Hwang, provides these books for the giveaway. Take a look at the preview and then at the bottom of the post there will(…)
Dec 6 2010
For those new to this site, every quarter we host publisher sponsored giveaways wherein publishers give away books in exchange for the opportunity to tell you a little bit about their upcoming titles. This giveaway features books from Ace and Roc. Ace and Roc publish primarily science fiction and fantasy books but with the crossover(…)
Oct 12 2010
This review is part of our Gay Writes celebration. Don’t forget to comment on the original post for a chance to win one of those prizes as well as commenting on this post for a chance to win a copy of this book. Dear Ms. Thorne, After I read your last historical release, The Twilight Gods, I(…)
Oct 11 2010
Today is National Coming Out Day, and here at Dear Author, we’re going to be celebrating NCOD all week with our own “Gay Writes” campaign. One of the reasons NCOD was established in 1988 is because the single most important thing most GLBT people can do to advance GLBT rights is to come out, whether(…)
Oct 9 2010
Butterfly Swords Chat Don’t forget that on Today from 6 pm to 8 pm CST, Dear Author will be hosting a bookchat for Butterfly Swords. Kobo Books will give away one Kobo Reader to a random customer who buys Butterfly Swords during the month of October. So from October 1 through October 31, if you(…)
Oct 5 2010
Don’t forget that on Saturday from 6 pm to 8 pm CST, Dear Author will be hosting a bookchat for Butterfly Swords. Kobo Books will give away one Kobo Reader to a random customer who buys Butterfly Swords during the month of October. So from October 1 through October 31, if you buy Butterfly Swords(…)
Sep 29 2010
I wanted to promote Butterfly Swords, not only because it is a good book, but because it is a book that is set in a non European locale with non European characters. Not that I don’t love a good UK set romance. I do, but there is a plethora of them. And given all the(…)
Sep 26 2010
Pocket offered up a preview of a few of its fall titles like Venom: An Elemental Assassin Book by Jennifer Estep, and a much requested Hellion in Her Bed by Sabrina Jeffries. You can read more about the Pocket titles at Pocket After Dark. The winners are as follows and have been emailed: Susan AmandA(…)
Sep 22 2010
UPDATE: This contest is now closed. You all have shown such a strong interest in the Berkley/Ace/Roc giveaways that other publishers are beginning to notice. Pocket wanted to do a fall preview and share with you a few of their books coming out this fall and they are offering up 5 copies of each of(…)
Sep 17 2010
Here are the winners of the Ace/Roc Fall Preview Giveaway. I’ve since read Dianne Sylvan’s Queen of Shadows (recommended to me by Angela James) and it was great. If you have an opportunity, check out a free sample on the nook or Kindle or at her site. I’ve emailed the winners. Ellie Lobo Jo Owen(…)
Sep 12 2010
Virginia Kantra offered up a copy of Immortal Sea to five commenters in the My First Sale by Virginia Kantra (& Giveaway) | Dear Author post we ran last Monday. The winners are: 3 Sabrina 16 JenX 29 lizzdmc 44 jeanette8042 64 Robin Hillyer Miles Please email me jane at dearauthor.com to claim your prize.(…)
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