Publishing NewsAmazon / censorship / cookbook / films / Harlequin / historical-accuracy / Mills and Boon / obituary / Prime / Roberta Leigh19 Comments
Roberta Leigh – obituary – If you were a fan of Mills and Boon/Harlequin in the 1950s through the 1970s, you might remember Roberta Leigh, who penned over 160 Romances under several different names. In between, she ran her own film company and created a number of successful ventures, from ... more >
Publishing NewsAgency pricing / anti-trust / Apple / Big 5 publishers / Books on Board / collusion / derivative shareholder case / Diesel eBooks / Downton Abbey / historical-accuracy / price-fixing18 Comments
German Authors Join Protest Over Amazon’s Tactics in E-Book Dispute – With over 1,000 author signatures, a German petition is drawing more attention to the situation between Amazon and Bonnier, claiming, among other things, that Amazon is tailoring recommended reads and delaying shipment of certain books. Although the German book ... more >
Publishing Newsdigital piracy / diversity / Facebook / historical-accuracy / Netflix / Penguin Random House / sexism11 Comments
Netflix Instant has a diversity problem – With so many timely discussions about race and diversity in Romance, this is a noteworthy (but depressing) piece about the apparent lack of diversity in Netflix Instant. Although I am not a Netflix user myself, I couldn’t help but be concerned by the ... more >
Letters of OpinionHistorical Romances / historical-accuracy / mistorical256 Comments
First I want to formally introduce our newest tag at Dear Author: mistorical. Now tags don’t generally get such an officious welcome, but this one, in particular, might be a wee bit controversial, as it means, quite literally, “mistaken historical.” In other words, it’s the tag we’re now going ... more >
Letters of OpinionHistorical Romances / historical-accuracy / m/m romance118 Comments
Since my review of Bonnie Dee‘s m/m historical romance Jungle Heat, there has been considerable discussion in Romancelandia about historical accuracy. The ones I noticed were at Katiebabs’ blog, Kalen Hughes at History Hoydens, and Courtney Milan’s blog. I thought the conversations were interesting specifically in light of writing and ... more >
Features / Publishing Newsbloggers / Forever / genre critique / Hachette/Grand Central / Historical Romances / historical-accuracy / Literary Agents / Warner-Forever16 Comments
Generation Y women like social networking and sharing their thoughts on the products that they buy. This is, apparently, news. It is not something that ebook manufacturers have caught on yet, though. The current ebook reader enthusiast is a 47-year-old married man with a household income in excess of 6 ... more >