Aug 9 2011
PubIt! asked Dear Author to participate in their review day event on Facebook. PubIt! posted blog summaries on its wall and invited self published authors to make short pitches. Our blog summary was that we wanted unusual historicals and erotic romances and were looking to review books between 50,000 and 80,000 words. Of course, there(…)
Jun 13 2011
Author LA Banks is gravely ill and could use assistance of the monetary kind. She is so gravely ill that she is not able to respond to text or e-mail messages received visitors or even accept flowers. There is more information about the donations you can make here. ***** I am one part horrified and(…)
May 15 2011
Amazon introduced its Cloud Locker and Amazon Cloud Player and Google has introduced Google Music (beta). Both companies are offering cloud based storage for music. No big deal, right? Wrong. Music labels are concerned because Amazon and Google haven’t worked out a business relationship wherein the music labels and the artists get a piece of(…)
Apr 24 2011
As of April 8, 2011, the three year lawsuit between Ellora’s Cave and Chris Brashear has come to an end. On April 7, 2008, Chrissy Brashear filed suit against Ellora’s Cave alleging that she was entitled to a distribution of profits from 2005 until the date at which defendants bought out her 5% shares. EC’s(…)
Apr 20 2011
Amazon has announced a partnership with Overdrive to bring library lending to the Kindle. The first thing I would ask people when they wanted to know which device to buy is whether they want to borrow digital books from the library. That will no longer be a point of buying contention. Customers will be able(…)
Mar 23 2011
Judge Denny Chin issued a clear rejection of the Google Book Settlement proposed by Google and the named plaintiffs to the class action suit brought against Google for the its scanning and indexing of copyrighted works. Skip down to the decision portion if you want to get to the analysis. Basis of Suit The basis(…)
Mar 22 2011
Yesterday was a study in opposites. Barry Eisler, a hardcover author of the John Rain series, broke the news that he had turned down a $500,000 offer for two books from St. Martin’s Press and is going to self publish his next Rain book. Eisler is good friends with Joe Konrath and has been increasingly(…)
Mar 1 2011
Lots of stuff going on. First up, Cyberread.com is closing its doors, apparently a victim of Agency pricing. Without the ability to offer discounts and membership deals, cyberread.com can’t compete. Go forth and download your books before Cyberread.com closes. (Don’t forget to strip the DRM). I know, some of you are saying that Agency pricing(…)
Nov 24 2010
Today is the last day of news until next week. The big news today is that Amazon will be selling the Kindle 2 with 3G for $89 beginning 9 AM PST on Friday. There are limited quantities so if you want one of these, I would be sitting in front of my computer at 5(…)
Nov 22 2010
Kwana emailed me to let us know that Macmillan publishing has launched a new Facebook and twitter account called The Loft. Kwana is the moderator and it is a place to talk about contemporary women's fiction, romance and chicklit. It’s interesting that publishers like Macmillan through Tor.com and now, The Loft, are attempting to create(…)
Nov 16 2010
I’m not familiar with Chelsea Handler but apparently she has a huge platform and Grand Central Publishing is giving her an even larger one. Starting in May 2011, GCP will be publishing books under a Chelsea Handler imprint. The first book is written by Handler’s dog. I presume these books will be ghost written, the(…)
Sep 16 2010
We are writing in regard to recent statements which you have made concerning Red Rose Publishing on an internet blog entitled “Dear Author.” Your blog entry of September 2, 2010 and the statements contained therein are false and misleading and have damaged the reputation of Red Rose Publishing. We hereby request that you remove the(…)
Jun 15 2010
Last week, the head of Penguin Canada stepped down. This week brings to light allegations of sexual harassment against the former President by a female executive who alleged she was the subject of a long campaign of inappropriate emails, text messages, in office treatment, and finally, a forced entry into her hotel room at the(…)
Mar 5 2010
Christine Brashears, owner of Samhain Publishing, brought suit against Ellora’s Cave on April 2008. The details of the original suit I blogged about here. Ellora’s Cave filed a countersuit, alleging Brashear engaged in misappropriation of trade secrets, defamation, breach of contract, tortious interference with existing and prospective contracts, among other allegations. Discovery (the exchange of(…)
Dec 4 2009
Black Silk was one of the first two Romance novels I read, and to this day it remains one of my absolute favorites. Submit Channing-Downs, the woman who deeply mourns the husband who was almost three times her age, is so unlike most Romance heroines. Her hair has the quality of thick yarn, her teeth(…)
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