Mar 9 2013
Dear Ms. Brody, The premise of your novel, Unremembered, piqued my interest. My reading tastes have been shifting again and I’m feeling the desire to read more thrillers. Bonus points if they have a supernatural or science fiction bent. The mystery of an amnesiac girl trying to regain her memories and figure out her identity(…)
Jul 10 2012
The Headline I Wish We Were Reading: Anthropology Changed Everything – “In a special edition of the New York Times Sunday Review, prominent columnists gathered to reflect on how Michel-Rolph Trouillot and anthropology changed their thinking. David Brooks discussed how reading Global Transformations: Anthropology and the Modern Worldmade him realize the perversity of the Culture(…)
Jun 19 2012
Microsoft Microsoft held a press event wherein they announced their new tablet called Microsoft Surface. It’s a beautiful, lust worthy device. The only problem? No price or ship date. Nonetheless, here are some specs. The basic design includes an integrated kickstand, two covers with integrated keyboards, and a touchscreen that recognizes and differentiates between finger(…)
Apr 26 2012
Dear Ms. Roane: I tell everyone I know about your books. I even shared the story of Parisia and Micah’s with some random taxi cab driver in Chicage because the tangerine craziness is something that I can’t keep to myself (although in searching the DA archives it appears that I have not reviewed this masterpiece.(…)
Feb 27 2012
Dear Ms. Kleypas: It’s no secret that I am a fan of your writing so perhaps its impractical for the Dear Author readership that I am the one writing this review but when I received the ARC, I admit to hoarding it. Sorry other DA reviewers, but the good news is that I am willing(…)
Aug 3 2011
Yesterday the sad news came out that LA Banks lost her battle with cancer and has passed on. Sarah Wendell is headed to a celebration of Leslie’s life in Philadelphia. Join her and others to celebrate Leslie’s personal and professional contributions. ***** Shifty Jelly posts that it is removing itself from the App Store because(…)
Feb 10 2011
Ghost writing has been a long tradition in modern publishing. Ghost writing is essentially hiring an author to write something that is published under a different name, usually a more recognizable name. For instance, the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys’ stories were ghost written by various individuals. Celebrity memoirs are ghost written. In young adult(…)
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(…)
Mar 4 2010
This week has been bereft of news links because of our giveaways like “Save the Contemporary” and the “ACE/ROC Giveaway”. This does not mean that news hasn’t been happening so here’s my two bit summary: Overzealous copyright enforcement results in harmful and crazy results. First example is OK Go. EMI, the record label of OK(…)
Feb 4 2010
There is a superlative article at Publisher’s Marketplace about the windowing, agency model, pricing, and the future of digital books. Most of the comments are made by Madeline McIntosh by Random House. She talks in a very thoughtful and meaningful way about the challenges publishers are facing today and how quickly the landscape is changing.(…)
Feb 1 2010
Here’s a recap if you don’t know what is going on. Macmillan’s contract with Amazon was up. Macmillan decided that it wanted one of two things: 1. Old pricing scheme in which it would sell to Amazon at list and Amazon would decide at what price point to resell to consumers but Macmillan would engage(…)
Jan 31 2010
Per the message boards at Amazon: Dear Customers: Macmillan, one of the “big six” publishers, has clearly communicated to us that, regardless of our viewpoint, they are committed to switching to an agency model and charging $12.99 to $14.99 for e-book versions of bestsellers and most hardcover releases. We have expressed our strong disagreement and(…)
Jan 31 2010
Please note: I am not an expert in antitrust law. I’m giving my own interpretation of the law. There are a myriad of legal issues implicated by this situation, not the least of which is Amazon’s own publishing ambitions and possible anti competitive behavior. Macmillan announced yesterday that it would be selling all of its(…)
Jan 30 2010
You can read the full text for free here but essentially it sounds like this dispute is not one that will end happily for readers. Macmillan wanted to sell the books via an agency model wherein the publisher sets the price and the retailer gets a cut. In an open letter to Authors, Illustrators, and(…)
Jan 29 2010
On Friday, blogs noted an exchange between Walt Mossberg and Steve Jobs about ebooks. Steve told Walt that publishers hate Amazon and that they would be withholding their ebooks from Amazon. Late Friday, the “buy it now” button has disappeared from books by Julia Spencer Fleming, Lisa Kleypas, Louisa Edwards, Lora Leigh, and virtually every(…)
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