Jun 8 2011
Dear Ms. Dellin, I had read some of your older historical novels when I first got back into reading romance lo these 15 years ago and, hate to say it but, though they were good, they didn’t set me on fire. The description of this book as the beginning of a “heartwarming new series” didn’t(…)
May 23 2011
Dear Ms. Cach, You are an author I keep an eye out for and when I saw that there would be a new novel from you after a bit of a wait, I felt a frisson of anticipation. I’ve loved to liked several of your previous books and have admired the risks you’ve taken and(…)
May 9 2011
Oh dear. Yes, that’s what I said when I finished reading this book. During the various stories I also said the following: WTF!?, Shut UP!, No way…, and Huh? Three to Tango is a collection of four novellas all featuring m/f/m ménages and the tag-line on the cover says “sex is best when it’s one-on-one(…)
Apr 28 2011
Another self publishing author scores big. Stephanie McAfee, author of the NYT bestseller Diary of a Mad Fat Girl, sold a three book deal to Danielle Perez at NAL in a “preempt”. McAfee, who has almost no twitter presence and who started her blog only in December reports that sales of her book reached over(…)
Apr 27 2011
File under the awful things news people do, WNEP, a news organization out of Pennsylvania reported that a junior high school teacher of 25 years writes erotic romances on the side. Who gave them the tip and why they thought this might be important isn’t clear. What is clear, however, is that the news of(…)
Mar 4 2011
Funding has been eliminated for Reading is Fundamental. On March 2, President Obama signed a bill that eliminated funding for Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) the nation's largest organization providing free books and literacy resources to prepare and motivate children to read. RIF's ability to provide 4.4 million children with free books and reading encouragement from(…)
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(…)
Sep 6 2010
Thanks to Berkley and Executive Editor, Cindy Hwang, we hosted a giveaway of 110 books that are being released or will be released in the coming months. It appeared that over half of you requested the much anticipated steampunk release by Meljean Brook, The Iron Duke. I don’t think you will be disappointed. You can(…)
Sep 1 2010
It’s time for the Fall 2010 edition of the Berkley/Jove giveaway, and we have a lot of terrific titles coming up, a few of which will be highlighted below. As always, for more information and a complete listing of books each month, please visit www.berkleyjoveauthors.com. And huge thanks to Jane and Dear Author for hosting(…)
Jul 29 2010
Kindles were out of stock and most people (except Gizmodo) thought that new Kindles were around the corner. Most people were right. Kindle 3 is 21% smaller and 15% lighter. Comes in two models: 3G+wifi and Wifi and two colors: White and Graphite. I am a little worried about the thinness of the Kindle. Kindle(…)
Jun 24 2010
First off, I have some personal but semi blog related news to share. I have been asked by Berkley to put together an erotica/erotic romance collection of shorts which will then be published in a flip book. The flip book has two covers: one on the front and one on the back. Each cover is(…)
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(…)
Jun 9 2010
Cindy Hwang, executive editor of Berkley, hosts a quarterly review/giveaway of Berkley books. This is the summer entry: Summer is finally here, and we’re very excited about our upcoming Berkley/Jove romances–perfect for warm, sultry nights and days at the beach. As always, thanks to Jane and DearAuthor.com for allowing us to share some of our(…)
Jun 3 2010
I’ve been trying to collect data of upcoming release from various publishers to help readers make a to be read list. I’ll place a link to these tables on the menu bar above, under “Easy Resources.” This list will be updated periodically. If you are a publisher, send me your list! [table id=30 /] Send(…)
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