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May 16 2013

Thursday News: Apple withheld app approval from Random House says DOJ; Self published book shortlisted for Commonwealth prize; Trade sales up because of ebooks

Annoying song but fun music video using animated romance covers. Pretty interesting how they manipulated the photos to animate them. U.S. Now Paints Apple as ‘Ringmaster’ in Its Lawsuit on E-Book Price-Fixing – Apple is the only party left standing in the DOJ’s lawsuit over price fixing. Emails alluded to in filings from the DOJ(…)

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Wednesday News: Google to launch Spotify competitor; Canadian writer’s union struggles with self published authors

May 15 2013

Wednesday News: Google to launch Spotify competitor; Canadian writer’s union struggles with self published authors

Exclusive: Google readies its Spotify competitor with Universal and Sony now on board | The Verge – Today you should be hearing the news that Google is launching a streaming music service and has licensing deals with Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group and Sony Music. This will be an additional service to round out(…)

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REVIEW: New Life by Bonnie Dee

Apr 21 2013

REVIEW: New Life by Bonnie Dee

Dear Ms. Dee: Thank you for sending “New Life” for review at Dear Author. I was immediately fascinated by the storyline of a young man, Jason Reitmiller, whose promising future was cut short when he suffered brain damage in a motor vehicle collision. Jason now works as a night janitor in the building where the(…)

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Thursday News: News is bad for you, David Mamet to self publish, not so horrific paper crafts

Apr 18 2013

Thursday News: News is bad for you, David Mamet to self publish, not so horrific paper crafts

News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier – The Guardian had an article about how news is bad for you because it is irrelevant, misleading and actually bad for your body. Panicky stories spur the release of cascades of glucocorticoid (cortisol). This deregulates your immune system and(…)

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Apr 17 2013

Wednesday News: Amazing social experiment by Dove

Romancing the Plaza (Kansas City, MO) Book Signing – Self published or e published authors not part of the official RT signing can be found at the KC Marriott Country Club Plaza on May 4, 2013, from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Authors can sign up by paying for a table. Readers can attend for(…)

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REVIEW: Play With Me by Alisha Rai

Apr 16 2013

REVIEW: Play With Me by Alisha Rai

Dear Ms. Rai: This was a 33,000 word novella featuring two high school + college lovers who separated and then reignited their romance. Tatiana Belikov always tried to meet the expectations of her adopted parents except when it came to one thing, her boyfriend. Wyatt Caine was a bad boy with poor prospects who worked(…)

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Apr 15 2013

Monday News: More self publishing news, some real numbers, and some thoughts for the future

Self-Publishing Grabs Huge Market Share From Traditional Publishers – David Gaughran speculates that based on the numbers provided by Amazon, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble, that 25% of e-books purchased in the US are produced by self published authors. What we don’t know at this point is the unit sales versus dollar amounts. The average(…)

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REVIEW: Real by Katy Evans

Apr 9 2013

REVIEW: Real by Katy Evans

Dear Ms. Evans: When Jane contacted me and said that there was a new book coming out with an underground fighter hero, I immediately requested the book. I love fighters, and the high stakes physicality of them. Your new book, Real, features Remington Tate, a disgraced boxer, who now is fighting on the Underground circuit,(…)

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Monday News: Rise of shared accounts; Letter fossils; Indie Earnings

Apr 8 2013

Monday News: Rise of shared accounts; Letter fossils; Indie Earnings

Grafisches Labor Andreas Scheiger: Letter Fossils – Austrian artist Andreas Scheiger creates letter fossils for a project titled “Evolution of Type” by taking a flat letter, plasticine, and chicken bones. The end result is artistic and geeky all at the same time. Andreas Scheiger Streaming Sites and the Rise of Shared Accounts – This article(…)

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Thursday News: Author Royalty Suit Against Harlequin Dismissed; Petition to change return rules on Amazon

Apr 4 2013

Thursday News: Author Royalty Suit Against Harlequin Dismissed; Petition to change return rules on Amazon

Class Action Complaint Against Harlequin Enterprises Dismissed – Late Tuesday night, the class action complaint against Harlequin for failing to pay appropriate royalties was toss out. The suit was initially filed back in June of 2012. I blogged about it then.   Whether Harlequin Authors will win is another question. Piercing claims are notoriously difficult. I’ve(…)

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REVIEW: Sugar Daddy by Nicole Andrews Moore

Mar 1 2013

REVIEW: Sugar Daddy by Nicole Andrews Moore

Dear Ms. Andrews Moore: I’ll be honest — this book caught my eye because it shares a title with one of my favorite Lisa Kleypas books.  What I found was a mostly engaging if relatively bland contemporary novel with a heroine who is  a Mary Sue, and an uptight hero who unwound as he fell(…)

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REVIEW: Raid by Kristen Ashley

Feb 25 2013

REVIEW: Raid by Kristen Ashley

Dear Ms. Ashley: That I requested Raid for review comes to a surprise to no one. The fact that I gobbled it up in less than three hours probably also comes as no surprise either. Of all of your series, the Unfinished Hero series is the one that I’m most likely to have issues with.(…)

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Thursday News: Amazon awarded digital resale marketplace patent; Baldur Bjarnason argues ebooks are services; Monopoly adopts a cat

Feb 7 2013

Thursday News: Amazon awarded digital resale marketplace patent; Baldur Bjarnason argues ebooks are services; Monopoly adopts a cat

Amazon patents resale marketplace for used e-books, songs and other digital goods – ReDigi set up a secondary marketplace for digital music. Capital Records, amongst others, have sued ReDigi for copyright infringement. Both parties made arguments to the court which will largely dispose of the case back in October. As of yesterday, no decision has(…)

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Monday News: Grammatical mistakes that haunt you forever; First unsigned artist to hit #1; Google et al require warrants for email contents

Jan 28 2013

Monday News: Grammatical mistakes that haunt you forever; First unsigned artist to hit #1; Google et al require warrants for email contents

Macklemore the first unsigned artist in modern history to hit #1 on U.S. Charts  – Macklemore first came to my attention when he did this great music video in support of the gay marriage effort in Washington. I watched “Thrift Shop” on YouTube and quickly forgot it. The other day it was playing on the(…)

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REVIEW: Forged by Becky Banks

Jan 27 2013

REVIEW: Forged by Becky Banks

Dear Ms. Banks: If the price of this book hadn’t been so cheap (99c) and I hadn’t been given a detailed description of the story and assurances that it wasn’t full of typos and grammatical errors, the cover alone would have deterred me. In fact, this is a book that would likely sell better without(…)

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