Aug 22 2011
Dear Ms. Ryan-Davis and Ms. Logan, I’ve never read anything by either of you before. I have seen the cover to your book on Amazon, but barely spared it a glance. It seemed like generic SF romance and the title seemed nice if unexciting. What caused me to purchase this book, you ask? Someone on(…)
Aug 20 2011
Dear Ms. Driscoll: When you sent me your book back in June, it was one of the better pitches I had received for a book review. When I started reading it, however, I had some real concerns. I want to point out in the beginning of this review that I am no historian. What I(…)
Aug 13 2011
Dear Ms. Sullivan, When Jane put out the call for site improvements, I saw several people suggest more ‘Indie’ reviews. And I was inspired. I’ve been suffering from some lackluster reading, and I thought that reading and reviewing some Indie books would be an interesting challenge. So I started with yours. You might want to(…)
Jul 2 2011
On Wednesday evenings, the New York Times Bestseller list is emailed to editors and agents. On this past Wednesday, RWA was abuzz because Courtney Milan’s self published novella “Unlocked” made it to number 6 on the NYT ebook list and number 19 on the combined print and ebook list and 36 on the USA Today(…)
Jun 29 2011
In January 15, 2011, Bella Andre (http://www.bellaandre.com/) launched a new title under the name Lucy Kevin. Lucy Kevin had no cross pollination with Bella Andre name and was unknown before the release. “Falling Fast” shot up to #4 on the BN Bestseller list and Andre sold 25,000 copies of the title in one month. Her(…)
Jun 25 2011
Tor Books is launching an “Author Voices” digital initiative. Starting with RWA, Tor will be releasing free content exclusively for convention goers via a QR Code at the Tor booth and then after to the general public (for free) as an ebook download at most etailers. Amazon has a link up already. This free content(…)
Jun 9 2011
I was contacted last week about a program called “The Fresh Air Fund”. The program sets up host families for children in need. You can check out more at this link. **** Jon L is the creator of a new blog which uses the Amazon API to try and create lists of new releases and(…)
Jun 9 2011
Dear Ms. O’Connell: When I saw that Kristie J. highly recommended your self-published Western, Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold, I admit I was excited but also trepidatious. I’m always a bit wary of Romance novels featuring Native American protagonists, because the stereotypes seem so entrenched in the genre. The opening scene of the book(…)
May 31 2011
Publishing is undergoing a real seismic change. Agents are publishing, authors are banding together to form publishing houses, publishing houses are buying deals direct from the author (and thereby cutting out the agent), Amazon is changing the formulation from the Big 6 to the Big 7 and paying hefty sums to sign marquee authors, and(…)
May 30 2011
Dear Ms. Milan: I’ve been chomping at the bit to talk about this book with other readers. I’ve felt, in the past, that your works were smart and thoughtful but sometimes lacking in emotional engagement. I particularly struggled to connect with Ned Carhart in Trial by Desire. But Unlocked packs an emotional punch from the(…)
May 26 2011
Dear Ms. Chase: I don’t have your email address but I had to write you to comment on a note a fan made on your behalf on the Smart Bitches site. You see, your book Captives of the Night(kind of a sequel to the Lord of Scoundrels) caught the attention of Sarah Wendell. But not(…)
May 18 2011
Is Amazon doing some faint quality control? Amazon, in response to customer complaints, request took down a self published title be republished because of grammatical and typographical errors. Dear Publisher, Thank you for your submission of “Title Here” (ASIN: ASIN NUMBER HERE) to the Kindle Store through Amazon KDP. During a quality assurance review of(…)
May 16 2011
Just a few days after the killing of Osama Bin Laden carried out by a special operations group that the press has called SEAL Team 6, Disney applied for and received a trademark for SEAL TEAM 6. The trademark is to be used in conjunction with “toys, games and playthings; gymnastic and sporting articles; hand-held(…)
May 11 2011
HarperCollins CEO doesn’t believe that consumer desire for lower ebook prices can be made up by lowered costs of production. She also believes that online purchases are driven solely by price: “The signs are that consumers expect e-books to be priced considerably lower than physical books. There’s no easier way to drive an e-book up(…)
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(…)
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