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Friday News: B&N and S&S standoff doesn’t appear to be hurting S&S; AAR Lynn Spencer notices a decline in historicals; Cover Cafe Annual Contest is now on! Go Vote!

May 3 2013

Friday News: B&N and S&S standoff doesn’t appear to be hurting S&S; AAR Lynn Spencer notices a decline in historicals; Cover Cafe Annual Contest is now on! Go Vote!

Simon & Schuster Overcomes BN Issues with Rising Profits and Small Sales Drop | Publishers Lunch – B&N is still refusing to stock S&S books in large quantities but S&S’s position, according to PublishersMarketplace, hasn’t hurt them much. Ebooks accounted for 30% of post holiday sales in quarter one but the growth isn’t in adult(…)

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Tuesday News: B&N still fighting with Simon & Schuster; DeBeer’s mind control over society; and authors caught in the middle

Mar 26 2013

Tuesday News: B&N still fighting with Simon & Schuster; DeBeer’s mind control over society; and authors caught in the middle

Barnes & Noble-Simon & Schuster Dispute Said to Hurt Sales – Back in January, PW reported that Simon & Schuster and Barnes & Noble were having a disagreement over terms. Melville House noted in February that S&S books were still being stocked at low levels suggesting that the disagreement had not ended. In March,  it(…)

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REVIEW: The Murmurings by Carly Anne West

Mar 15 2013

REVIEW: The Murmurings by Carly Anne West

Dear Ms. West, I loved reading teen horror novels when I was younger. Old school Christopher Pike? Fear Street? Sign me up! Despite the explosion of YA novels in recent years, however, I haven’t seen many fall into the horror genre. So when I read the premise of your novel, The Murmurings, I was excited.(…)

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Thursday News: B&N supporting publishers who support their bookstores;

Jan 31 2013

Thursday News: B&N supporting publishers who support their bookstores;

S&S, B&N in Dispute over Terms – Publishers Weekly sent out an alert regarding a dispute between Simon & Schuster and Barnes & Noble which has resulted in B&N “significantly reduc[ing] its orders from S&S. The main reason for the cutback seems to be, according to sources, B&N’s perceived lack of support from S&S.” B&N(…)

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Friday News: CT gov’t proposes fair prices for libraries; Cufflinks that open handcuffs; More rumors about S&S on sale

Jan 25 2013

Friday News: CT gov’t proposes fair prices for libraries; Cufflinks that open handcuffs; More rumors about S&S on sale

Connecticut Government proposes bill to require publishers to sell to libraries – Connecticut is the first state to propose a bill which would “require publishers of electronic books to offer e-books for sale to public and academic libraries at the same rates as offered to the general public. ” I’m not sure this is constitutional(…)

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Thursday News: Atlantic suggests labels for people based on inbox count; NY has released 870,000 fascinating images from the 1800s to early 1900s

Dec 13 2012

Thursday News: Atlantic suggests labels for people based on inbox count; NY has released 870,000 fascinating images from the 1800s to early 1900s

What Your Email Inbox Count Says About You – I thought this was a funny categorization of people based on the unread email messages in an inbox. What it doesn’t really identify is how many emails are read but not responded to. Currently I have 47. Most times I get it down to 20. How(…)

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Wednesday News: OMG’s first use may be traced back to 1917; HarperCollins & S&S are in talks to merge; New Romance author justifies writing romances

Nov 21 2012

Wednesday News: OMG’s first use may be traced back to 1917; HarperCollins & S&S are in talks to merge; New Romance author justifies writing romances

First Known Use of OMG? – From Jodi Ettenberg comes documentary proof of a 1917 use of OMG. By the way, we are all saying it wrong. I had been putting the emphasis after every word instead of after the My God. For the sight impaired, it reads as follows: Twitter Lord Fisher to the(…)

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REVIEW: Franny K Stein – Lunch Walks Among Us by Jim Benton

Oct 29 2012

REVIEW: Franny K Stein – Lunch Walks Among Us by Jim Benton

Dear Mr. Benton, A good friend of mine steered me in the direction of the Franny K. Stein books. Her daughter loves them so much that she was crushed when she discovered that she couldn’t make her own monster. Or at least….not yet. Her daughter is still young though so who knows what she’ll be(…)

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REVIEW: The Runaway Princess by Hester Browne

Oct 17 2012

REVIEW: The Runaway Princess by Hester Browne

Dear Ms. Browne, In all fairness, the title does promise what is delivered. But I found that I didn’t care for a woman who would consider this acceptable behavior. The romance is like one of the heroine’s mother’s fairy cakes or ‘light as air’ sponge cakes. And even the farting dog and images of Amy(…)

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REVIEW: The Forsaken by Lisa M. Stasse

Jul 18 2012

REVIEW: The Forsaken by Lisa M. Stasse

Dear Ms. Stasse, Ah, the dystopian subgenre. For something touted as the new vampire, it wore out its welcome fairly quickly, didn’t it? Despite the popularity of the recent Hunger Games movie, I remain skeptical that it’ll see a resurgence in popularity. I’m still willing to give the subgenre a try because you never know,(…)

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REVIEW: Great-Aunt Sophia’s Lessons for Bombshells by Lisa Cach

Jun 19 2012

REVIEW: Great-Aunt Sophia’s Lessons for Bombshells by Lisa Cach

Ever dream of being transformed into a bombshell? Grace Cavanaugh thinks she’s in for an easy, lazy summer when she takes a job as companion to her great aunt Sophia in Pebble Beach. She’ll dab spittle from her aunt’s chin, watch ‘Animal Planet’, and work on her dissertation for her PhD in Women’s Studies. But(…)

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Friday Midday Links: Tributes to Monica Jackson; S&S Settles with State AGs

May 18 2012

Friday Midday Links: Tributes to Monica Jackson; S&S Settles with State AGs

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Wednesday Midday Links: S&S gains offset by legal costs; Amanda Hocking is doing really well in traditional publishing; Kindle Fire refurb

May 2 2012

Wednesday Midday Links: S&S gains offset by legal costs; Amanda Hocking is doing really well in traditional publishing; Kindle Fire refurb

The best deal today is $139 for a Refurbished Kindle Fire. This is sold by Amazon and comes with the same customer service. Onto the News: CBS Corporation Reports Record First Quarter 2012 Results – MarketWatch – “Publishing (Simon & Schuster) Publishing revenues for the first quarter of 2012 increased 14% to $176 million from(…)

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REVIEW: Sleepwalker by Karen Robards

Feb 7 2012

REVIEW: Sleepwalker by Karen Robards

Dear Ms. Robards: One of the first AAR DIK books I ever read was one of yours: “Walking After Midnight.” Now here I am, years later, reading another “walking” book that involves a hero and heroine on the run and trying to stay alive. My questions for myself as I started the book were will(…)

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Monday Midday News: Kindle Touch and Fire Reviews; Black Friday eReader Deals

Nov 14 2011

Monday Midday News: Kindle Touch and Fire Reviews; Black Friday eReader Deals

The Kindle devices have been released to the media and there are a few reviews.  Of the Fire, reviewers say the it is easy to access Amazon content and if all you want to do is consume media rather than create, the Fire is probably the right kind of device for you, particularly at the(…)

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