Archive | February, 2009
Harlequin eBook Promotions for March

Harlequin eBook Promotions for March

      
New March eBook Promotions at www.eBooks.eHarlequin.com

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Exclusive eBook Offer: $5 Savings
Link ID: 10654322 
Start and End Dates: March 1-31, 2009 
Promotion: Exclusive eBook Offer: $5 Savings. March 31.

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Lucky savings: Up to 50% Off
Link ID: 10654337 
Start and End Dates: March 1-31, 2009 
Promotion: Exclusive eBook Offer: $5 Savings. March 31.

 

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Blazing Hot eBook Offer: Save 20% & get a FREE eBook
Link ID: 10654649 
Start and End Dates: March 1-31, [...]

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Pleasure Unbound $1.00 from Warner Forever

Pleasure Unbound $1.00 from Warner Forever

Warner Forever is offering Larissa Ione’s book, Pleasure Unbound, for $1.00 during the month of March. This special should be available whereever ebooks are sold. (Note that Hachette does not control which retailers choose to pick up this offer, only that they make it available).  Larissa has two other releases to watch for: [...]

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Romance Books Still Selling Strong in Recession

Chicago Sun Times has a run down of some winners and losers in the recession.  According to Borders spokesperson, most of the sales are flat except for American history books (Obama?), romance novels, science fiction and fantasy books.  

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First Page: Unnamed Hispanic Paranormal

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously.
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I always knew there were different worlds alongside my own:  places of angels or demons.  But this feeling went away over [...]

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REVIEW:  First Comes Marriage by Mary Balogh

REVIEW: First Comes Marriage by Mary Balogh

Dear Ms. Balogh:
I’ve read you intermittently for maybe fifteen years.  Some of the books you’ve written I’ve adored and re-read dozens of times.  For some of your out of print books, I’ve paid outrageous sums of money.  Some of the books, though, I’ve found a bit tedious.  First Comes Marriage falls on the high end [...]

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My First Sale by Charlotte Hughes

My First Sale by Charlotte Hughes

My First Sale series. Each Friday, Dear Author posts the first sale letter of bestselling authors, debut authors, and authors in between.  Award winning author Charlotte Hughes began her writing career publishing newspaper and magazine articles before becoming a New York Times best selling author. Charlotte makes her home in Beaufort, S. C. Best [...]

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Thursday Afternoon Haiku Moment:  A Sonnet for Susan Elizabeth Phillips’ What I Did For Love

Thursday Afternoon Haiku Moment: A Sonnet for Susan Elizabeth Phillips’ What I Did For Love

(Based off of Shakespeare’s famous sonnet)
Shall I compare thee to the A Grade?
Thou art more grating to my skull
A good contemporary should be a lively parade
But I find this book amazingly dull.
Sometimes the heroine whines about life
And the hero pretends to be a jerk
Round after round of endless sniping strife
I despise both and hope it [...]

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