Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary

One of the most attractive things about the iPhone/iTouch and soon to be iPad is the robust App community that offers everything from the ridiculous (fart apps) to the sublime (Stanza). But Apple rules the App store like Tomas de Torquemada (Inquisitor-General of the Spanish Inquisition). It’s a reign of terror and uncertainty [...]

Mobile adoption is occurring at a faster rate than any other adoption of internet in the past. Further, at the leading edge of mobile adoption is the growth of the iPhone/iTouch market. Morgan Stanley is essentially telling investors that those that can anticipate and deliver products to the mobile space are those who [...]

I’ve seen some people say that I should just wait and see about how the FTC decides to interpret its new regulations. I’ve seen some people reassure me that it wouldn’t apply to Dear Author or it wouldn’t apply to me commenting on other blogs or Twitter or Facebook. I’ve seen other people argue that [...]

According to the book sales monitored by the Association of American Publishers (AAP), domestic sales are down 4.1% for the year but up 3.3% from last April for a total of $494.9 million.
Down

Adult Hardcover $95.7 million (-11.0%) – YTD decline 16.2%
Adult Paperback $114.8 (-0.8%) – YTD decline 25.7%
Adult Massmarket $51.0 (-4.0%) – YTD decline 10.2%
Audio [...]

Julie B sent me a link to this article regarding romances. It cites some of the old statistics with Harlequin’s fourth-quarter earnings up 32% but also indicates that romances are still up into the second quarter of 2009.
For the week of May 10, romance book sales overall were up nearly 2.4 percent compared with [...]

Did you know that Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan wrote a book about romance? They did and it came out today. It’s called Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches’ Guide to Romance.  BooksonBoard has it 25% using SmartonBoard coupon code.  The bosom sightings posts at SmartBitches is hilarious.  
February book sales were down [...]

In a not so tom foolery post, Mark Sarvas posts a beautiful in memoriam for his father.  Thanks Elizabeth.
Borders does Lisa Kleypas in its new “True Romance” feature.  (Borders needs an embed element).
BooksonBoard now offers a new eBook or audio book special every 24 hours! Follow BooksonBoard on twitter for daily updates. Check out today’s [...]