Dear Author: Romance Book Reviews, Author Interviews, and Commentary

One reason I was so disgusted when Kindle debuted with its super proprietary Mobipocket format was because of the history of companies, both big and small, to stop supporting the proprietary format of the month, leaving its consumers high and dry.

Wal-mart has announced that it will end its video download service after just one year of being open. Users who have downloaded movies through this service can continue to watch them on the device that contains the downloaded movie and the necessary software to view the movie. Because of DRM, though, it means that the movie cannot be transferred or viewed on any other device. So if the harddrive crashes on the unit that contains the movie or you choose to upgrade, the movie is lost forever.

Via Endgadget.

Next week’s issue of TV Guide features Nora Roberts and her four books which are being made into TV movies. The article, written by Ms Roberts herself, expounds on having her books adapted for the small screen.

Nora Roberts TV Schedule:

Angels Fall, Monday, January 29th at 9pm ET/PT on Lifetime.
Montana Sky, Monday, February 5th at 9pm ET/PT on Lifetime.
Blue Smoke, Monday, February 12th at 9pm ET/PT on Lifetime.
Carolina Moon, Monday, February 19th at 9pm ET/PT on Lifetime.

Additional factoid: This Magic Moment (1984) was a TV movie entitled Magic Moments.

Dear Ms. Crusie:

(I’m not writing a letter to Mr. Mayer. I don’t know him from adam).

I have been following your books since the publication of Getting Rid of Bradley. I have pretty much loved all of them except for Stupid Strange Bedpersons. But even you acknowledged that story didn’t quite work out as well as you had hoped. My favorite contemporary list includes Welcome to Temptation. I have re-read your books several times. Even though I was a bit Krispy Kremed out by Bet Me, I still thought it was a good read.

When I read you were doing a collaboration with Bob Mayer, I was thrilled. Not because I like Bob Mayer’s works. But because you are such a good writer that collaboration can mean only good things. The whole - two heads are better than one - idea. I waited anxiously for the release of Don’t Look Down. I read the dueling blogs. I almost peed my pants in excitement when I saw the book for sale early at Waldens.

I spent Saturday and Sunday reading your books. That is the first signal that your book wasn’t working for me. I don’t remember …