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All About Romance has launched its annual readers’ poll.

Author Stephen Elliott wrote an editorial [...]

First up is the news that Angela James, former executive editor of Samhain, is joining the Quartet Press folks. I think QP means business, no? In other QP news, Anne Frasier aka Teresa Weir is going to be releasing Bad Karma in ebook form through Quartet. Under the penname of Teresa Weir, [...]

Whether it’s Oprah’s endorsement of the Kindle or the idea that technology can save publishing, more and more mainstream publications are revisiting the concept of ebook reading. The New York Times reports on the Kindle which is out of stock and the Sony which has sold 300,000 readers since 2006. Currently, sales of [...]

There was an article on Gawker the other day that NYTimes is planning to cut 20% of its editorial staff in 2009. I’m not sure what number that translates into but the report goes on to say that most of the cuts will be in the newspaper’s “softer” sections. Is Arts & Leisure [...]

While the Nobel jurists might think that US writers are insular and ignorant, the same can’t be said for US economists. Paul Krugman, a professor at Princeton and New York Times columnist, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics last night. He deserves it. He actually foresaw this current economic crisis and [...]

Gena Showalter is on the New York Times list for the third week. With the release of the second in the Nora Roberts’ paranormal/horror trilogy, The Hollow, her first book, Blood Brothers, reappeared on both the USA Today and NY Times list. Stephenie Meyer got the top spot for The Host, her first adult offering.
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Book [...]

Will Kresley Cole hit #1 with her June release? She’s at number 3 with her May release. Brenda Jackson’s Kimani release hit the extended list which is unusual because, in part, it is a category romance.
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Book Title
Author
Publisher
Price
Rank
Peak
NYT

The Devil Who Tamed Her
Johanna Lindsey
Pocket
$7.99
7
7
14

Twenty Wishes
Debbie Macomber
Mira
$24.95
10
10
3*

A Wanted Man: A Stone Creek [...]