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Political Books Doing the Job of Congressional Oversight?

By Jane • Jun 17th, 2008 • Category: Publishing News

Publishers’ Weekly has an article about how the publishing industry is releasing more political books such as the Scott McLellan, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception, and the Douglas Feith, War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism, which purport to tell [...]



What Is Right in Oregon: Senator Vigorously Defends Net Neutrality

By Jane • May 7th, 2008 • Category: Publishing News

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) met with a number of technology executives and argued forcefully that ISPs must stand up for net neutrality or face the removal of legal safe harbors and tax freedom. One of those legal safe harbors is Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act which provides immunity from liability for ISPs for [...]



What’s Wrong with Massachusetts? (Or Lie To Get Laid and You Might Go to Prison)

By Jane • May 5th, 2008 • Category: Publishing News

In our ongoing coverage of what is wrong with the United States (soon to be expanded to cover wrong headed laws being enacted or pushed to be enacted in foreign countries), we include Massachusetts. A proposed bill would allow individuals who obtain sex by lying to be charged with a felony which would, you [...]



What’s Wrong with Indiana?

By Jane • Apr 30th, 2008 • Category: Publishing News

First there was the Indiana Censorship Bill that requires any seller of sexually explicit material to register with the Secretary of State. You know, like bookstores that sell romances and such.
Now the Republicans have the opportunity to vote for Tony Zirkle who is in a primary race for a House seat in Northwest [...]



REVIEW: Naughty Neighbor by Janet Evanovich

By Janet • Mar 12th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Reviews

Dear Ms. Evanovich:
As a fan of your Stephanie Plum series (and as a reader who masochistically enjoys being tortured by the unresolved love triangle), I have been slowly reading your early category Romances as they are re-released. Naughty Neighbor was released recently on Fictionwise for a 100% micropay rebate, making it an instant purchase [...]



REVIEW: The Secret to Seduction by Julie Anne Long

By Janine • Sep 17th, 2007 • Category: A Review Category, A- Reviews, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms. Long,
For me, reading The Secret to Seduction, was like having a glass of champagne. First the effervescent joy of being introduced to your characters through the liquid clarity of your voice, then the warmth of being immersed in the sensations and emotions that those characters grow to feel, and finally the blissful [...]



REVIEW: The Secret of Seduction by Julie Anne Long

By Jayne • May 14th, 2007 • Category: B Reviews Category, B- Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms Long,
Having heard such good things about your other books, I felt it was about time I gave you a try. I did worry that since this was the last book in a trilogy, I might end up lost or overloaded with backstory. Happily this turned out not to be the case. Yet, despite [...]