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Posts Tagged ‘Readers-Opinions’

Genre Loyalty Does Not Equal Genre Contentment

By Jane • Dec 4th, 2007 • Category: Letters of Opinion, Misc

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From Jane: One reason that romance books comprise such a large portion of the book retail business is because of genre loyalty. Romance readers return to the genre because it gives a specific emotional experience at the end of the book. Wanting a specific emotional experience, time and again, should [...]



Authors Paying for Chatty Readers

By Jane • Nov 5th, 2007 • Category: Letters of Opinion, Misc

Special Monday Rant: Recently an author emailed me saying that there was some low level chatter about buying blog comments. Essentially you could pay blog commenters to go around and recommend your books.
I scoffed at this because it just seemed so . . . unsavory. But [...]



Want Your Reader Voice to Be Heard?

By Jane • Mar 16th, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

Dorchester Publishing, publisher of the upcoming exciting (to me at least), Shomi line, is asking for Reader’s opinions. It is clear from the comments here on the blog and at the Celebrate Romance event, that readers want the publishers to hear their voices. So go make a difference and participate in the Dorchester [...]



Twisted Kingdom Re Invents Itself

By Jane • Mar 13th, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

A group of fantasy loving readers started Twisted Kingdom to review books in the fantasy, science fiction and paranormal genres. Thursday, TK will see a relaunch with a whole new look. Readers who are looking for a heads up on what to buy (like we need any help with [...]



Bookstore Etiquette

By Jane • Jul 18th, 2006 • Category: Letters of Opinion, Misc

In a comment over at Alison Kent’s blog, Julie Leto posted something that surprised me:
In my mind, writing reviews like this one (not a bad review…a TRASH review) is the same as going to Walmart and standing in front of the romance section and telling people to put that book down. If you didn't [...]