2012 was the year of Kristen Ashley for many romance readers. Whether it was through The Golden Dynasty (recommended to me as Game of Thrones fan fiction) or Knight (the weirdly magnetic but hard to read book featuring the pimp hero) or Motorcycle Man (the one that I use as ... more >
Publishing NewsBacklist / Deals / Samhain-publishing / SOPA35 Comments
In case you missed it yesterday, BN just launched gifting of ebooks. YAY! Look for deals at the end of the post. **** Seth Godin has a list of publishers that are supporting SOPA, a bill that many internet supporters believe will allow large corporations to cut off content access for ... more >
Publishing NewsBacklist / digital rights management / plagiarism / Print-on-Demand / tablet84 Comments
Do you ever wonder where the year went? Me too. It’s hard to believe that tomorrow begins the last month of 2011. I would love to post some reader reminiscences about their 2011 year of reading. What they loved. What they hated. How they’ve seen the genre evolve, either for ... more >
Contests/GiveawaysBacklist / nook color9 Comments
We had a great list of recommendations last week for backlist books. I am hopeful that PubIt can take the list and get the attention of the author or publisher who holds the rights to those books and let us have the ability to buy those books in digital format. ... more >
Publishing NewsBacklist / criminal / digital publishing / Young-Adult29 Comments
This was tweeted by Zoe Archer someone (I now forget, maybe Rose Fox?) and I thought it was an interesting article. According to a new book, a female led shoplifting gang was an underworld power to be reckoned with in the 19th and 20th centuries. Hidden in Britain’s underworld are ... more >
Publishing NewsBacklist / Blio / conferences / digital publishing / Eloisa-James / ereader device / julia-quinn / social media27 Comments
I’m not sure if I blogged about this or not but Best Buy will be ereader central. The Kindle, nook, Sony eink devices will be sold in store as well as iPads. If you have a Best Buy close, this is a great opportunity to take a look at these ... more >