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 >
Letters of OpinionBacklist / genre critique / Romance65 Comments
A couple of weeks ago the Brookings Register ran an article titled “Not your mother’s romance novel.” The article spoke to two women who have recently become interested in romances. Two women who had not read older romances, but had formed negative opinions regarding those older romances: Gill said she ... 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 >
Letters of OpinionBacklist / Jennifer-Greene / racism45 Comments
I was reading the Jennifer Greene books which are being re-released through Carina Press and I was struck by the small ways in which the book details were being updated. One character refers to text messaging another character. Another character was watching CSI and the kids were listening to Lady ... more >