September 21, 2011

Wednesday Midday Links: Kindle Lending Launches

JanePublishing NewsBorders / digital lending / digital publishing / Kindle27 Comments

I’m reposting these deals in case someone missed them yesterday. Halfway to the Grave with Bonus Material: A Night Huntress Novel for $1.99 * Amazon | nook | Kobo Cassie Palmer Series: Touch the Dark, Claimed by Shadow, Embrace the Night and Curse the Dawn in one bundle by Karen Chance ... more >

July 19, 2011

Tuesday Midday Links: Scribd Launches New Reading App with Dear Author Featured

JanePublishing NewsBorders / Scribd6 Comments

One of the things I did at RWA was meet with industry people. Okay that’s all I did but I actually got something accomplished besides doing interviews. I met with Anne Watters Westpheling from Scribd and she shared with me their new App. It’s called Float and it’s designed to ... more >

July 14, 2011

Thursday Midday News: Mr Romance Is Done

JanePublishing NewsBorders / Google / Sony17 Comments

Google has partnered with iRiver to introduce a new ebook reader to the market.  This will be sold at Target and online.  PC World has a really good review of the device.  The pro of the device is that it has the crispest screen of any eink device on the ... more >

June 3, 2011

Friday Midday Links: eBook Quality Issues and Borders eBooks Alerts

JanePublishing NewsAmazon / Borders / cover-art / Kobo / Promotion / quality control31 Comments

On Tuesday (I think it was Tuesday), I downloaded the teaser chapters of Connie Brockway’s Amazon Montlake book.  Amazon Montlake, you’ll recall, is Amazon’s romance imprint.  The teaser chapters are designed to promote Brockway’s book and encourage you to buy the title when it is released in November.  I am ... more >

JanePublishing NewsAuthor Reader Relationship / Borders / Google Book Settlement / Jennifer-Crusie / self-published37 Comments

At RT, there were dozens of workshops about self publishing. I sat on a panel myself with HP Mallory and Mark Coker. HP Mallory has sold over 130,000 copies of her self published books and has scored a 6 figure deal with Random House for publication of three forthcoming titles. ... more >

March 24, 2011

Thursday Midday Links: Random House hires Sue Grimshaw, former romance buyer for Borders

JanePublishing NewsBorders / DABWAHA / self-published30 Comments

DABWAHA Voting started up again.   Courtney Milan and Loretta Chase are dueling it out in a very close race. **** Borders romance buyer, Sue Grimshaw, will be the new Editor at Large and Category Specialist for Random House acquiring “selective romance titles for hardcover, paperback and original digital lists”.   Original ... more >