Publishing Newscell phone / m/m romance / Reader Rights / self-published135 Comments
It’s election day in many places. I hope if you live in one of those places, you are voting today. ***** Self published superstar C.J. Lyons has been picked up by Minotaur. I thought that Lyon’s books were romantic suspense but if they are published by Minotaur, it sounds like ... more >
Publishing Newsblogging / book prices / cell phone / Kindle / Nook / quality control / Used-Book-Sales19 Comments
Amazon is pricing the hardcovers of many of the most popular titles at $9.99. To make it an even sweeter deal, you can sell many of these hardcovers back to Amazon through its Trade in program. For example, Lover Mine by JR Ward is priced at $9.99 (we’ll have dueling ... more >
Publishing Newscell phone / Harlequin / Manga4 Comments
By now, you must have read how Japanese consumers are reading more and more on their cellphones. Harlequin is the grey old lady of romance no more. Harlequin is teaming up with Softbank Creative to sell and distribute its romance manga via cellphone in Japan. Beginning in April 2008 SoftBank ... more >
Publishing Newscell phone / Japan7 Comments
I find this so interesting. Last year in Japan 5 of the top 10 selling books were “cell phone novels”. These novels are entirely written on cell phones using all of the abbreviations emoticons that I have so much trouble understanding. These are very short novels but very successful. In ... more >