UncategorizedContest / digital lending / HarperCollins / Kindle / Kobo / Libraries11 Comments
UK Hotel Now Swapping Kindles With Bibles – The Digital Reader – “A hotel on the east coast of the UK has come up with a gimmick that has all the gadget blogs buzzing today. Hotel Indigo Newcastle, the most recently launched location in the Indigo chain, is swapping out ... more >
UncategorizedAgency pricing / book prices / Contest / lawsuits / Literary Criticism / Retail Price Maintenance28 Comments
I’m changing things up a little. More and more people apparently read the news roundup that I post every day and therefore I’ve decided to post the news posts first thing in the morning. That’s when most people read the news and thus Dear Author can be a consistent morning ... more >
Contests/GiveawaysContest5 Comments
Remember when I said that we would give one ebook reader away a month in thanks for people using the Amazon affiliate link? In August, we gave it away to a commenter in a particular thread, but in September, the device would go to a commenter who participated in any ... more >
Publishing NewsBarnes & Noble / Contest / Facebook / Google / Nora-Roberts18 Comments
Facebook employed a major PR and lobbying firm Burson-Marsteller to launch a whisper campaign against Google. The Daily Beast broke the story and it is a compelling and almost unbelievable story. Burson-Masteller, for political junkies is the company owned by pollster Mark Penn, a chief strategist for Hillary Clinton’s run ... more >
Contests/GiveawaysContest33 Comments
Here are the winners of our Gay Writes giveaways. Individual review giveaways (you should already have received an email from me about your win; if you haven’t, check your spam and email me): STRAWBERRIES FOR DESSERT Ridley HOMECOMING Kelly Thrash THE GLASS MINSTREL Morgan N. and Rebecca B “TENGO UNA ... more >
Contests/GiveawaysContest / free-book / Jennifer-Estep128 Comments
Last winter we linked to a free fiction short from author Caroline Linden and I was contacted by Pocket to see if we would host a free fiction download for author Jennifer Estep. Of course we would. Readers like free fiction and I think it’s a great opportunity to be ... more >