ConventionsConventions / Romantic-Times40 Comments
This year’s Romantic Times convention was my fourth in a row. Since my first visit, RT has underwent a dramatic change and much of it has to do with moving the focus away from cover models and toward the readers. In 2012, RT did not have a Cover Model pageant ... more >
ConventionsConventions / epublishing / indie booksellers / mystery17 Comments
I went back to Bouchercon on Friday and Saturday and caught as many panels as I could, given my other responsibilities this weekend (why does everything always happen at the same time? Argh). [Check out Sunita’s report from Friday] Unfortunately I had evening commitments both days, so I couldn’t hang ... more >
Features / Publishing NewsConventions / Courtney Milan / ebook sales / Harlequin / Publishing Sales / Simon & Schuster17 Comments
Jason Pinter wonders whether being online and so accessible removes the mystique of an author and thereby reduces one’s ability to sell books. **** More authors are getting into the casual gaming platform. Orchid Games released Heartwild Solitaire Classic and recruited a few authors to write short stories that players ... more >
Features / Publishing NewsConventions / critique / Nook / Random-House / Reviewing / Rosetta Books90 Comments
First up is the news that Random House wants to claim ebook rights for all books that are under contract. Random House took this stance in the early 2000s against Rosetta Books and sued Rosetta twice. Rosetta won both cases but the legal battle essentially froze Rosetta’s business. In order ... more >
Features / Publishing Newsbrick and mortar / Conventions / digital publishing / Ebooks / Harlequin / Harlequin Horizons / HarperCollins / Manga / publishing / RITA / self-published21 Comments
Explicit sex is hard to write well and even if you do write it well, it means you are just packaging up pornography for women. Also, bla bla bla, romance books are killing romance bla bla bla. All according to this article by Alan Elsner. I don’t plan to comment ... more >
Features / Publishing NewsAmazon / best of list / book business / Conventions / Ebooks / SFWA / shortcovers / Smashwords158 Comments
TBIResearch believes that Amazon is losing quite a bit of money on the ebook market as it tries to drive down prices of books. Publishers are trying hard to maintain a higher price, but researchers and retailers believe that consumers will not pay a high price for ebooks. The good ... more >