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November 21, 2009

Saturday Midday Links Roundup: Writers Organizations Mad at Harlequin

JaneFeatures / 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 >

July 22, 2009

Midday Publishing Link RoundUp

JanePublishing Newsadvances / Angela-James / Apple / book business / Conventions / digital publishing / marketing23 Comments

Dear RWA:   It looks like next year, you’ll have to disqualify at least one New York publishing house from the RITAs next year. Hopefully you have someone looking into this right now and will be making an announcement in the interest of fairness and equity. According to an editor, one ... more >

June 19, 2009

RWA & The Case of the Lack of Vision

JaneLetters of Opinionbook business / Conventions / digital publishing209 Comments

In the most recent RWR, a monthly publication put out by the RWA, Diane Pershing’s president’s letter contained a very wordy assessment of RWA’s commitment to its 10,000+ membership which can be condensed into this: digital publishing is not a legitimate business model and those who are in digital publishing ... more >

May 28, 2009

Have You Ever Attended a Convention Poll

JanePublishing NewsBook-Expo-America / Conventions15 Comments

Book Expo America is underway. It is one of the largest (if not the largest) trade shows for the publishing business.   For those of us stuck at home, we can follow along the attendees activities on twitter by searching the hashtag #bea09.    Conventions are a mainstay of the science ... more >

February 2, 2009

BookExpo Canada Cancelled by Reed Business

JanePublishing NewsBook-Expo-America / Conventions1 Comments

BookExpo Canada (aka BEC) has suffered a series of blows with major publishers deciding not to attend this year’s trade show in Canada. Today Reed has decided to cancel the event altogether. The BEC guy sounds morose and sad: Greg Topalian, senior v-p for Reed Exhibitions, said, however, that it ... more >

February 2, 2009

Why I Love Celebrate Romance

Guest ReviewerLetters of OpinionCelebrate-Romance / Conventions12 Comments

I’ve been a romance reader since I was in high school, but during my school years, I read alone. I didn’t know anyone else who read romance – a few of my friends might pick up a Nora Roberts book a couple of times a year, but that was all. ... more >

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