Misccover reveal / covers4 Comments
Today Harlequin and Sarah Morgan are bringing you an insider’s look at the next holiday-themed story from Sarah Morgan. When I visited the Harlequin headquarters in Toronto, I was amazed at all the various members of the staff who are involved in the creation of a book. The time that ... more >
Publishing Newsadvances / Apple / collusion / covers / digital lending / public libraries / publishing9 Comments
The Rise of the Seven-Figure Advance – This is a pretty interesting trend, because it seems to point to both the importance of the so-called “big books” for traditional publishing, and the competition for those books, which suggests that publishers are not finding a lot of material they feel is ... more >
Publishing Newsacademic freedom / Apple / covers / Harper Collins / independent booksellers / Penguin Classics / privacy / Publishers / Roald Dahl / technology / Tor18 Comments
Harper Has New Indie Marketing Fund – As of July 1st, retailers may receive money based on their sales of Harper Collins books for the previous year, with which they can “promote creative merchandising” of Harper Collins books. It’s an interesting way to incentivize booksellers to promote Harper Collins authors ... more >
Publishing Newscovers / CreateSpace / intellectual property / NaNoWriMo4 Comments
Gap’s Ad With Sikh Model Waris Ahluwalia Defaced With Racist Graffiti, Drawing Incredible Response From Company – Although The Gap has hardly been the world’s best corporate citizen, I have to give them kudos for this response to a defaced advertisement featuring Sikh actor and jewelry designer Waris Ahluwalia. When ... more >
Ebookscovers / Multifunction-Device24 Comments
We’ve posted a comparison table between the three reading tablets and a hands on review of the Vox, the Nook Tablet and the Kindle Fire. Not to mention the Kindle Touch, Nook Touch, and Nook Color. But once you have the device or your loved one has the device, what ... more >
Cartoon covers have been pretty much axed from the romance cover catalog due to declining sales of books with those covers. I admit that I was never a huge fan of the cover, but neither did I find them totally offputting. There are worse things than cartoons, right? Today’s first ... more >