Letters of Opinionbad-boy-romance / criticism-of-romance81 Comments
As I read the opinion piece by Robin last week and all the smart comments, it struck me that the question is very simple even if the answer is not. It seems clear to me that heroes can get away with and be redeemed from far worse deeds than heroines. ... more >
Publishing NewsACE-ROC / Author Reader Relationship / criticism-of-romance / free-book / iPad / Literary Criticism / social media32 Comments
I had a product demonstration of GetGlue today with Ami Grecko. I had learned of GetGlue before but I really didn’t understand how it worked. After all, do I really need another social networking service? At the end of the thirty minutes, I was convinced that this wasn’t just another ... more >
Publishing Newsadvances / Apple / Authors Guild / criticism-of-romance / Ebooks / George RR Martin / Google Book Settlement / quality / Reader Opinions / Twilight Saga13 Comments
This is a quite hilarious ad by Verizon mocking AT&T’s pathetic coverage (I am an AT&T customer via my move to the iPhone). Watch until the end. Guardian asks whether crowdsourcing author advances is legitimate. Deanna Zandt wanted to write a book on using social networking for social change and ... more >
Features / Publishing NewsAbout-Us / criticism-of-romance / genre critique / Kindle / Privacy-issues / Publishers81 Comments
Obviously we have a new look and feel to Dear Author. The design work was completed by Maili and it is based off a premium theme from WooThemes. Just the Web did some additional coding work. We’ve developed a couple of informational pages: For Readers/For Authors. Those are both in ... more >
Features / Publishing Newsbook business / criticism-of-romance / Ebooks / genre critique / Kindle / Nook39 Comments
Over at Smart Bitches I noticed that there is an ebook sale at eHarlequin today. Using the code CUTINHALF, you will receive 50% off any ebook in the eHarlequin library. I think that they have over 2,000 ebooks for sale. I don’t have a good list for you to buy ... more >
Letters of Opinioncriticism / criticism-of-romance27 Comments
Today’s topic is a follow up on last week’s wherein I wished for two things a) for grittier romance books and b) for those romance books that include gritty elements, to treat those elements seriously. One of the responses that I heard was that readers like to be entertained and ... more >