Publishing NewsAuthor Solutions / Barnes and Noble / DRM / graphic novels / Nook / parody / The Bachelor / theater7 Comments
Barnes & Noble’s Dirty Little Secret: Author Solutions and Nook Press – So Barnes and Noble continues to disappoint, this time via the author services it started advertising a few months ago. What they did not reveal at the time (nor presently, for that matter) is that they are outsourcing ... more >
Publishing NewsArt / book-sales / Carly Phillips / digital publishing / Ebooks / fan-fiction / filmmaking / gender / genres / graphic novels / Hollywood / Kindle Worlds / Race10 Comments
What Nielsen Bookscan data tells us about ebook sales cycles & the ebook plateau – This is a great piece that takes some of the other analytical treatments of ebook data and subjects them to a different set of questions and inferences. So instead of stopping at the point where ... more >
Book Deals / Publishing NewsComics / Deals / French-Revolution / graphic novels / Harlequin Medical Romance / medical romance / Smashwords45 Comments
News Bayou Arcana is due out in the UK shortly. I can’t find it in the U.S. but it is a “southern gothic” horror anthology that brings together an all female team of artists and all male team of writers. From the Guardian: “There is a certain sensitivity that you ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / book-sales / Charlaine Harris / digital rights management / graphic novels61 Comments
Amazon launched its science fiction, fantasy and horror line called 47North. It’s lined up some big names in scifi with the launched of 15 books “including ‘The Mongoliad: Book One,’ the first in the ambitious, five-book, collaborative Foreworld series led by Neal Stephenson and Greg Bear. All of these books ... more >
B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviewsgraphic novels4 Comments
Story: Jamie S. Rich Art: Joelle Jones Publisher: Oni Press (5 page preview) or at Amazon Release: 2006 A passing mention of Twelve Reasons Why I Love Her during a conversation about graphic novels caught attention of the romance reader in me, which prompted me to ask the friend what ... more >
Book Reviews / C Reviews / C Reviews Category / Features / HaikuComics / DC-Comics / graphic novels / haiku / superheroes19 Comments
This? Legendary. At least to comic book fans I am piqued by hype First impression: LOOOOOOOONG. Story is intricate and Convoluted too. Quick recap for newbs: Watchmen used to be heroes Govt made them retire One ends up murdered The others reunite to Try and save the world. The heroes ... more >