Publishing NewsAmazon / celebrity likeness / India / Jane Austen / Nikita Singh / politics / Romance novel covers / Theodore Beale9 Comments
A romance novel in two weeks! – Forget the title of this article, because it distracts from the actual content, which is focused on Nikita Singh, who has written ten books (her first at age 19 while she was in pharmacy school) and is published by Penguin India. Singh is a Romance ... more >
Publishing NewsAusten Project / Curtis Sittenfeld / Harlequin Historical / Harlequin Romance / Harlequin-Blaze / Harper Collins / Hugo Awards / Jane Austen12 Comments
Harlequin Blaze shutting down in 2017 – Although this news is still breaking on social media, we want to report the news that Harlequin (or should we say Harper Collins??) is shutting down the Blaze line completely in June 2017. Around the same time, it appears that Harlequin Historical and ... more >
Publishing Newscomedy of manners / digital books / fashion / Jane Austen / print books / sound waves / transgender1 Comments
Against all odds, print books are on the rise again in the US – I’m starting to think that most of the surprise around the persistence of print books is coming from those who are most afraid of its demise, and this Quartz article is a good example of that. What’s ... more >
Publishing NewsGeorgette Heyer / historical romance / Jane Austen / LGBT Romance / paper books / Regency Period / video12 Comments
The Regency Romance: How Jane Austen (Kinda) Created a New Subgenre – Consensus on Twitter last night, where this article was circulating, is that the title is AWFUL, especially given the fact that the article itself makes the crucially important points that Austen was writing books about her own society ... more >
Publishing NewsAfrican American Romance / Australian literature / diversity / films / Jane Austen / publishing / science / YA6 Comments
{TB EXCLUSIVE} JANE AUSTEN ROMANTIC COMEDY “JANE BY THE SEA” SET AT VOLTAGE PICTURES – So another Austen biopic is in the works. Yawn. As with Emily Dickinson, there appears to be some kind of compulsion to “discover” what made these women write. To be read as follows: the men (presumed) ... more >
Publishing News"broken" hero / book rejections / global markets / Jane Austen / Military / reading / stereotypes / translation / veterans11 Comments
Coming Home to Damaging Stereotypes – Chris Marvin is tired of the “broken hero” stereotype of military veterans. Considering how common this stereotype is in Romance (both m/f and m/m), even if the hero isn’t always a vet, Marvin’s frustration with the way vets are often pitied and stigmatized is ... more >