Book Deals / Publishing NewsAmazon / Apple / censorship / Deals / lawsuits / Paypal18 Comments
News Visa responds to erotica authors and say that it isn’t imposing any kinds of restrictions on fiction: Relevant to this situation, the sale of a limited category of extreme imagery depicting rape, bestiality and child pornography is or is very likely to be unlawful in many places and would ... more >
Book Deals / Publishing NewsAmazon / book-sales / Deals / digital lending / geographical restrictions / Harry-Potter / Paypal / Penguin / Samhain-publishing27 Comments
News I have a lot of news today so I will try to be short. Pithy. Harry Potter digital books will be sourced through Overdrive and available for lending for five years. At that time, the libraries will need to repurchase the digital copies. Source: Library Journal Google decided to ... more >
Publishing NewsAll-Romance-Ebooks / Paypal / Siren-Bookstrand Inc / Smashwords62 Comments
Background Back in 2007, Jayne and I reviewed ebookstores. There seemed to be new ones that were announced everyday. When All Romance eBooks launched in 2007, it lacked the Paypal option. It would later add Paypal in October of 2007. Commenters informed us that Paypal had content restrictions. One reason ... more >
Publishing NewsDreamspinner Press / Paypal / plagiarism / Smashwords628 Comments
Updated x1: Ms. Manning has commented and provided an apology: I’ve gone back and forth on how to address this for several hours. A personal blog post would not be seen by enough people. Nor would a response to Ms. Fielding’s blog. When Dear Author posted this blog, I felt ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / censorship / Paypal17 Comments
News RT is offering a chance for one reader to have her (or his) name in Kristen Callihans’ next book. And now, Kristen Callihan is offering readers a way to become part of her new series. One lucky reader’s name will be used for a character in the upcoming series ... more >
InterviewsAll-Romance-Ebooks / erotica / Paypal34 Comments
All Romance eBooks emailed me to ask if I had any questions regarding their new policy regarding ebook categorization. Of course I did and they responded. The entirety is posted below with permission: 1. You are creating a new area for certain types of books. How will readers access those ... more >