Essaysreader-word-of-mouth88 Comments
When I was reading Jayne’s review of the Ellen O’Connell release, Without Words, there were so many elements that appealed to me–the unusual location, the hardscrabble life, the marriage of convenience. The description of the book and the characters brought to mind one of my favorite Western writers, Jo Goodman, and ... more >
Book Reviewsreader-word-of-mouth / recommendations17 Comments
On Twitter I asked for people’s last best book read because I’m going on vacation and need to fill up my Kindle. I thought I’d share those recommendations here. Perhaps you have recommendations of your own or comments on the books that are listed. @dearauthor I recently reread @dragonflyautumn‘s Touchstone trilogy. ... more >
Publishing NewsAuthor Promotion / reader-word-of-mouth16 Comments
Penguin Tests Social Reading Rewards Program – Penguin has launched a program to drive more reviews and online discussion of their books. Through “First to Read”, a reader can gain access to advanced reader copies. The program is run on a rewards system (or gamification) wherein points are earned for ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / reader-word-of-mouth36 Comments
Amazon is going to do to enterprise cloud companies exactly what it did to book stores – I was contacted by a company a while back offering cloud based storage at costs that seemed to good to be true. I asked them how they were doing this and they replied ... more >
Letters of Opinionreader communities / reader-word-of-mouth / word of mouth23 Comments
In a recent Wall Street Journal article (1) it was noted that books by 60 self published authors have been acquired by traditional publishers. 2012 was definitely the year of the self published author from E.L. James to Tammara Weber to Colleen Hoover. While there are some bloggers who are ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / copyright / Reader Habits / reader-word-of-mouth29 Comments
Doctors report first cure of HIV in a child – The biggest news of the day is that a child born with HIV was been cured according to medical staff at the University of Mississippi. The circumstances surrounding the child are rare. Most babies are not born with HIV due ... more >