Publishing Newscopyright infringement / indie booksellers / romance reading13 Comments
U.S. booksellers, meeting in KC, express optimism – At an annual get together of over 500 independent booksellers, spirits were high. Sales at ABA member stores were up 8% in the last year and some have suggested a “retro-fueled backlash against the digital tide.” KansasCity.com ‘Fifty Shades’ Porn Parody Countersuit ... more >
EbooksAll-Romance-Ebooks / romance reading64 Comments
Jane kindly invited me to share a bit of what we at AllRomance.com learned about reader preferences in 2012. For those of you who aren’t familiar with All Romance (also known as ARe), we are a niche on-line bookstore that specializes in the sale of…. Yes, you’ve guessed it, Romance ... more >
Letters of OpinionReader Habits / Reader Opinions / romance reading61 Comments
more animals A continuation of our Romance Apologia posts*. . . Part One, in which the author argues for the rights of women to read whatever the hell we want One of the things that gets my back up is patent dismissals of whole genres of writing: literary fiction is ... more >
Letters of Opinionauthor-romance-relationship / Celebrate-Romance / genre critique / romance reading47 Comments
see more crazy cat pics I’ve been fatigued by the scandals and the bad behavior and the general discontent that’s going on these days. It seems like you can’t turn around without tripping over someone inserting their foot into their mouth and then some. The problem with that is there ... more >
Letters of Opinioncategory romance / genre critique / Harlequin / romance reading134 Comments
I received a press release from Harlequin a couple of weeks ago about the online version of the Romance Report that I made fun of last year. The theme was confessions. This year, though, I figured it would be just too easy and I would just be repeating the myself. ... more >