A- Reviews / Recommended ReadsKate Daniels / Romance / shapeshifters / Urban-Fantasy23 Comments
After breaking from life with the Pack, mercenary Kate Daniels and her mate—former Beast Lord Curran Lennart—are adjusting to a very different pace. While they’re thrilled to escape all the infighting, Kate and Curran know that separating from the Pack completely is a process that will take time. But when ... more >
Publishing Newsanti-trust / Apple / ballet / breach of contract / diversity / lawsuit / Romance / Scribd / subscription services / Tess Gerritsen41 Comments
Scribd Reduces Romance Catalog – From Jane: Late yesterday afternoon, news came out that Scribd was drastically reducing the number of romance books that would be available through the subscription service. I reached out to Scribd and received this message: “Over the past two years, the Scribd catalog has grown from 100,000 titles to more ... more >
Letters of Opinioncanon / classic / genre critique / History / re-reading / Romance40 Comments
This past weekend I was involved in a great email discussion about the question of whether Romance fiction faced a unique challenge that other types of fiction, including other genres don’t. Namely, does Romance reflect contemporary issues and culture in a way that makes it easy to identify the genre’s most ... more >
Publishing NewsBritish Library / censorship / commercial fiction / digitization / genre fiction / Malaysia / Outlander / Romance / sexual consent / sound recordingsComments Off on Tuesday News: Malaysian pulp fiction, British Library digitizes sound recordings, ‘cup of tea’ consent video, and Diana Gabaldon interview
Malaysians Seek Escape in Pulp Fiction as Government’s Grip Tightens – This is such an interesting piece (putting aside some of the usual pejorative language around mass market fiction, especially that aimed at women) about the rise of a new species of pulp fiction in Malaysia that coincides with more ... more >
Letters of Opiniongenre critique / genre definition / reader expectations / Romance52 Comments
Last week I linked to an essay by Remittance Girl for the DA news, in which she argued extensively against the Clean Reader application, which replaces so-called “dirty” words with “clean” versions. Remittance Girl’s post covers a great deal of terrain, from the moral rights of authors to her frustration with what she ... more >
Publishing NewsApril Fools Day / authors' moral rights / Clean Reader / copyright / crowdfunding / diversity / dragons / Fair Use / genre / infringement / parody / reader expectations / Romance18 Comments
Play Reimagining ‘Three’s Company’ Wins Case – This is sort of a good news/bad news situation. The good news is that the play “3C,” which parodies the television series “Three’s Company,” has prevailed in federal court as transformative and therefore not infringing on DLT Entertainment’s copyright over the television show. ... more >