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April 18, 2011

Monday Midday Links: Disintermediation and the valued supply links

JanePublishing Newsbook prices / genre critique / Running Press19 Comments

Several people noticed that the comments to the controversial post of Christopher Navratil, the publisher of Running Press, over at Publishers’ Weekly had disappeared. I emailed and received a prompt response from PW. According to PW, this is a technical glitch site wide due to a change over in commenting ... more >

April 4, 2011

Monday Midday Links: Post mortems full of fail

JanePublishing NewsAuthor Reader Relationship / Running Press / self-published / Smashwords63 Comments

I wasn’t going to do a links round up today. I’m getting ready to leave for Romantic Times and have a list as long as my-well, it’s a long list. But I would be totally remiss if I didn’t point the readership to Publishers Weekly, a supposed journalism magazine about ... more >

December 17, 2009

Thursday Midday Links:

JaneFeaturesEbooks / gay romance / m/m romance / publishing / publishing industry / Reader Opinions / Running Press11 Comments

MediaBistro held an ebook summit for the past few days and there were some interesting tidbits released. One of the overriding themes of the summit was that the $9.99 price point was not sustainable. One panel suggested that ads were the best possible way for publishers of content (magazines and ... more >

April 9, 2009

REVIEW: False Colors by Alex Beecroft

SarahFA Review Category / A Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / m/m romance / Running Press / sailing37 Comments

Dear Ms. Beecroft: Rarely, oh so rarely, I’ll read a book that is so sublime, so transcendent, I actually come away from it a little melancholy, because it’s over and I can never read it for the first time ever again, because I know I’ll never be able to do ... more >

December 15, 2008

Can m/m fiction be mainstreamed? Running Press is taking the chance.

JanePublishing Newsbook business / m/m romance / Running Press51 Comments

According to Publishers Weekly, Running Press is going to offer gay romance fiction written by and for straight women. The series will launch in April with “Transgressions” and “False Colors” with two more titles set for fall 2009 release. President Jon Anderson of Running Press is doing the acquiring and ... more >

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