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December 30, 2008

REVIEW: The Girl Most Likely To by Susan Donovan

JanetB Reviews Category / Book Reviews / C Reviews CategoryContemporary / Secret-Baby / St.-Martins-Press8 Comments

Dear Ms. Donovan: Your new book, The Girl Most Likely To reminded me very much of your first two books (Knock Me Off My Feet and Take a Chance on Me), which are my clear favorites of the Donovan oeuvre.   The likeable hero, the quirky heroine, the family secret, and ... more >

December 7, 2008

The eBook Tax: Some Publishers Want Hardcover Prices to Be Ebook Pricing Standard

JaneEbooksbook business / book prices / St.-Martins-Press112 Comments

more animals Wildcard by Lora Leigh is a mass market release with a retail price of $7.99 but an ebook retail price of $14.00. Sherrilyn Kenyon’s One Silent Night is also a mass market release with a retail price of $7.99 but an ebook retail price of $14.00. Almost all ... more >

November 3, 2008

REVIEW: Any Given Doomsday (Phoenix Chronicles-Volume I) by Lori Handeland

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviews / C Reviews CategoryContemporary / Lori-Handeland / St.-Martins-Press / Urban-Fantasy8 Comments

Dear Mrs. Handeland, I hope the inhabitants of your newest urban fantasy series never meet up with the Jager Suchers from your previous one or there’ll be a lot of fur flying. Since the J-Sers are sworn to hunt down and kill strange beasties and the “Phoenix Chronicle” series seems ... more >

April 8, 2007

Publishers Making the Backlist More Accessible

JaneEbooksBacklist / digital publishing / Harlequin / HarperCollins / Penguin / Random-House / Simon & Schuster / St.-Martins-Press / Tor17 Comments

The e-backlist has been a long time in coming. Readers, particularly romance readers, are big glommers and they often are searching for the one book their reading buddy says is a must find. Unfortunately, these books are often difficult to find and very expensive. Publishers are being more responsive by ... more >

January 8, 2007

Interview with an Editor Series: Jennifer Enderlin, St. Martin’s Press

JaneInterviewseditor / St.-Martins-Press12 Comments

Jennifer Enderlin is one of the most recognizable editors in publishing today. St. Martin’s Press is not synonymous with romance but it does publish authors who are synonymous with romance. One of the staunchest and most erudte defenders of romance, Jennifer Crusie, has been with Enderlin and SMP since 1995. ... more >

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