The astounding success of 50 Shades of Grey has a lot of folks bewildered. Publishers included, quite clearly. While all of us stumble around trying to make sense of it, I was stumped when a reporter asked me recently why it was such a success. Expecting a succinct answer, I started to talk about covers…
Last week, I mentioned that certain publishers won’t let libraries lend their eBooks. To bring it home more, if you are looking for romance eBooks by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Lora Leigh, Keiran Kramer published by Macmillan Publishing at your local library or Simon & Schuster’s authors such as Jayne Ann Krentz or Sabrina Jeffries, don’t waste…
I must have been living under a rock. Until the advent of agency pricing, I didn’t realize the contentiousness and longevity of the thirty years’ book wars. Oh, I do remember talking with one of my favorite book sellers – a retired teacher that opened a book store in Memphis. She shared that she was…
Have you ever wanted to give a publisher a piece of your mind? Well, Avon is asking for one. They have a fairly extensive survey for romance readers on facebook. They want to know how you read, how much you read, whether you listen to audiobooks, where you get your book recommendations, which websites you…
Even a casual visitor to the AAR message boards quickly learns one thing: We are an opinionated bunch. And in just about every thread somebody posts about a plot device they loathe. Be it a couple who jumps into bed right off the bat or an arranged marriage, the list of plot devices that we…
I am really excited about this one, so fair warning. On November 22nd, The Other Guy’s Bride, the long, long, long(!) awaited sequel to As You Desire will finally hit your Kindle, with the print version following one month later. I’ve read the book and it’s fair to say that’s one of the reasons I’m so…
I missed my regular blogging spot (every other Friday) last time because I was in the midst of a Mac crisis. Said crisis involved a Separation from my Beloved MacBook Pro since said device had to be sent to Apple for some minor work. I sent it off on Thursday and it was back in…
Ah, the perks of working at Chapters. During the summer, our store manager told us that all Chapters employees were invited to the Random House Fall Preview at the Hyatt Regency. Now, I don’t know about you, but this sounded pretty sweet. And they’d send us free books! Can’t say no to that. So last…
One message I kept hearing during this summer’s RWA conference was that publishers were finally ready to look at books that are different. Not every publisher was saying it, mind you, but I heard it a lot more than I had the year before – when the message seemed to be: “Take a look at…
If there was one word we kept hearing last week at RWA, it was digital. We heard it from excited people, disillusioned people, scared people, and confused people. Digital options are opening up a Brave New World, but no one seems to be sure how that will change the current landscape, only that it will….
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