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Snicket Takes Heat for Banning Books as a Promotional Stunt
Source: Inkygirl The Happy Endings Foundation website was just poorly enough done to look like an authentic organization. It’s motto? “Sad books are bad books.” The site was ostensibly run by Clare...
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Long Pen: Phoning it In, Literally
The New York Times has an article about Conrad Black’s successful videoconferenced bookstore signing. Mr. Black is bound, by law because of his conviction on charges of fraud and obstruction of...
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Recently Received Publicity Don’t
I received an email this morning that contained the following words. I did verify that this was not a hoax but an email from a new publicity intern. Hi, I’m from [major New York publisher]. I would...
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Dear Avon Books: Social Media UR Doing it Wrong
see more Lolcats and funny pictures Update: Pam Jaffee, Avon’s Publicist, responded to the AAR interview here. As stated in my article below, I have had a good relationship with Avon’s publicists....
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Wednesday Midday Links: Quartet Press Closes
Quartet Press closes. I know. I can hardly believe it either. I’m reeling from it all. On the one hand, it makes sense to close the doors before the Press takes on rights and opens itself up to the...
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My Big Fat Cover Rant from Heather, The Galaxy Express
Allow me to tell you a story. Recently, I had the honor of premiering a cover for a science fiction romance book on my blog. The cover for R. Garland Gray's Darkscape: First Heir excited me because it...
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REVIEW: The Disgraced Playboy by Caitlin Crews
Dear Ms. Crews: The Disgraced Playboy is the second in the Notorious Wolfe series (or Bad Blood to the UK readers). The first, by Sarah Morgan, was reviewed here. The story treads familiar tropes:...
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Tuesday News and Deals: DABWAHA Updates, Asian Sexuality and Deals.
News Second Chance Bracket: Bracket busted? You get a Second Chance! Starting with the Sweet 16, pick your winners – and there’s prizes for this tourney, too! Deadline: 3/21/2012 at 11:59:00 PM ET...
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Friday News: Samhain and Books on Board break up; Candlewick puts real money...
Doctoral Dissertation – Um, what the ever loving heck is this? A doctoral student, working on her dissertation for Capella University’s Department of Psychology wants to mine the psyche of RWA members...
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REVIEW: Must Like Kids by Jackie Braun
“Children have a place and it’s anywhere I’m not!” It was one off-the-cuff remark. But when it goes viral, Alec McAvoy is labeled the playboy CEO of Best for Baby–who hates kids! Enter Julia Stillwell,...
View ArticleTuesday News: Marry a girl who reads or don’t; The cult of angry young men...
The end of kindness: weev and the cult of the angry young man – Have you heard of the Free Weev movement. Weev is a famed internet hacker who decided a woman on the internet displeased him. In...
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Friday News: Amazon’s wacky algorithms, Fandom and corporate publicity,...
The (Unintentional) Amazon Guide to Dealing Drugs – For those of you who routinely give the side eye to Amazon’s algorithms, here’s a true story that is both absurd and frightening. It seems that a...
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Wednesday News: books and their authors
“Promotion is expensive”: Elena Ferrante on anonymity – Last year I posted a news link to an interview with Elena Ferrante, in which she talked about her refusal to do promotional work for her own...
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Dear Avon Books: Social Media UR Doing it Wrong
see more Lolcats and funny pictures Update: Pam Jaffee, Avon’s Publicist, responded to the AAR interview here. As stated in my article below, I have had a good relationship with Avon’s publicists....
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Wednesday Midday Links: Quartet Press Closes
Quartet Press closes. I know. I can hardly believe it either. I’m reeling from it all. On the one hand, it makes sense to close the doors before the Press takes on rights and opens itself up to the...
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My Big Fat Cover Rant from Heather, The Galaxy Express
Allow me to tell you a story. Recently, I had the honor of premiering a cover for a science fiction romance book on my blog. The cover for R. Garland Gray's Darkscape: First Heir excited me because it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
REVIEW: The Disgraced Playboy by Caitlin Crews
Dear Ms. Crews: The Disgraced Playboy is the second in the Notorious Wolfe series (or Bad Blood to the UK readers). The first, by Sarah Morgan, was reviewed here. The story treads familiar tropes:...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tuesday News and Deals: DABWAHA Updates, Asian Sexuality and Deals.
News Second Chance Bracket: Bracket busted? You get a Second Chance! Starting with the Sweet 16, pick your winners – and there’s prizes for this tourney, too! Deadline: 3/21/2012 at 11:59:00 PM ET...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Friday News: Samhain and Books on Board break up; Candlewick puts real money...
Doctoral Dissertation – Um, what the ever loving heck is this? A doctoral student, working on her dissertation for Capella University’s Department of Psychology wants to mine the psyche of RWA members...
View ArticleClik here to view.
REVIEW: Must Like Kids by Jackie Braun
“Children have a place and it’s anywhere I’m not!” It was one off-the-cuff remark. But when it goes viral, Alec McAvoy is labeled the playboy CEO of Best for Baby–who hates kids! Enter Julia Stillwell,...
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