Sourcebooks Launches Discover a New Love Book Club

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by SB Sarah | by SB Sarah | April 09, 2012 | Monday at 10:16 am | 73 Comments

Interesting news from Sourcebooks this AM: they're launching an online reading club, "Discover a New Love" for romance fans. For $9.99 ~~per montg~~ for six months (my apologies for the misinformation), members get exclusive discounts off ebooks (up to 40% according to the site), and the books they buy are DRM-free on a trial basis. Plus, each month's membership yields one free ebook from a selection of four.

The inaugural books featured are Mairana by Susanna Kearsley, Enraptured by Elisabeth Naughton, Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal by Grace Burrowes, and One Hot Cowboy Wedding by Carolyn Brown. There are four additional titles in the Discover store, priced from $4.19 to $14.00. Membership is not required to shop in the bookstore, though the free titles and exclusive opportunities are for members only. And, while she hasn't started writing yet, the blog at Discover a New Love will be hosted by Barbara Vey of Beyond her Book. Which is totally awesome in every possible way (Go, Barbara!).

The online book club will include "online parties and chats with authors, and exclusive early releases to members," and, according to the press release, "many of the featured ebooks will be available on a worldwide basis." So no DRM and possibly geographic restriction-free? That is worth a bit of celebrating. CEO Dominique Raccah also threw down the virtual gauntlet to other publishers, saying in the press release and accompanying Wall Street Journal article that "she will make the site available to other publishers, [but] it is unclear whether other houses would allow their titles to be sold without restrictions on book sharing."

Sourcebooks, who published Everything I Know About Love I Learned from Romance Novels, is offering one 6-month subscription for me to giveaway. Woo!

Standard disclaimers apply: I'm not being compensated for this giveaway. Void where prohibited. Open to anyone worldwide 18 years of age or older, and wearing SCUBA gear. Astronauts in the space station are eligible, but sorry, Mars Rovers are not. Hold all questions until the end. For external use only. Do not use while sleeping or bathing.

So have at it: what Sourcebook romance novel would you like to read as part of the club? I'll select one comment at random on Friday 13 April (sorry, forgot the deadline!), and the winner will receive six months free access to the Discover a New Love online book community.

Filed: General Bitching, Go Ahead, Win Some Shit

Tagged: sourcebooks, drm-free

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Marc said on 04.09.12 at 11:10 AM • [link]

I have been looking at Elisabeth Naughton for a while now but have tried her yet so she would be first for me. I would love this. I have been very lucky with Sourcebook titles in the last year or so.
Lorraine said on 04.09.12 at 11:53 AM • [link]

I’ve been reading about this new club this morning in different publishing sources. How exciting—I do love Sourcebooks (if only for helping me finish my Georgette Heyer collection with beautiful covers and nice trade paperback binding). I enjoy a good regency and have never tried Grace Burrowes. I see that Lady Maggie’s is part of a series—Yeah, new books to discover!
library addict said on 04.09.12 at 11:53 AM • [link]

I’d probably start with Catherine Mann’s new series.
markymark5005 said on 04.09.12 at 11:58 AM • [link]

I have been very lucky with Sourcebook titles in the last year or so.

http://goo.gl/MyKp9
BrooklynShoeBabe said on 04.09.12 at 12:09 PM • [link]

I’ve just joined. Thanks for feeding my addiction. I still have 15 books left to read that I collected from last year’s BEA & RWA conferences. lol. Plus, the books I borrow from the library and the freebie deals they have from kindle. At this rate, I don’t know if I’ll read them all. *sigh* What problems I have!! :-)
Suz_glo said on 04.09.12 at 12:19 PM • [link]

I really liked “The Winter Sea” so I would certainly get “Mariana”, also by Susanna Kearsley. Thanks for the giveaway!!
Aurora said on 04.09.12 at 12:24 PM • [link]

I would love to try the Elisabeth Naughton book!
PamG said on 04.09.12 at 12:40 PM • [link]

So I check out the entire Sourcebooks catalog, because god forbid I should just choose a title at random to enter the contest, and I really love the selection of reprints, but what is up with all the Austen fan fic? I think I’d most like to read Goblin King just because of the hours my daughters and I bonded over Labyrinth. It just sounds like a particularly intriguing take on paranormal.
Ellig said on 04.09.12 at 12:41 PM • [link]

I love Mariana (and have a few copies), so I would go with one of the other three… Maybe Grace Burrowes? I’ve enjoyed her previous books
Brooklyn Ann said on 04.09.12 at 01:15 PM • [link]

Elisabeth Naughton is AWESOME. Her first in the series, MARKED kept me occupied while I was getting my first tattoo. :)
Lisa J said on 04.09.12 at 01:36 PM • [link]

I would definitely go for the Elisabeth Naughton book.
KayS said on 04.09.12 at 01:39 PM • [link]

It’s $9.99 for six months. Makes it even better!

Really like Grace Burrowes. Met Carolyn Brown at an author showcase—neat lady!
cleo said on 04.09.12 at 02:15 PM • [link]

Making Waves by Tawna Fenske or something by Georgette Heyer.

I’m not good with these membership things - I seem to lack the discipline to use them regularly enough to make them worthwhile (I gave up on both netflicks and amazon prime) - but I will not turn down a free membership.
SB Sarah said on 04.09.12 at 02:38 PM • [link]

My apologies for the misinformation - I must have misread an earlier article. The cost of the club is $9.99 for six months. I’m sorry about that!
Fran said on 04.09.12 at 02:52 PM • [link]

The Terry Spear paranormals look interesting! I’ve lately re-entered an attractive-creature-of-the-night phase.
Esther said on 04.09.12 at 03:04 PM • [link]

Catherine Mann is the Author I want to read.
JenM said on 04.09.12 at 03:14 PM • [link]

I’ve heard good things about Elizabeth Naughton’s series, so Enraptured is the one I’d try first.
Sugarless said on 04.09.12 at 03:23 PM • [link]

I’d probably go with Lady Maggie’s Secret Scandal for the alliteration in the title alone
Taylor Reynolds said on 04.09.12 at 03:25 PM • [link]

Ooooh, Marianna sounds good, and my second choice would be Lady Maggie’s Secret Scandal. I’m in a mood for Regencies where at least half the couple has a real job (other than governess) and isn’t necessarily a peer. Kleypas’ Suddenly You was the first I’ve read where both characters are gainfully employed and I loved it!
cyclops8 said on 04.09.12 at 03:28 PM • [link]

I’ve been eying Tracey Devlyn’s debut “Lady’s Revenge.”
Jane said on 04.09.12 at 03:29 PM • [link]

I would like to try something by Georgette Heyer. I don’t realy read historical romance, but her name keeps popping up. But I’d probably choose Cover Me by Catherine Mann instead.
Katherine O'Grady said on 04.09.12 at 04:03 PM • [link]

I would pickup the next book by Stephanie Rowe “Touch if you Dare”. I read “Kiss at your own Risk” and enjoyed it - funny, sexy paranormal. I expect this one to be the same.
J9 said on 04.09.12 at 04:04 PM • [link]

Pick me, pick me! Enraptured! Love the series so far & this one is on my TRB(bought) pile.
helenmccusker said on 04.09.12 at 04:08 PM • [link]

I would like to read Lady Maggie’s Secret Scandal by Grace Burrowes.
Thank you!
Kathybaug said on 04.09.12 at 04:14 PM • [link]

I would pick Mariana. Thanks for the contest!
DreadPirateRachel said on 04.09.12 at 04:45 PM • [link]

“Mariana.” Hell yes, Susanna Kearsley! I loved “Winter Sea” so much that I am still recommending it to people a year after I read it. Seriously, just yesterday I recommended it to my mom and one of my classmates, and I’m seriously considering reviewing it for my Literary Editing class.
rwschwarz11 said on 04.09.12 at 05:06 PM • [link]

Mariana by Susanna Kearsley for me as well! Winter Sea and the Rose Garden were fabulous!
M. C. said on 04.09.12 at 05:25 PM • [link]

I think Lady Maggie’s Secret Scandal by Grace Burrowes would be my choice, since I enjoyed her other books quite a bit. Although I expect that I will end up wanting to read all the things. Which isn’t really helpful when I’ve already got a TBR pile that is beginning to resemble Mt Everest, or would if Everest were partially digital.
Susan said on 04.09.12 at 05:26 PM • [link]

I’d try the Elizabeth Naughton book, I think.

Thanks to Sourcebooks, I was able to get all of the Heyer books in e format, and further my collection of DTBs that I had been slowly collecting from various sources over the years.
Jessica_HookEm said on 04.09.12 at 05:40 PM • [link]

I’d try One Hot Cowboy Wedding. The cover looks fun and while I know better than to judge a book by its cover, I’m feeling shallow at the moment so I’ll judge away.
Ekaf2022 said on 04.09.12 at 06:37 PM • [link]

Oracle’s Moon
Thea Harrison
Julie said on 04.09.12 at 06:47 PM • [link]

I’ve been meaning to read one of Susanna Kearsley’s books! Thanks for the chance to win. :)
Silberzauber said on 04.09.12 at 06:51 PM • [link]

This may be the final straw that pushes me into buying a tablet. (DRM-free is key.) Contrary to what I said in the cover-model-interview contest, the cover art of “One Hot Cowboy Wedding” (one of this month’s features) is too good to resist—I want to read it just for that!
Joy said on 04.09.12 at 06:58 PM • [link]

I might give Cheryl Brooks a spin. I mean “futuristic” AND “paranormal”—this has got to be a guilty pleasure.

Hey, this is a really good deal and I may sign up. I don’t plan on sharing with anyone but find DRM problematic since I might change from one ereader to another and want to take my books with me. DRM-free means I won’t have to worry about circumventing DRM FOR MY OWN BLASTED BOOKS THAT I PAID GOOD MONEY FOR! [end of brief rant]
Karen H near Tampa said on 04.09.12 at 07:03 PM • [link]

Carolyn Brown. I’ve read many of her hot cowboy books and I’m already ready to saddle up for another one!
donna ann said on 04.09.12 at 07:36 PM • [link]

so many great possiblilities it’s too hard to make a quick choice :)
peggy h said on 04.09.12 at 07:46 PM • [link]

I hope Sourcebooks will bring in more of Susanna Kearsley’s backlist titles in e-format (I’m missing Splendour Falls and Named of the Dragon), and those will be on the top of my wishlist.
Mary said on 04.09.12 at 07:59 PM • [link]

I’d love to read Believe it or Not by Tawna Fenske.
Lynn Pauley said on 04.09.12 at 08:12 PM • [link]

I have enjoyed a number of books by Sourcebooks here lately, so it might pay to join—of course, having a six month free subscription would be great too!!!
It would be hard to choose, but I would have to go with Susanna Kearsley or Grace Burrowes—although the Lydia Dare books look great.
Thanks for the contest
ksattler said on 04.09.12 at 08:31 PM • [link]

If I am to pick from the 4 listed above, I do not know and would love recommendations. I doubt it would be the cowboy one due to the title. If not one of the 4, The Seduction of Phaeton Black in your ads has caught my eye as intriguing.
Marg Bates said on 04.09.12 at 08:36 PM • [link]

As a big fan of Susanna Kearsley, I am so pleased to see Mariana up on offer as one of these books!

I like the Grace Burrowes books too, so even in just the first month it appears it would be very hard to pick just one book!
Kapusni2 said on 04.09.12 at 08:38 PM • [link]

I’d like to read Elisabeth Naughton’s book Tempted since I have to choose. All of them sound awesome.
Jacqueline C. said on 04.09.12 at 09:29 PM • [link]

I’ve been salivating over Mariana by Susanna Kearsley!
Tam B. said on 04.09.12 at 09:30 PM • [link]

I just had a look at the catalogue and wow there are some options. (Warrior sheep???) But Her Highness the Traitor sounds very good. Actually most of them do. What a great idea they have. I hope it’s a fantastic success and gives other publishers a much needed wake up call.
JacquelineA said on 04.09.12 at 09:34 PM • [link]

I’ve been salivating over Mariana by Susanna Kearsley!
MikiS said on 04.09.12 at 09:34 PM • [link]

Lordy, I hope the 4 books are offered in future months, because I think I want them all. If I had to pick one…I think I’d go with the Grace Burrowes title. I’m really enjoying that series, and it’s the one I want to read next.
Emily said on 04.09.12 at 10:04 PM • [link]

I would like to read Lady Maggie’s Secret scandal
Nadia said on 04.09.12 at 10:28 PM • [link]

I think I’d give the Grace Burrowes book a try.
BrooklynShoeBabe said on 04.09.12 at 10:49 PM • [link]

Shame on me for not reading this post to the bottom or else I would have waited to see if I won the contest before joining. Oh, what the heck. I still want to enter. I used to swear up and down that I would never ever read a historical romance novel, but now I’ve been sucked into them now that I know that they can be sexy and have sex. So I’d like to read/get Never a Bride by Amelia Grey.

(Also fan of Barbara Vey’s blog and not because I was pictured in it once. http://blogs.publishersweekly….
LisaA said on 04.09.12 at 11:46 PM • [link]

Oooo Grace Burrowes for sure. Even though Jane Litte has pointed out some historical accuracy probs with her past works, I still like her. :)
Jen McKernan said on 04.10.12 at 12:49 AM • [link]

Looks like for the featured 4, I would have to close my eyes, point at the screen, then open to see if I’m closer to the Grace Burrows or Mariana, becuase they both sound good!! And I love Sourcebooks (yes I’m one of the people those Austen books are for) so a discount on other titles by them would make me poor(er)!!
A.M.K. said on 04.10.12 at 02:00 AM • [link]

Hmm, A Tapestry of Dreams by Roberta Gellis, maybe. Or Wild Thing by Robin Kaye - quite different choices, I guess ;)
Zohar said on 04.10.12 at 06:56 AM • [link]

I like Shana Galen, so I’d say her next book (which, bad fan that I am I don’t know the title of)...
Grrarrgh said on 04.10.12 at 07:25 AM • [link]

I think I’d read One Hot Cowboy Wedding. The cover looks fun, and I’m in a contemporary romance kind of mood. But I do like Grace Burrowes…...
Ann Thayer-Cohen said on 04.10.12 at 07:26 AM • [link]

I’m looking to more by Cathy Mann. Great new series. :)
orchid7 said on 04.10.12 at 07:28 AM • [link]

I’d love to win a subscription- I just got a new Kindle Fire, and I need to fill it up!
orchid7 said on 04.10.12 at 07:31 AM • [link]

(And oops… I think I’d go with the Grace Burrowes title!)
Turophile said on 04.10.12 at 07:56 AM • [link]

Most interested in Marianna.
Maureen said on 04.10.12 at 08:37 AM • [link]

I would pick the Susanna Kearsley book since her writing is just lovely.
Jeannie S. said on 04.10.12 at 08:48 AM • [link]

Looks like a very good selection! I just may join…if I don’t win.
Samantha said on 04.10.12 at 09:19 AM • [link]

I’d love to read the Susanna Kearsley, but the Grace Burrowes sounds good too!
Marlene @ Reading Reality said on 04.10.12 at 09:43 AM • [link]

Time-slip fiction done right can be absolutely marvelous. And the Kearsley looks yummy. I’d go with Mariana. If I were forced at gunpoint. The Grace Burrowes book also looks really tempting…
Chris J. said on 04.10.12 at 11:06 AM • [link]

I think I might try out Virgin if you pick me, but it looks like there are a lot of good choices there.
ReadingRomances said on 04.10.12 at 11:50 AM • [link]

It’s so cool they’ll have some international titles!! I would love to read Lady Maggie’s Secret Scandal =)

readingromances.contactATgmailDOTcom
cayenne said on 04.10.12 at 11:58 AM • [link]

I would go with Lady Maggie - I’ve been enjoying the rest of that series, so I’m looking forward to the new one.
Atunah said on 04.10.12 at 12:58 PM • [link]

I love the idea of such a club. I think its a smart move. What would I pick, hmm
Probably the Grace Burrowes title, as I loved the one I read by her.
Jill B said on 04.10.12 at 06:06 PM • [link]

I would start with the Grace Burrows title. I really liked the other books in this series.
Patti (Book Addict) said on 04.10.12 at 08:02 PM • [link]

I love Terry Spear’s paranormals but would also be interested in a Georgette Heyer book. This book club sounds fun!
brandy said on 04.10.12 at 08:08 PM • [link]

My first club pick will also be the Grace Burrowes title. I’ve loved the rest of the Windham books!

What I want to know is what the price will be to renew after the first six months. The website says “introductory” price, but there’s no sign that I can see of the regular price.
Faye said on 04.11.12 at 02:21 AM • [link]

Mairana by Susanna Kearsley
Qualisign said on 04.12.12 at 09:07 AM • [link]

Kristine Grayson’s Utterly Charming. I need some fairy-tale-meets-the 21st-Century tomfoolery in my life. And that includes 6-months free reign in Blogdom. Please make me your random choice on Friday the 13th!
Joanne B said on 04.12.12 at 02:52 PM • [link]

I’d love to read Carolyn Brown’s new book One Hot Cowboy Wedding. I love her books.
Moriah said on 04.13.12 at 07:49 PM • [link]

i would say the grace burrowes book. i love her stories