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: Aar
June 24, 2010 | Thursday | 7 Comments
Tonight the YWCA of New York City will present Harlequin CEO Donna Hayes with the W Award at its annual Summer Soirée. The W Award is given to individuals and companies who represent and focus on the empowerment of women, and since Harlequin’s stories focus on the triumph of the heroine, and since they’re written by (mostly) women and read by (mostly) women - and, interestingly enough, produced at HQN HQ by (mostly) women (with the exception of his fabulousness, Don Mills), it is entirely perfect that Hayes is being honored. Way to go! I’m covering the event tonight as…
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August 08, 2009 | Saturday | 28 Comments
Reader Kelly writes:
I’m desperately looking for some good doctor/medical romances! (And this probably has nothing whatsoever to do with Karl Urban as Dr. McCoy in Star Trek…no, nothing at all…)
Recently AAR was updating their incredibly awesome and so useful lists page with a doctor/nurse/medical category - or I thought they were and maybe I dreamed the whole thing because the listing isn’t there now. If I didn’t dream it, I’m sure that list will be hella useful for Kelly, but in the meantime, what do you suggest?
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May 22, 2009 | Friday | 28 Comments
Did you miss the blog and Tweet-splosion about the Avon AAR interview? I have to say, Avon, that was not your finest PR moment. But moreover: what a missed opportunity. This part in particular was a massive wiff: May Chen: In my opinion, the online world still doesn’t have much impact on sales as, anecdotally, I’ve seen books get horrible online reviews but have done well. As far as I know, we still don’t include online reviews on our books, but that can certainly change if we see them start making a difference. Right now, the best endorsements for us…
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March 21, 2009 | Saturday | 56 Comments
Bitchery reader M. wrote in and asked for a specific type of romance, and alas, I drew a blank at helping her out. I did name a few titles, though I won’t mention them here because the secret is part of the plot twist in most of them, but I figured the Bitchery knows all. M. writes: I’m obsessed with a specific type of romance, and someone said you might be able to help. I’ve looked at the AAR Special Title Listings page, which is so awesome, but they don’t seem to have the dynamic I’m looking for. I am…
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