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October 27, 2011 | Thursday | 19 Comments
Terri emailed me recently about author Nicole Jordan’s backlist, which has recently been released digitally. Terri is a longtime fan of Jordan’s books, and she wrote up a very comprehensive guide to the older novels, which I really wanted to share with you. So thank you, Terri, and apologies in advance to your book budgets, y’all. Here are some recommendations/thoughts on Nicole Jordan’s backlist, many of which were just reissued as ebooks for the bargain price of $2.99 each (the only book below that is not $2.99 is The Warrior) A quick caveat about these books: Nicole Jordan’s backlist tends to…
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June 22, 2011 | Wednesday | 5 Comments
It’s time for the Sizzing Book Club chat, all about “Yours to Keep” by Shannon Stacey. I hope you come ready to drink, party, and talk about the book. I’m hopping excited for tonight’s book club.
Tonight at 9pm Eastern, the window below will go live, and author Shannon Stacey will join us at 10pm EST. There might be craziness, and there will certainly be mayhem. See you tonight!
Book Club Chat: Yours to Keep by Shannon Stacey
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May 12, 2011 | Thursday | 19 Comments
Per Shelf Awareness today, Audible has launched ACX, which enables authors to create audiobooks of their work, either by narrating them or by hiring voice actors from the registered database of talent. Here, have a video about it, featuring two actors who really irritated me with their pseudo-bashful self-congratulatory demeanor: The upshot is that so many excellent books are not made into audio books, and with the increasing success of self-publishing ventures in digital and print-on-demand, audiobooks are a natural extension of that success. The ACX program is available to authors at a flat rate or at a 50/50 share…
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May 11, 2011 | Wednesday | 63 Comments
First up: the link that sent listservs on fire and had everyone pulling that old manuscript out from under the bed. Bella Andre, kicking ass and taking names. I wish the headline were a little less “Anyone can do this!” because I don’t necessarily believe that anyone can make a $100,000-go at digital self publishing. I think Bella Andre was a perfect example of Seneca’s definition of luck: when preparation meets opportunity. It’s not as if it’s as simple as tossing your self published work up on the wall and having spaghetti and hundred dollar bills rain down on you…
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May 01, 2011 | Sunday | 30 Comments
Dust off those digital reading devices, because it’s Sizzling Book Club pick time, and I’ve picked a digital novella for your reading pleasure. This month’s pick is, I kid you not, a steampunk erotic paranormal wild west romance novella: Wilder’s Mate by Moira Rogers. I will have to re-read to see if there’s any mention of Almack’s in there because if it were also somehow Regency it would be INSANE. But I don’t think so. Unless, of course, one of the bordellos in the book is named Almack’s. I’ll have to ask the authors. If you’ve been curious about steampunk…
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April 01, 2011 | Friday | 18 Comments
If you didn’t see our new Digital Publishing Venture, have a look. The TBR Press is only the finest digital books we can forcibly acquire. And seriously, there is so much damn money to be made in digital books right now, why NOT enter the fracas? Heh. Do you love April Fools? I do. Here’s a collection of all the April Madness over the years. I love tradition! Thanks to all the authors who willingly had their books acquired by us - including those who never responded to our email messages, since we acquired your books anyway. April Fools 2011:…
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