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: Hachette
December 11, 2009 | Friday | 103 Comments
As reported at Dear Author from articles in the Charlotte Observer and the Wall Street Journal, Simon and Schuster CEO Carolyn Reidy, Brian Murray, chief executive of News Corp.‘s HarperCollins Publishers, and Lagardere SCA’s Hachette Book Group all announced that they plan to delay digital book releases until months after the hardcover releases in 2010. All you people who have digital readers (I’m raising my hand, too, here), it’s your/our fault. Reidy is quoted as saying: Simon & Schuster CEO Carolyn Reidy said Wednesday that the rise of e-books has led to a “cannibalizing” of new hardcover purchases. “We believe…
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September 01, 2009 | Tuesday | 4 Comments
From now until 30 September, two books are available for $1.99 from Hachette. Links are to Books on Board, and image links are to Amazon.
Marliss Melton’s Too Far Gone and Michelle Rowen’s Bitten and Smitten are both $1.99 - so happy reading!
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August 03, 2009 | Monday | 9 Comments
Shopping for books to read this month? Ahoy, thar be great deals afoot. If you take a look at the Suduvu free books page, there’s offerings including “Darkfever” by Kren Marie Moning, “Kiss of Midnight” from Lara Adrian, and “His Majesty’s Dragon” by Naomi Novik. Suduvu should definitely be on the list of “Hm, wonder what’s up there” sites if you’re looking for ebooks to try. There’s romance at $1.99 again from Hachette and Grand Central/Forever. Images are to Amazon Kindle, and individual links are to Books on Board. Insatiable Desire by Rita Herron Hungry for More by Diana Holquist…
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July 06, 2009 | Monday | 5 Comments
First up, if you’re looking for a room for RWA, Alyssa may be able to help you, or, you might be able to hook her up with some help. She can’t attend RWA but her plans changed too late to cancel her reservation. Details at her site. Second: Cake Wrecks gives you another hero possibility, those of you who are looking for heroes and plots and really erect inspiration. Hell, why not a romance hero who loves cupcake cakes and works in a bakery with crazy cake orders that require scaffolding? Hot men plus buttercream icing plus knowledge of pastry?…
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May 12, 2009 | Tuesday | 37 Comments
Want a free horror/thriller short story by Jack Kilborn and Blake Crouch? Sure, right? If it’s an ACTUAL short story, right? Not just a chapter or a random bit of teasing, or some crap like that? (St. Martin’s and Lora Leigh, are your digital ears burning?) You can has short story - and prepare to be wowed with the bonus awesomeness of your choice of PDF OR ePub format - courtesy of the brilliant minds at Hachette. They also provided the following description: Remember the twin golden rules of hitchhiking? # 1: Don’t go hitchhiking, because the driver who picks…
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May 04, 2009 | Monday | 10 Comments
This month the most excellent Once Bitten Twice Shy by Jennifer Rardin is the $1 Orbit eBook for May. I really like the heroine, Jaz Parks as I wrote in my review back in 2007, which, on the internet is so long ago that entry might require carbon dating. Or it’s decomposed such that it is dating a piece of carbon. Either way- Jaz Parks: kicks ass. What are the ways in which the ass is kicked by Jaz? Let me count them: 1. She gets hurt. She falls out glass windows, shit (not literally) falls on her, she gets…
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March 02, 2009 | Monday | 6 Comments
There are a heaping pile of eBook deals and freebies available this week, so get your USB or wireless cable ready and start grabbing. First: Warner Forever is offering Larissa Ione’s book, Pleasure Unbound, for $1.00 during the month of March. This special should be available wherever ebooks are sold. (Note that Hachette does not control which retailers choose to pick up this offer, only that they make it available). Larissa has two other releases to watch for: Desire Unchained will be available 3/1/09 and Passion Unleashed will be available 4/1/09. Other Hachette specials this month include a buy-one-get-one and…
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December 25, 2008 | Thursday | 1 Comments
Reading that mammoth thread was painful, bittersweet, and terribly honest, and I want to say “Thank you” to everyone who posted, because I was reminded of all the things I am grateful for in my life. I wish for all of you the perfect answers to your holiday wishes this year, from husbands home safe from active duty to the present you most wanted this year. Merry Christmas, y’all, and happy Hanukkah, Funky Awesome Yule, and Happy Almost New Year. It’s time to pick the winner of the holy Crap Did You See That List bundle of books courtesy of…
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