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March 02, 2011 | Wednesday | 61 Comments
On Twitter I recently asked the following question: “If you could buy digital books in a physical bookstore, would you shop there?” I asked because I saw a eReads article about digital book kiosks in physical bookstores, an idea I would LOVE to see. I’ve been thinking a great deal lately about how I shop for books, what I look for when I go buy a book, and I realized, I seek a specific title when I go make a purchase. I haven’t browsed a romance section in a bookstore in a very, very long time. Yet I have a…
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February 19, 2011 | Saturday | 40 Comments
This is a project that’s been in the works for awhile, but it remains useful: the collaborative map of romance-friendly bookstores. With the closing of so many Borders outposts, many people are turning to other bookstores, but the problem with many Indie bookstores is that, to be frank, the people inside them can be snobbish asscheesy hosebeasts when it comes to romance. It’s sad, but true. So where do we shop for romance? Have a look: View Smart Bitches Buy Romance in a larger map Want to add your favorite romance-friendly bookstore to the map? We welcome used and new…
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February 18, 2011 | Friday | 30 Comments
The highlights of the first day of ToC included Margaret Atwood, Indie booksellers speaking confidently and knowledgeably about building community, and two days of hot lunch. I love hot lunches like you have no idea. The opening keynotes of ToC were rather awesome, mostly. First was Theodore Gray, who discussed the creation of his periodic table table, and the book and then the iPad app that were inspired by his strange collection. The ipad app is jaw dropping - then comes the Outer Space one, and I about leapt off my chair to go home and get my iPad so…
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January 26, 2011 | Wednesday | 34 Comments
Day one of the Digital Book World conference was a mix of panels that were so great with the amazing awesome brilliance of the panelists the top of my head nearly blew off, and panels that were so infuriating the top of my head nearly blew off. Let’s start with the CEO panel, since that was in the morning. Brian Napack, President of Macmillan, Jane Friedman, CEO of Open Road Integrated Media, David Steinberger, CEO of Perseus, and Michael Hyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson, were joined by David Nussbam, CEO of F+W Media, to talk around and about digital book…
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July 21, 2010 | Wednesday | 19 Comments
Tomorrow, if ye be in Brooklyn or parts nearby, avast, for I will be part of a splendiferous panel on romance at one of the best independent bookstores in North America, WORD Brooklyn. Along with New York Times bestselling authors Sara McLean, Lauren Willig, Hope Tarr and I will be doing one of those fun panel discussions all about romance, why it’s awesome, and what all you might like to read. I hear rumors of a booksigning afterward. The event was in the New York Times last weekend, which gave me a major OMGWHUT? moment, so I hope that if…
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May 02, 2009 | Saturday | 19 Comments
Today, if you’re not familiar, is Buy Indie Day, wherein you’re encouraged to shop at an independent bookseller near you. While I’m definitely going to try to get to Watchung Booksellers today, I wanted to do a special edition of “Help a Bitch Out,” only in this case it’s, “Help a Bookstore Out.” When I did a signing at Watchung Books this week, I learned from Margot Sage-EL, the owner, that much of what sells in her store is trade fiction, usually of a literary fiction bent. When they have stocked mass market paperback romances in the past, the books…
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April 30, 2009 | Thursday | 27 Comments
Before I left for my booksigning and talk at Watchung Booksellers, I asked Ye Olde Twitter Wise People for help with my presentation. The bookshop folks didn’t want me to read from the book as much as they preferred a talk about the book - which I’m totally down with. So I said, “What are the top five things you didn’t know about romance readers. In case you missed the complete list, here’s a recap: 5. We are smart. We are educated. We have conferences in Princeton and one of the best peer-support writers orgs in business. We are not…
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