If you love mysteries and can hardly wait for your favorite author’s next book, you’ve probably spent hours trolling Amazon, publisher, and author websites trying to figure out when that book will be available. (I certainly have!) Thanks to Ashley McConnell, you won’t have to waste a lot of time… Read more »
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Replacing My Print Library?
Joe Konrath, successful thriller author and promoter of self-publishing, recently blogged about getting rid of some of his [paper] books. According to Konrath, he has replaced a number of them with e-books, and plans to replace many of the remaining books. Judging by the 150-plus comments he’s gotten, he struck… Read more »
And the Earth Shook…
You don’t expect earthquakes in Virginia. It’s true that central Virginia is slightly more likely to have seismic activity than a lot of the rest of the East Coast, but that’s not saying much. There is a fault line running through Virginia, part of what was once a tectonic plate… Read more »
“The Pun Also Rises” by John Pollack
Puns are everywhere, from Shakespeare (“Now is the winter of our discontent / Made glorious summer by this sun of York”) to marketing (a camping store’s off-season slogan: “Now is the winter of our discount tent”.) In The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and… Read more »
Harry Potter Epitaph (a guest post by Amanda Pekar)
[My 16-year-old daughter, an aspiring writer, wrote this piece about the end — or not — of an era.] Ten years ago, I read a book that changed my life. For ten years, I have read and reread, discussed, speculated about, walked, talked, acted, and dressed Potter. I’ve grown up… Read more »
Announcing: Harry Potter e-books
J. K. Rowling has announced a new website, which will officially open in October. It will offer interactive online versions of the books, beginning with the first book (including Sorting Hat questions and a Wand Chooser.) The second book will be added to the site in 2012. In addition, the… Read more »
Anthem for Doomed Youth by Carola Dunn
Anthem for Doomed Youth by Carola Dunn Series: Daisy Dalrymple #19 Published by Minotaur Books on April 29, 2011 Genres: British mystery, Cozy Mystery, Historical Mystery Pages: 289 Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Gone West, Heirs of the Body, The Corpse at the… May 14, 2011 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 0 ★★★
Russell-Holmes e-novella coming soon!
Random House will release a “Beekeeping for Beginners”, a new Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes story by Laurie R. King, on July 6, 2011. Part of the pre-release publicity for King’s The Pirate King, the e-novella re-examines the meeting and early days in the relationship between Holmes and his young protege, Mary… Read more »
Finding Free, Bargain, and Best-priced e-Books
Free and bargain-priced e-books are a good way to try a new author, but what if you don’t have time to troll the various e-book retailers looking for the latest available freebies? Likewise, it can be time-consuming to check multiple retailers for the best price on a title you’re interested… Read more »
Gatekeeping in Publishing
The Digital Reader blog has posted an interesting opinion piece on the value and role of gatekeeping in e-publishing. The author, Rich Adin, makes an interesting point: sales rank and/or sales figures for an e-book title (particularly one with a low price point) do not necessarily correlate to number of… Read more »
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