If you’ve been following the official Hobbit blog, you already know that the producers have decided to make the movie in three parts, rather than two. Peter Jackson announced the change in plan on July 30. After the initial shrieks of protest from several members of our household (mainly my… Read more »
Well, once again (for reasons having to do with a much-too-long to-do list), I’m collecting two weeks of articles in one week.This week, Kobo and the ABA announced a new partnership to give independent bookstores a shot at the ebook market. ABA members will be able to sell Kobo ereaders… Read more »
Photo by Gregory H. Revera, from Wikimedia. Used under CC license. If there’s anything you’ve been putting off, or something you only do once in a blue moon, today is your chance. Tonight is the second full moon within this calendar month, making it a blue moon by the modern… Read more »
Dream Lake by Lisa Kleypas Series: Friday Harbor #3 Published by St. Martin’s Press Genres: Contemporary Romance Format: Paperback Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor, Rainshadow Road, Crystal Cove Also by this author: Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor, Rainshadow Road, Crystal… August 29, 2012 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 0 ★★★½
Category: YA fantasy Series: Ascendance Trilogy # Book source: Public library THE FALSE PRINCE is the thrilling first book in a brand-new trilogy filled with danger and deceit and hidden identities that will have readers rushing breathlessly to the end.In a discontent kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the… Read more »
Catching Fireflies by Sherryl Woods Series: Sweet Magnolias #9 Published by Harlequin MIRA on July 31, 2012 Genres: Contemporary Romance Format: eARC Source: the publisher through NetGalley Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Midnight Promises, Where Azaleas Bloom, Swan Point Also by this author: Midnight Promises, Where Azaleas Bloom,… Read more »
The Midnight Garden blog is having a Rae Carson giveaway contest: an ARC of the forthcoming The Crown of Embers (due out on Sept. 18), along with a hardcover copy of the first book in the series, Girl of Fire and Thorn. The former has been on my TBR list,… Read more »
I missed posting this feature last week, so I’m including a few articles that appeared during that week as well as the past week. Publishing and self-publishing: Top of my list this week is David Vinjamuri’s terrific piece over at Forbes, “Publishing Is Broken; We’re Drowning in Indie Books… Read more »
Amazing Stories, the short-story SF/fantasy magazine which ceased publication in 2005, has been revived as an e-zine. The Summer issue is available online at the Amazing Stories website, and should go on sale at Amazon and other retailers within a few days. (It was not on Amazon as of the… Read more »
Rich Adin (An American Editor) has an interesting opinion piece this week in which he suggests that perceived ebook vs. pbook value is largely due to the amount of sensory input each format offers. In other words, consumers see ebooks as being worth less than (hardcover) print books because the… Read more »
