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 »
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 »
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 »
CNN reports that, according to an Association of American Publishers study, February’s e-book sales topped sales for “all other formats” for the first time ever. This isn’t particularly surprising, given the number of e-reader devices and e-books currently available. Unfortunately, the figures are less than informative. The study depended not… Read more »
A Discovery of Witches Series: All Souls trilogy #1 on Feb. 2011 Pages: 579 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Shadow of Night, The Book of Life A richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and the mysterious manuscript that draws them together. Deep in the… April 15, 2011 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 2 ★★★★★
The “Sisters In Crime” blog has some interesting posts on the recent Digital Book World conference. The predictions about the chain stores are scary but probably accurate, given the trouble Borders is already in (probably filing for bankruptcy, and their stock has been delisted because it’s staying under $1 over… Read more »
Following an Amazon recommendation, I recently read two books in Madelyn Alt’s paranormal mystery series, Bewitching Mysteries: The Trouble with Magic and Hex Marks the Spot. (Those are numbers one and three of the series; sadly, my library doesn’t seem to have book two.) I called them “paranormal” mysteries, but… Read more »
Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas Series: Friday Harbor #1 Published by St. Martin’s Press Genres: Christmas, Contemporary Romance Pages: 211 Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Rainshadow Road, Dream Lake, Crystal Cove Also by this author: Rainshadow Road, Dream Lake, Crystal… January 19, 2011 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 0 ★★★
I love to read aloud, especially to our daughter. We — mostly I — have been reading to her since she was a baby, and I’m still at it now that she’s 16. It’s been a wonderful way to share wonderful books with her: some that we’ve discovered together,… Read more »
I’m very proud of myself! I figured out how to: 1) download Adobe Digital Editions, so I could download ePUB books with DRM from the Borders and Kobo bookstores (both free books and books I buy.) 2) authorize my computer on Digital Editions, so I can actually open DRMed books… Read more »
