News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Worth Reading: “Decrying the evil empire of publishing while piloting one of its battle cruisers?” Traditional & indie author Bob… Read more »
Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers Series: Lord Peter Wimsey #1 Published by Open Road Media on First publication: 1923. This edition: April 9, 2013 Genres: Mystery, British mystery Pages: 208 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads In the debut mystery in Dorothy L…. Read more »
I’m participating in the Reverse Author Interviews meme sponsored by Book Munchies. It’s the authors’ turn to put us on the spot! Over the next month, a series of authors will pose questions for participating bloggers to answer. Today’s author is Kim Harrington, author of The Dead and Buried,… Read more »
I’m a little late to the party, but I just found out about the NetGalley Challenge sponsored by Red House Books. Basically, it’s designed to encourage bloggers to read (and of course review!) all those NetGalley e-ARCs and review copies we sign up for! Since I have already secretly vowed… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Characters I Would Crush On If I Were Also A Fictional Character. I don’t usually crush on fictional characters… at least not by my definition of crush. (I use the… Read more »
Categories: Fantasy; short story anthology Publisher: 47North, Feb 2013 Book Source: Review copy recieved through NetGalley This is definitely not the Oz of my – or your – childhood. Editors Adams and Cohen asked fantasy authors to reimagine Oz, rather than set stories in L. Frank Baum’s world. And reimagine… Read more »
The Sunday Post is a meme sponsored by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog. I wish a most… Read more »
An Open Letter to Goodreads: Dear Goodreads, I don’t know if you expected the storm of protest that greeted your announcement of Amazon’s acquisition of Goodreads. I’m sure you’re finding it upsetting, but I hope that you’ll pay attention to the real concerns buried among all the sky-is-falling negativity. It… Read more »
Worth Reading: “What If the Google Reader Readers Just Don’t Come Back?” (MC Siegler, TechCrunch) “A new candidate for “World’s Worst Index” — and some indexing advice” for self-publishers, from Michael N. Marcus. As an indexer, the indexes shown here make me both cringe and laugh hysterically. This is why… Read more »
On Thursday, Amazon and Goodreads both announced that Goodreads has become an Amazon subsidiary. To be precise, Amazon’s press release states that it “has reached an agreement to acquire Goodreads”, while Goodreads’ announcement to its readers phrased it “We’re Joining the Amazon Family!”Reactions on Goodreads range from delighted… Read more »
