Here come the garden catalogs. Beautiful photos of blueberries, apples, caladiums, roses, hosta, tomatoes and zinnias tempt us into buying more than we need. Ah, yes. We drool or at least I do. The thought of that still warm from the sun tomato busting with flavor makes me want to buy all those wonderful seeds. [...]
If you’ve been following the posts about the iPad you already know about the skirmish between Amazon and Macmillan, one of the largest US publishers over ebook prices.
According to this post at ZD Net Amazon capitulated over the weekend and will allow Macmillan to sell its ebooks for the price that Macmillan chooses, rather than forcing [...]
AllRomanceEbooks and Omnilit are both offering a 50% discount of all ebooks in their store until January 31, 2010 at 11:59 PM Mountain Standard Time.
This represents a great opportunity to pick up some of the titles on your wish list for half the cost.
So…grab your shoes…grab your purse…it’s time to get shopping….
Oh no….wait!
That’s how we went [...]
This morning I was greeted by an email with a link to a New York Times article which points to a continuing rift between many of the larger publishers and Amazon over the $9.99 price limit Amazon has for most ebooks.
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post the big publishers think that $9.99 isn’t enough for their [...]
We’ve talked a lot about ebook readers and I’ve provided links to other blogs and sites which have provided more information about ebook readers and other devices that can serve as ebook readers…like the multi-function iPod Touch which can serve as an ebook reader, calendar, note taking device, game device, and an MP3 player among other things. [...]
Periodically I send out a writer’s newsletter to all the writers who have signed up for it. Usually the newsletter has an article or two about writing better, stronger, more intense stories, or about how to submit those stories once they are written. I usually also include a list of what I am most looking for [...]
Though the current Pick Your Own Prize Giveaway is still going on the will be another similar giveaway immediately following this one. I know that’s going to be good news for those who are just now learning about the current giveaway and those who didn’t manage to win an entry this time.
Once the current giveaway [...]
The conversation about characters, particularly heroes has been developing in the comments about what makes a to die for hero and how important it is that a hero be sensitive, understanding, compassionate, at least with the heroine — at least by the end.
I thought today I would turn the conversation in a new direction and [...]
You chose that romantic garden calendar and hung it on the wall. Its bright cheery flowers smile back at you each time you glance at it. Ah, to have a garden like that one. Scores of white flowers drift between trees, and the white wicker settee with its colorful cushions looks like the perfect place [...]
There were a lot of interesting comments in the topic about what makes a hero to die for. One of the themes that ran through several of the comments was the idea that a great hero is sensitive to the heroine, understands who she is, why she is the way she is, and what she [...]