Video Trailer Review by Sandy M: The Perfect Mistress by Victoria Alexander Historical Romance – February 2011 We want to try something new here at The Pond – reviewing video trailers, another way of tantalizing readers to pick up an author’s book. As readers, we spend a lot of time online nowadays, buying our books [...]

I have never heard of “The Friday 56″ but Shiloh Walker has her ‘Friday 56′ post up (looks like she does it every Friday).  Please go check it out and comment if she gets 56 comments she is donating to help Queensland floods.  She also asks: “Also, if anybody-like one of my Aussie or New [...]

I had everything planned. Really, I did. Yeah, right. I had plans too. Besides meeting and chatting with all the authors I’ve gotten to know online over the past several years, I was going to write to ya’ll and let you know what’s happening. What’s stopped me? I forgot my wireless adapter for my laptop. [...]

This just in… Romance Writers of America’s 28th Annual National Conference is about to kick off in California. Authors, readers, publishers, agents, just to name a few, will be gathering in the city by the bay, San Francisco, starting today, July 30, through Sunday, August 2, at the Marriott Hotel at Union Square.

Lawson’s Review of The Perfect Wife by Victoria Alexander Historical romance reprinted by Avon 26 Feb 08 by Avon (Original Dorchester release Nov ’96) There’s been a bit of a stir by some people about this book. Yes, it is a reprint. This could be a big deal to some and not to others, but after [...]

What have I missed? Does anyone know why The Perfect Wife by Victoria Alexander, a REPRINT!, is # 1 on the NY Times Best Seller List? The reader reviews I’m finding do not compute. Who out there is buying all these books?

Harper Collins has decided that it may be good publishing business to offer some books free online. Read the whole story before you decide, but it could make some business sense. Why not offer part of a book, or even a whole book, online for people to preview so they can start lusting after it [...]