How Could I Forget Something So Important?
August 1, 2008
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. Hmmmm. Do I have a brain? I thought my brain was intact and figured it would be so until I met my first real, live author. Maybe not. Read more
DUCK FLASH: A Gathering of Authors
July 30, 2008
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.
Tags: 2008, Barbara Samuel, Connie Brockway, Duck Flash, Jane Porter, Jayne Ann Krentz, Lisa Jackson, Lisa Kleypas, RWA, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Suzanne Brockmann, Victoria AlexanderReview: The Perfect Wife by Victoria Alexander
March 20, 2008
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 reading this book I don't really see what all the excitement is about. But then, I didn't see what all the excitement was about with Chase's Lord of Scoundrels either. Maybe it's just me, but I know when both of these books were originally printed I was generally reading only Julie Garwood (many many times) or Kathleen Woodiwiss (many many times). So what is up with this one? Well . .
Tags: 2008, Avon, Dorchester, February 2008, Grade C, Historical, Lawson, November 1996, Review, Romance, The Perfect Wife, Victoria AlexanderOne of these things is not like the others…
March 16, 2008
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? Read more
Tags: Alicia Thomas, February 2008, NY Times, NY Times Best Seller List, Paperback, The Perfect Wife, Victoria AlexanderFreebies, get your freebies!
February 11, 2008
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 and then go buy it?
I know there are some music sites that do this, give you a 30-second or a minute listen to a song and then, if you like it, you can buy it or even the whole album. The idea of prelistening or previewing a book online could help boost internet sales too. Why not read the book, then order it from Amazon if you like the first few chapters?
The bottom of the article mentions the next book by Victoria Alexander, The Perfect Wife, will have the first fifth put online for people to read. All the books Harper Collins is putting online seem to appeal to a cross section of the reading populace, giving access to a little bit of everything. I'm definitely all for encouraging reading and doing what you can to get people to buy books.
Let's see how it actually works though. 
[Edit from Gwen: How is this any different than online excerpts, I wonder, except perhaps a little bit longer excerpt (which I LOVE LOVE LOVE)? This sounds like a marketing approach to me, to make it sound like they're doing something nifty neat and wonderful, when it's actually relatively normal. Come to think of it, I've written marketing campaigns like that...]
Tags: 2000, Excerpts as Freebies, Harper Collins, Robert Irvine, Victoria Alexander
