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Facebook for Android; Blog Hop for Authors; FREE E.L James Bio Event on Goodreads

For those who have android tablets and have trouble with facebook, you might be interested in this. For a long time I went to facebook with one of my android tablets and constantly had issues with it. The page would jump around, I couldn't click "like" on anything, and leaving comments was almost impossible on some nights. It was impossible to read private messages, and most recently I found my news feed would stop after two or three updates and it wouldn't continue.

More often than not these...

Santa Baby

2012 New Year's Resolutions...and Debacles

Although I don't post about it, I usually try to set a few New Year's resolutions every year, and it's interesting to look back and think about the accomplishments, the debacles...and what wasn't accomplished sometimes. The main reason why I don't post New Year's resolutions at the end of the year is because I'm never really sure if I'll follow through. And I hate feeling obligated that way, especially to myself.

But last year around this time I made a resolution to do one thing: self-pu...

What Are British "Steamies?"

When I came across this article that mentions British "Steamies" I saved the link for a future post.

So what are "steamies?"

The London publishers Piccadilly Press describe steamies as “escapist romances, featuring young women, the same age as the readers, exploring their first sexual desires and their first sexual experiences.”

Then the author writes this:

In other words, porn.

Interesting. And I say this because most authors who write erotica and erotic romance will tell you how careful they are...

Fifty Shades of Grey: The Book That Shocked Us All

Like it or not, "Fifty Shades of Grey" has turned out to be the biggest surprise of the year 2012. I know feelings run deeply with this book. I don't think I've ever met anyone who just said, "Meh." They've either loved FSoG or hated it. Or, as it's been suggested in more than one place, they didn't actually finish it. In my own small circle, most of the people I know didn't get through the first half. They only bought it because they'd heard so much about it. And the reactions were mixe...

Dirk Bogarde, Gay Film Stars, The Virgin Billionaire

It's never actually been fully established that actor/author, Dirk Bogarde, was gay. But when you read the links below all evidence points toward that direction. The reason why I became curious had more to do with reading a bio of Noel Coward and Marlene Dietrich, by Michael Menzies, and reviewing it earlier this week. Coward was also supposedly gay, and Dietrich was allegedly bisexual. And this made me think about a bio I read a while ago about Merv Griffin and how I tend...

Giving E-Books for Christmas; Fifty Writers on Fifty Shades; B & N Free Book Promo

I hadn't planned on posting anything else today, but after dealing with a minor technical issue with one of my self-pubbed books this afternoon I decided to not take anything for granted and post something about giving e-books away as Christmas gifts. I'm not promoting now, I'm talking about e-books in general. Let's face it, there are still a lot of people who don't fully understand e-books and I get that. I really do, because I'm dealing with these tech issues almost on a daily basis n...

Quick Post About Microsoft Reader...or, (dot)lit

I was informed today that one or two readers are having trouble with "Chase of a Lifetime" and Microsoft Reader (.lit). We've been in contact with the people at allromanceebooks and we're working on it right now.

What is .lit?

Have you got a file with .lit extension? Do you want to know how to open it? Basically .lit file is a file format for Microsoft Reader, which is an ebook reader which is available for both desktops and mobiles.

There aren't many people reading .lit books anymore and...

Release Day: A Life Filled with Awesome Love; The Importance of Cars in Fiction

Today is the release of "A Life Filled with Awesome Love." You can find it here at the publisher, or here on allromanceebooks.com. It's going to be in most places where e-books are sold, but I know it's already up on these two already. The other photo below of the 1959 Lincoln is here for a reason. I wanted to show how I think it's important sometimes to get into descriptions of cars in more detail in fiction.

In the early 90's there was a novel published by author Mona Simpson...half si...

John Sargent from Macmillan on DOJ Settlement, E-books, and Piracy

In a year end letter to authors, illustrators, and agents, John Sargent from Macmillan wrote candidly about where Macmillan stands with regard to the DOJ and other current topics that seem to be twisting around in the air these days and no one's sure where they'll land and settle.

So far, I've seen nothing but negative comments about this letter. I personally wouldn't comment on this if my life depended on it. At least not most of it anyway.

Here's why. I don't think anyone has any...