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Daily Deals: A set of big discounts from Sourcebooks and Harlequin

Sourcebooks and Harlequin have started their 25 days of Christmas sales.

Sourcebooks: http://books.sourcebooks.com/promos/
Harlequin: 50% off all ebooks with coupon code 50OFFEBOOK12. http://www.harlequin.com/store.html?cid=3372&icid=HHPBHQNHP201212020003

Scrumptious by Amanda Usen. $ .99

From the Jacket Copy:

Joe Rafferty is just as mouthwatering as the food he cooks. But if he thinks he’s going to waltz in and take over her kitchen, he’s denser than a thick slice of chocolate ripple cheesecake....

REVIEW: Grace Grows by Shelle Sumners

Dear Ms. Sumners:

Grace Barnum’s life is precariously balanced on sensible choices and uncomfortable compromise. She dutifully edits textbooks that, she fears, may be more harmful than helpful to kids. She is engaged to a patent attorney who is steady and reliable. She has a cautious relationship with her fascinating father, a renowned New York painter, and she prefers her mom slightly drunk.

Always a planner, Grace feels prepared for most eventualities. Until the responsibility-challenged Tyle...

DA SBTB Podcast, Episode 37: Holiday Romances

This week: holiday romances! What we don’t like about them (kind of a lot of things) and a few books that we do like. Plus, we attempt to answer the burning question, “How many Christmas brides are there?” Plus Jane tells us about one of her favorite old-style Regency romances.

Here are the books we talk about in this episode:

Many huge thanks to Harlequin for sponsoring the podcast. They have things to tell you! Here’s one:

Get ready for Harlequin’s Christmas Countdown with daily deals and free...

Your Rights and Deadlines Under the Price Fixing Settlement

Image via Big Stock Photo

Introduction

This post is to help ebook buyers understand their rights and deadlines in the price fixing settlement. Minnesotans, this post is not for you. Nor does it apply to those in DC or one of the five Territories or Commonwealths It’s about the ebook price fixing settlement and for some reason, your state or territory is not included. This post is also not for those who live outside the U.S. and its territories.

Who is this post for?

If you are a resident of the U...

REVIEW: Grease Monkey Jive by Ainslie Paton

Dear Ms. Paton:

I discovered this book when I was investigating the new publisher Escape Publishing, the digital first imprint of Harlequin Australia. All the Escape Publishing books were 99c on when I was prepping the interview for posting on Dear Author. I don’t know that I would have discovered the book or taken a chance on it because while I am on a contemporary kick right now, dancing seems to be a thing that translates better visually that it does in text. Moreover, I am not even that bi...

Daily Deals: Historical mysteries, paranormal hijinks, and a hot fireman hero

[image error] And Only To Deceive by Tasha Alexander. $ 1.99

From the Jacket Copy:

From gifted new writer Tasha Alexander comes a stunning novel of historical suspense set in Victorian England, meticulously researched and with a twisty plot that involves stolen antiquities, betrayal, and murder

And Only to Deceive

For Emily, accepting the proposal of Philip, the Viscount Ashton, was an easy way to escape her overbearing mother, who was set on a grand society match. So when Emily’s dashing husband died on safar...

Daily Deals: Fantasy, Space Operas, and Paranormals

[image error] Holidays Are Hell by Kim Harrison. $ 1.99

From the Jacket Copy:

This holiday, spend quality time with family and loved ones—living and dead . . .

There’s no place like home for the horrordays—unless you’d prefer a romantic midnight walk through a ghost-infested graveyard . . . or a haunted house candlelight dinner with the sexy vampire of your dreams. The (black) magical season is here—and whether it’s a solstice séance gone demonically wrong with the incomparable Kim Harrison, a grossly misshap...

JOINT REVIEW: An Infamous Marriage by Susanna Fraser

Dear Ms. Fraser:

Jennie: I requested your book from NetGalley more or less on a whim; the blurb described a couple who hastily engaged in a marriage of convenience finally coming together after havingbeen separated by the hero’s military service, and the obstacles they face. I’ve recently read and enjoyed several similar stories, so I thought I’d give An Infamous Marriage a try.

Sunita: I had committed to reading this, and when I saw that Jennie was going to review it I thought a joint review w...

JOINT REVIEW: The Importance of Being Wicked by Miranda Neville

PLEASE NOTE: This joint review contains some SPOILERS. Also, I know the author a bit through Twitter. Jennie does not. –Janine

Jennie: I’d only read one of Miranda Neville’s previous books (The Amorous Education of Celia Seaton, to which I gave a B-), and had put her in the category of “authors I need to try more of, because I want to understand what the fuss is about.” So when Janine suggested a joint review of Neville’s new book, I jumped at the chance.

[image error]Janine: I’m a fan of Neville’s Burgundy...

Wednesday News: S&S offers AuthorSolutions Self Publishing Packages; Amazon sales in UK near $3 billion; Duolingo

Simon & Schuster Creates Self-Publishing Unit, Archway Publishing – Simon & Schuster is offering self publishing services under a company name of Archway. Archway is using a white label form of Authors Solution that powers the Harlequin Dell Arte self publishing program. Author Solutions was bought by Penguin earlier this year. Devu Gandhi of S&S Digital is managing the Archway-ASI relationship for S&S. Publishers Weekly

Fees to participate in Archway vary according to different packages, but...