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Master of the Universe versus Fifty Shades by E.L James Comparison

Introduction

On Saturday, March 10, 2012, New York Times reported that Vintage, a literary imprint of Random House, had won the rights to republish on a large scale the ebook bestseller trilogy: 50 Shades of Grey, 50 Shades of Darker, and 50 Shades of Freed. The first in the series was number 1 on the combined ebook bestseller list with the second at No. 15 and the third at No. 21 according to the March 11, 2012, NY Times bestseller list. The series has sold over 250,000 copies according to...

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REVIEW: Ride with Me by Ruthie Knox

Dear Ms. Knox:

I received a number of recommendations for this story and the recommenders were correct.  Ride with Me was right up my alley.  It was a well paced, contemporary featuring a non clingy heroine and a caretaker hero set on a bike ride across America.  The only downside was that Tom, in particular, came off as contrived in certain places.

Lexie Marshall has planned on riding the TransAmerica bike ride for years. This was the year she would ride with her brother until he had to drop o...

Monday News: Visa Responds to the Erotica Book Banning, Apple Says Kindle No Competitor

News

Visa responds to erotica authors and say that it isn't imposing any kinds of restrictions on fiction:

Relevant to this situation, the sale of a limited category of extreme imagery depicting rape, bestiality and child pornography is or is very likely to be unlawful in many places and would be prohibited on the Visa system whether or not the images have formally been held to be illegal in any particular country. Visa would take no action regarding lawful material that seeks to explore...

Thanking Our March Advertisers

Here is our list of March Advertisers.  I hope you check them out. Thank you!

Carina Press highlights its Fantasy books
Samhain asks you to take notice of Vivian Arend's series.
If You Were Here by Jen Lancaster
All Romance eBooks is having a rebate sale on Harlequin books.
Ride with Me by Ruthie Knox
Author Terry Schaefer's Behind Blue Eyes
Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors by Molly Harper
Deanna Cameron's Belly Dancer

 

 

REVIEW: The Darkest Seduction by Gena Showalter

Dear Ms. Showalter,

I like some of your books more than others. I freely admit this. While The Darkest Surrender worked very well for me, and I really enjoyed the novella in The Heart of Darkness as well. The harpies as heroines just seem to work. I was going to pass on The Darkest Seduction as I really didn't care much about Paris, but I was searching for something to read and this one had scores of gushing reviews. I'm sad to say that this book probably works best for fans that have...

It's Selection Sunday for DABWAHA!

First, the reader finalists, those voted in by, well, readers, are:

YA: Falling Under by Gwen HayesContemporary: If You Hear Her by Shiloh Walker (Bro Magnet by Lauren Baratz Logsted was a close second)Historical: A Lady's Lesson in Scandal by Meredith DuranGLBT: Hot Head by Damon SuedeCategory: A Man of His Word by Sarah AndersonNovella: Once Upon a Winter's Eve by Tessa Dare (edged out Silver Shark by Ilona Andrews by one vote)Crossover: Shadowfever by Karen Marie MoningPNR/UF: Radiant...

DA/SBTB Bestseller List, Week Ending March 6

Week ending March 6, 2012

Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley A | BN | K | S A Madness of Angels: Or The Resurrection of Matthew Swift by Kate Griffin A | BN | K | S Mr Bishop and the Actress by Janet Mullany  A | BN | K | S A Lot Like Love by Julie James A | BN | K | S Mackenzies Bundle: Mackenzie's Mountain / Mackenzie's Mission / Mackenzie's Pleasure / A Game of Chance by Linda Howard | This bundle no longer appears to be on sale. Out of the Deep I Cry: A Clare Fergusson and Russ Van...

What Kind of Competition Has Retail Price Maintenance for Digital Books Fostered?

Last week, news came out that the Justice Department was readying a petition to sue five of the largest publishing houses in North America along with Apple for colluding together to maintain artificially high prices for digital books.

This was initially instituted in January 2010 after Macmillan pulled its entire digital catalog from Amazon unless Amazon concede to these new terms. Under the new terms, Macmillan would set the prices for digital books and Amazon and every other retailer would n...

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