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- Available in bookstores? Thanks to an agreement between printers, many of our books (the paperback versions) are now orderable through your local bookstore. Of course, they're also available through Amazon. Authors, you may be able to work with your local bookstore for signings. e-mail me if you have questions.
- Karen Leabo will be conducting an online workshop called The Romance Novel Gestalt, June 6-19. Check it out here: http://www.savvyauthors.com/vb/showevent.php?eventid=304
- Rob Preece will be speaking on small publishing at the Orange County Romance Writers June 2011 meeting. (Note: Authors--please send updates on your activities and I'll include them in next month's newsletter)
- Romance/Women's Fiction
- ENCHANTED NO MORE by Robin D. Owens Luna, December 2010 ** Reviewed 5/20/11
- Science Fiction/Fantasy
- UNDEAD AND UNFINISHED by Mary Janice Davidson Jove, April 2011 ** Reviewed 5/20/11
- LOST GATE by Orson Scott Card Tor, January 2011 **** Reviewed 5/20/11
- A DATE WITH DARKNESS by Vanessa Knipe BooksForABuck.com, May 2011 **** Reviewed 5/13/11
- Mystery/Thriller
- No new Mystery/Thriller reviews during May
BooksForABuck.com Newsletter--June, 2010
News and Events
Welcome to the June edition of the BooksForABuck.com newsletter.
I'm a book lover. That's one reason why every move I make takes longer, costs more, and inevitably hurts more too as I cull through my stacks wondering if I can possibly sacrifice any of my treasures, give up on ever reading a book again. I still have most of my grad school textbooks (even though I don't actively pursue Economics, the subject of my degrees any longer) simply because I spent so much sweat and tears over them that I could never give them up. To men, part of the miracle of eBooks is that I can have my library forever, without having to pursue the every-weekend hunt for more bookshelves. If my pipes burst (again) I don't have to worry about losing the library in the basement. If bugs get into my garage, I don't (or I wouldn't, anyway, except for all of the paper not yet transformed) have to worry about that, either. What do you think? What is your favorite aspect of the eBook revolution?
Rob Preece, Publisher
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Coming in June:
SATIN SHORTS by George Snyder. When the man who sent him to jail asks him to handle the money from a bank robbery, Eddie O'Roark isn't sure of his plan but he is sure of one thing--he's going to find a way to make Nick the Book pay for those years Eddie spent in jail. He's not sure what to do, though, with the "semi-retired hooker" Nick sends to watch over him and keep him straight. Just possibly, Eddie is entering his soft curvy woman phase. In his first novel, Snyder writes a captivating caper story. SATIN SHORTS will be priced at $3.99 but available at $1.00 throughout its first month of availability (look for it around June 12).
Available in May
"A DATE WITH DARKNESS. Author Vanessa Knipe (author of WITCH-FINDER and HARD LESSONS from her St. Van Helsing series) has a new novel in this universe. A young widow comes up with a plan to entertain her son and get herself back on the dating track. What she doesn't know is that her Internet singles ad will send every vampire, shapeshifter, and elemental in England into high alert--or call for attention from her one-time boyfriend and now top enforcer for the St. Van Helsing Seminary. DARKNESS will be priced at $3.99, but it'll be on sale for $1.00 until June 13.
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