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Saturday, December 29, 2012
Kobo E-book Deals ending December 31!
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Flight Online Book Tour: Review of Flight by J.A. Huss
12/12 Reflections of a Bookworm Review
12/12 M-N's Amazing Book Reviews Review
12/12 My Cozie Corner Review
12/12 The Cover by Brittany Review
12/12 Michelle's Paranormal Vault of Books Review
12/12 Broad-Minded Books Review
12/14 Identity Discovery First Chapter & Giveaway
12/14 Laurie's Paranormal Thoughts and Review Interview & Giveaway
12/17 Bookworm Babblings Review
12/18 The Insane Writings of a Crazed Writer Review, Interview, & Giveaway
12/19 Celestial Reviews Review & First Chapter
12/21 Krystal's Enchanting Reads Review, First Chapter, & Giveaway
12/21 The Avid Reader Guest Blog & Giveaway
12/26 Simply Infatuated Interview & Giveaway
12/26 Michelle's Paranormal Vault of Books First Chapter, & Giveaway
12/27 Book & Movie Dimension a Blog Review
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Digital Publishing: The Grinch Who Stole Christmas?
Guest Post Article by: Tony Viardo, CEO at Astor + Blue Editions
Astor + Blue Editions has put its entire first season’s list of e-book titles on a holiday promotional sale for $0.99 or $1.99. The sale will continue through January 7, 2013.
So how many articles have we read about E-books and
Digital Publishing this year? For anyone who generally follows the book world
(rabid book-lover, book-blogger, industry pro, or casual reader), we’re literally
inundated with the amazing numbers—“E-book sales up 125% (again) over the 175%
they were up from last year’s 225% increase!”—and equally amazing technological
announcements—“Next Fall, the new ZimWittyZoomDitty tablet not only updates
your Facebook and Goodreads friends whenever you snort in disgust … it cooks
dinner for you at the same time!”
This leads many to take at least casual stock of what’s
going on/going to happen to the “Publishing World” as we know it. And if your friends are like my friends
(hardcore print book consumers), that stock is usually pretty morbid (sharp
Greenwich Village angst not included): “Print
books are doomed, so are brick-and-mortar stores. Goodbye literary quality. Oh and some pajama-wearing
techie living in a basement with a laptop is going to be the new Sulzburger;
we’ll all have to bow down!”
If you (or that good friend of yours) fall into the mortified
category, my take (for what it’s worth) may come as positive news: E-books are not, and will not be, the Grinch Who Stole Christmas; in this
case, the “Print World’s” bacon. Now, as the owner of a “Digital First”
publishing house (Astor + Blue Editions)
my opinions may easily be written off as self-serving and invalid. But bear with me for a minute… these are
fact-based observations and I might just make sense (Someone tell my mom and
dad).
As someone who earns a living from publishing, I have to
follow numbers and industry trends as closely as possible. And while some see doom and gloom for Print,
I see exciting developments for both Print and E-book formats. What do the numbers show? Digital book revenue is skyrocketing, print
revenue is declining. Natural conclusion? E-books are killing print books. But not so
fast. Historically, Print revenue has always seemed to be declining (even
before E-books were invented), but that doesn’t mean the book market is
dying or shrinking.
We have to remember that in fact the book market is growing.
Readership always grows because population
always grows. Every year, new readers
enter the vast pool of the club that is “adult readership,” (despite Dancing
with the Stars). And every year more readers are being born and theoretically being
inspired by Ms. Crabtree’s elementary reading class. **So why the decline? Readership grows gradually, but the sheer
number of books and book vendors grow exponentially, showing an investment loss
almost every year. (Basic statistics: the widening universe makes it look like
a shrinking pie when it isn’t).
So what does this mean?
Monday, December 24, 2012
SSP’s Christmas Week Amazon Kindle Open House! Free eBooks All Week!
-From SSP Website
Spook House by Michael West (horror, a Harmony, Indiana Novel. Other Harmony Indiana tales include the novel Cinema of Shadows, and the short stories Goodnight, and For the River is Wide and the Gods Are Hungry. Michael’s urban fantasy series The Legacy of the Gods includes Book One, Poseidon’s Children)
http://www.amazon.com/Spook-House-ebook/dp/B009SS33VS
From December 24-28th, SSP has an open house on Amazon Kindle including all of its authors who have eBooks available! Many genres and styles available!
All books include cover art and interior artwork from the award-winning artists Matthew Perry and Bonnie Wasson! The free books include the following (along with additional titles available for sale from each author):
Spook House by Michael West (horror, a Harmony, Indiana Novel. Other Harmony Indiana tales include the novel Cinema of Shadows, and the short stories Goodnight, and For the River is Wide and the Gods Are Hungry. Michael’s urban fantasy series The Legacy of the Gods includes Book One, Poseidon’s Children)http://www.amazon.com/Spook-House-ebook/dp/B009SS33VS
Redheart by Jackie Gamber (YA Fantasy, Book One of the Leland Dragon Series. Book Two, Sela, is available)
http://www.amazon.com/Redheart-Leland-Dragon-Series-ebook/dp/B004VFNJIA
http://www.amazon.com/Redheart-Leland-Dragon-Series-ebook/dp/B004VFNJIA
Haunting Obsession by R.J. Sullivan (Paranormal Thriller, A Rebecca Burton Novella. Also available from R.J. is Backstage Pass, a Rebecca Burton Short Story)
http://www.amazon.com/Haunting-Obsession-ebook/dp/B008Y2SVS4
http://www.amazon.com/Haunting-Obsession-ebook/dp/B008Y2SVS4
The Brotherhood of Dwarves by D.A. Adams (YA Fantasy, Book One of the Brotherhood of Dwarves Series. Book Two, Red Sky at Dawn, Book Three, The Fall of Dorkhun, and Book Four, Between Dark and Light are also available)
http://www.amazon.com/The-Brotherhood-of-Dwarves-ebook/dp/B0076OCAKG
http://www.amazon.com/The-Brotherhood-of-Dwarves-ebook/dp/B0076OCAKG
Friday, December 14, 2012
Introducing New Blogger to this Blog, Jesse Ivanoff
Recently received a response back from Jesse Ivanoff who's a new blogger for Book & Movie Dimension a Blog.
Let's see her debut!
Jesse Ivanoff (Her Bio)
I live in Australia, I love books - especially paranormal, YA, Urban
fantasy... you get the picture. Love anime and manga, sometimes I try
and draw it. Currently studying Japanese.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Crown of Phoenix Series in Review-Giveaway! {Online Book Tour}
Crown of Phoenix Series
Presented by First Rule
Publicity
Book One – The Night
Watchman Express
Orphaned Miriam has always been terrified by the sound of THE NIGHT WATCHMAN EXPRESS as it hurtles by her house. The sound of the train gives her nightmares of an underground factory, and a laboratory where brutal experiments take place.
During the day she has very different problems. Her new guardians, the Marchpanes, have arrived with their son, Simon, to live in Miriam's house. The Marchpanes are plotting to take over her dead father's business.
As they are both strong willed and stubborn, Miriam and Simon develop an instant dislike for each other. They have to work together, however, in order to solve the mystery of what the Marchpanes are doing with Miriam's inheritance.
As they come closer to learning the truth, Miriam is kidnapped and put on THE NIGHT WATCHMAN EXPRESS, and Simon must try to rescue her. In doing so, he will have to confront his own parents and the evil forces behind them.
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Book Two – Devil’s Kitchen
In The Night Watchman Express, Miriam and Simon were kidnapped and thrown on the strange train... Now in Book Two of The Crown Phoenix series, they arrive at the terrifying destination known as Devil's Kitchen.
There they will face human experiments in a laboratory known as The Infirmary.
Miriam will be forced to work in an underground factory.
Simon is held in a luxurious prison by jailers who are as beautiful as they are deadly...
And their courage will be tested to the breaking point.
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Book Three – The Lamplighter’s Special
Lizzie and her sister are forced to work in a huge manor and on a steamship to support their family.
They are caught up in several mysteries:
The squire’s oldest son cannot leave the attic
An old typewriter seems to move time and space
A passenger hides in a secret room
A beautiful visitor is plotting against them
And Lizzie discovers that she has a strange, new ability.
She and her sister must discover the secrets of The Lamplighter’s Special before their enemy catches up with them.
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