A rose by any other name

December 29, 2008 | 10 Comments

There’s been a lot of discussion lately about the definition of a “book,” or more specifically, the proper formatting of an e-book, and the definition of a “page” and its importance in the New eWorld Order.
I’m here to tell you: Unless it’s on paper or in PDF, they ain’t no such thing as a [...]

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The holiday TBR pile

December 18, 2008 | 8 Comments

In order:
Waiting for Spring by RJ Keller
Currently reading. Excellent, excellent work.
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The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom, & Their Lover by Victoria Janssen
Started. I wanted to read this book but then saw the ebook price ($11.30! for an ELECTRONIC book!!!), bitched about it, then was offered a copy if I would review it, which [...]

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Jukeboxes and libraries

December 16, 2008 | 3 Comments

I have a bunch of beautiful books. They’re mostly in hardback because I don’t see paperbacks as objets d’art the way I do my hardback books. Oh, don’t get me wrong, I read hardbacks, certainly. If I have it, I read it. But there’s just something substantial about a hardback book. [...]

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What happened to the epic novel?

December 15, 2008 | 32 Comments

Last month, a friend of mine who is reading The Proviso said to me (paraphrase), “You know, a publishing house editor would have made you cut some of this.” Beat. “But I don’t know what it could have been.” At 283,000 words, it’s actually right on track for a novel that chronicles the romances of [...]

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The e-TBR

December 3, 2008 | 8 Comments

In case anybody was wondering (and I know you were):

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More reviews for The Proviso!

December 2, 2008 | 8 Comments

Wow. It doesn’t rain but it pours and I so want to thank the reviewers for their time!
First up is from R.J. Keller’s blog:
My faithful readers know I’m always looking for something more than just a good book. I want a book that moves me, or makes me think about or look at Stuff [...]

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My way or the highway

December 1, 2008 | 10 Comments

Lately I’ve been reading a snowballing number of posts in the ebook community about adopting EPUB as the international (and pleasepleaseplease DRM-free) standard. This is great and I’m SOOO on board with that. What’s got me disturbed is that the subtext (and sometimes it’s not even that subtle) is that in order to adopt [...]

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