The Romance Industry

About The Industry – Be The Monkey

Actually, if you know what choosing to be the monkey really means, you’d recoil.  But it’s a diverting title for a book that is really a long conversation between two big names in publishing.  One, Barry Eisler, is a New York Times Bestselling writer who has turned his back on the legacy publishing model and […]

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A Toolkit And Compass for Romanceland – Part V

A Toolkit And Compass for Romanceland Because All The Roads Are Being Re-Built (Maybe) Contributing To Word-of-Mouth This is Part 5  (and the last) of a series: Part 1: Romanceland Meltdown Part 2: Finding Books – Part 1 Part 3: Finding Books – Part 2 Part 4: Assessing Books Part 5: Contributing To Word-of-Mouth (Series

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Why You Shouldn’t Rely On Best Seller Lists To Buy Romances

Of course you’re looking for the best romances out there.  You don’t want to read crap, afterall.  But there’s some very good reasons why using best-seller lists, “top author”, “Best of,” “most popular” and other similar listings of books is the worst way of finding the best romances to read. The traffic stats on my

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Erotic Romance is NOT Erotica!

Lately, I’ve noticed some erotic romance authors referring to their genre as smut, or dirty, and to themselves with various similar titles — smutkateers or naughty authors, or various other titles, with the emphasis on the sexual content of their stories, and the beddable quality and sexual prowess of the heroes they write about.  I

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A Toolkit And Compass for Romanceland – Part IV

A Toolkit And Compass for Romanceland Because All The Roads Are Being Re-Built (Maybe) Assessing Books This is Part 4 of a series: Part 1: Romanceland Meltdown Part 2: Finding Books – Part 1 Part 3: Finding Books – Part 2 Part 4: Assessing Books Part 5: Contributing To Word-of-Mouth (Series based upon a guest

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A Toolkit And Compass for Romanceland – Part III

A Toolkit And Compass for Romanceland Because All The Roads Are Being Re-Built (Maybe) Finding Books – Part 2 This is Part 3 of a series: Part 1: Romanceland Meltdown Part 2: Finding Books – Part 1 Part 3: Finding Books – Part 2 Part 4: Assessing Books Part 5: Contributing To Word-of-Mouth (Series based

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A Toolkit And Compass for Romanceland – Part II

A Toolkit And Compass for Romanceland Because All The Roads Are Being Re-Built (Maybe) Finding Books – Part 1 This is Part 2 of a series: Part 1: Romanceland Meltdown Part 2: Finding Books – Part 1 Part 3: Finding Books – Part 2 Part 4: Assessing Books Part 5: Contributing To Word-of-Mouth (Series based

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A Toolkit And Compass for Romanceland – Part 1

A Toolkit And Compass for Romanceland Because All The Roads Are Being Re-Built (Maybe) Romanceland Meltdown This is Part 1 of a series: Part 1: Romanceland Meltdown Part 2: Finding Books – Part 1 Part 3: Finding Books – Part 2 Part 4: Assessing Books Part 5: Contributing To Word-of-Mouth (Series based upon a guest

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Ease Yourself Into MMF Romances – Part IV

Ease Yourself Into MMF Romances – Part IV Where To Find Your MMF Romances This is Part Four of a Series Part 1: Ménages Categorized Part 2: How can MMF be romantic? Part 3: How To Read Your First MMF Romance Part 4: Where To Find Your MMF Romances Part 5: Narrow Down Your List

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Do I Have to Buy Indie Books?

This is the fourth post in a series. Part 1: Are Print Publishers Really Doomed? Part 2: Are Print Books Really Doomed? Part 3: Do I HAVE To Read E-Books? Part 4: Do I Have to Buy Indie Books? _____ Even if you’ve braved the new frontiers and you’re the proud owner of your very

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