Sales and Discounts
February 10 | FridayFirst, if you have a Kindle with Special Offers, there's a special offer to redeem that gets you a coupon code. The code allows you to pick one book from a selection of 100 romances and buy it for $1.…
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Romance Writers Ink Contest: An Exercise in Discrimination
February 04 | Saturday | 141 CommentsLate last night, links and fiery tweets went around about Romance Writers, Ink, an Oklahome-based chapter of the RWA. They've stated that for the 2012 "More than Magic" competition for published writers, they will "no longer accept same-sex entries in any category." Way to be bigoted! read more »
Tools of Change in Publishing: Conference Fee Giveaway
February 03 | Friday | 14 CommentsOnce again, Smart Bitches is a media partner for the 2012 O'Reilly Tools of Change Conference, and as part of my media sponsorship, I talk about the conference (which I totally would do anyway because it makes my brain explode with the happy creativity every year). There's a conference! It's… read more »
Friday Videos Love All the Tropes
February 03 | Friday | 14 CommentsThis week's Friday Video is a classic, sent by Aziza, and how I missed seeing this, I have no idea. I love The Avengers, and have watched most of them. Emma Peel is amazing in so many respects. Link! As Aziza explained in her email, "John Steed and Emma Peel… read more »
Book Format Prejudice and eBook Sales
February 02 | Thursday | 54 CommentsFirst: NEWS! Which isn't new news, but I'm still thinking about it. Literary god Jonathan Franzen decided that ebooks are horrible and immoral and paper books have a tangible longevity that is superior to digital. Yeah, whatever. Here's my question: I think there needs to be a term for book… read more »
Knock Knock Helps Us Do Over
February 02 | Thursday | 120 CommentsWinner time! First, your entries were so inspiring I re-read that thread (ha! do-over!) several times yesterday. Thanks to the random integer generator, the winner is: #26: Michelle Harlan! Michelle, please send your mailing address to me at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOROTHYcom. Thank you to everyone who entered, and I hope your weekend… read more »
GS vs. STA: Military Heroes
February 01 | Wednesday | 85 CommentsThis "Good Shit vs Shit to Avoid" request comes from Joanne, who is hunting for books to read this winter: I am looking for suggestions for lovely romance or wonderfully trashy romance involving a soldier/soldier of fortune, tough guy in uniform, or one beside a crumpled uniform on the floor.… read more »
Sizzling Book Club Pick: Indigo by Beverly Jenkins
February 01 | Wednesday | 17 CommentsTime to announce the February Book Club Pick! If you tuned into the chat Tuesday night, you heard this already, but it's worth repeating with MORE WORDS! The February book club pick is: Indigo by Beverly Jenkins. This book is so well-reviewed everywhere you look, and there's a very good… read more »
HaBO-Thon: This is Some High Grade Crazysauce
January 31 | Tuesday | 9 CommentsThis request is from Cathy, who remembers so much crazy from this book, it's just amazing. I'm looking from the first romance I ever read, which I'm pretty sure I stole off my older sister. It was a category M&B (I remember it was a skinny book) and the more… read more »
HaBO-Thon: It Was in the High School Library?
January 31 | Tuesday | 8 CommentsThis request comes from Keisha, who has been hunting for this book for a long time: I'm waxing nostalgic about a romance novel published before 2007 that I read in high school and I hope you can help me. I haven't been able to find this particular novel on Amazon.… read more »
HaBO-Thon: He’ll Be There With Bells On. Really.
January 31 | Tuesday | 22 CommentsThis Help a Bitch Out request comes from Megan, who describes a book I would swear was erotica, but she says is not: Hero had long hair. He may have been sent from an alternative dimension. Turns up on the heroine’s doorstep searching for some sort of artefact. He… read more »