Books in General:

• Top 10 Tools for Better Reading, Online and Off – Tips include ebooks, print, audio, blog sites, and web reading.

• 10 Ways to Avoid Being Bored While Reading – I coauthored this. It’s geared toward kids and reluctant readers, but there is plenty there for adults and regular readers.

• How Do You Organize Your Books? Article discusses display, finding where you stashed them, and donation.

Ebooks:

• The Skiff Reader: A Forward-Thinking eReader from Hearst and Sprint – Aimed for more for readers of newspapers and magazines.

• Publishers Fear eBook Piracy, But Shouldn’t – Why? Because the most pirated novels are geek manuals, dating tips and self-help guides and ereaders are still pretty exclusive technology.

Romance:

• Need a Cure for a Bad Case of Book Burnout? I Can Help. Lots of people are talking about reading slumps. If you are in one read this post!

• Bob, May I Present Mrs. Palme and Her Daughters? Masturbation in romance.

• Worldbuilding for Science Fiction Romance – Long but good.

• Elizabeth Gaskell & Jane Austen: Comparisons are Inevitable – If you haven’t seen North and South with Richard Armitage you should, but that’s not what this post is about.

• Contemporary Romance - Hot? Not? What say you?

• Revenge Of The Non-Kick-Ass Heroine – You don’t have to be the alpha female to get the hero.

• Erotica, Erotic Romance and Romance – Do You Know the Difference?

• Seducing the Reader – Yes please… lol

• The Sex Lives of Romance Readers – Lots of interesting information from quotes, facts, and studies.

• Geeks and Nerds – The difference between real life and romance.

For Authors/Bloggers:

• Any Florida Bloggers out there? Kris and Jill D. are organizing regular book blogger meetups. First meetup in February.

• 10 Commandments for the Agent Hunt – Emily Bryan shares tips and rules for finding an agent.

• Promote Your Writing on Facebook – Good advice for those already using Facebook and those leery about it.

• Three Ways to Get a Rush from Your Writing – Works for bloggers and authors alike.

• The Key to Marketing Your Book: Time Well Spent – Practical advice about doing what you can do and actually doing it.

Take a Look at These Fun Posts

• Writing of Pemberley Manor
• Dos and Donts to Succeed as an Erotic Romance Author (Or In Any Other Genre, For That Matter.)
• Contemporary Romance
• 10 Pet Peeves from a Romance Reader
• Top 50 Romance Blogs, part 3

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