Carina Press was announced this morning (http://www.cnbc.com/id/33785094). They are an all digital imprint of Harlequin with Angela James (formerly of Samhain Publishing) at the helm as Executive Editor. They are accepting submissions now of all romance subgenres as well as women’s fiction. They will follow the no advance/higher royalty model of other epublishers although they don’t disclose the royalty rate.

Check them out at http://carinapress.com/.

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All Romance Announces the launch of OmniLit™, Bringing eBooks Directly into the Homes and Digital Devices of R eaders of All Genres

Palm Harbor, FL (PRWEB) July 21, 2009 – The owners of All Romance™, an independent on-line bookstore specializing in the sale of romance eBooks, announced today the launch of OmniLit.com, a new site dedicated to the sale of fiction and non-fiction eBooks.

“The overwhelming success of the All Romance site spurred the expansion,” said Barbara Perfetti, the company’s Chief Financial Officer. “The publishing world is poised on the brink of an eBook explosion and we want to be ready on the forefront to meet that demand.”

OmniLit will offer genres currently not available on the All Romance site, including best sellers from some of the biggest names in publishing, as well as offerings from small, midsized, and indie presses. Customers will be able to select from hundreds of thousands of titles, everything from mainstream, children’s, and speculative fiction, to books on health & fitness, cooking, travel, and business.

“Readers used to the convenience of All Romance’s easy to navigate site and unsurpassed customer service can expect to find the same at OmniLit,” said Chief Operating Officer, Lori James. “Our goal is to hold on to what we believe are the best qualities of both the larger chain bookstores and the smaller independents, then offer that in digital. OmniLit’s customers will have the advantage of choice and a technically streamlined shopping experience, but t hey will also receive personalized service and support.”

All Romance eBooks, LLC was founded in 2006, is privately held in partnership, and headquartered in Palm Harbor, Florida. The company owns All Romance (allromanceebooks.com), which specializes in the sale of romance eBooks and OmniLit (omnilit.com) which sells both fiction and non-fiction eBooks.

AMBER ALLURE

1. Bring The Heat - M. L. Rhodes (Gay / Contemporary)
2. Car Wash - Shawn Lane (Gay / Contemporary)
3. Seducing Light - KC Kendricks (Gay / Contemporary)
4. Forbidden Desire - Carolina Valdez (Gay / Contemporary)
5. Pottery Peter - Rick R. Reed (Gay / Contemporary)
6. Sins Of Arrogance - India Harper (Gay / Suspense)
7. Bottom’s Up: Triplesex - Amanda Young (Gay / Contemporary)
8. Bottom’s Up: A Kinky Orgasm - Amanda Young (Gay / Contemporary)
9. Playing The Field: Play On - J. M. Snyder (Gay / Contemporary)
10. Sorcerer’s Lover II - Shawn Lane (Gay / Fantasy / Historical)

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You asked for it, today it’s a reality.

As lovers of romance we know that customer buying decisions are influenced by reader opinions. Since opening our doors we’ve encourage our customers to rate books on a scale of 1-5 for overall enjoyment and sensuality. We’re still doing that - but we’re also doing more.

ARe readers can now submit full text reviews to our web-site. As of t! oday, customers can log in to their on-line library, access a review link, and enter a review of your books.

We’d love it if you could help us get the word out to your readers. If you have a newsletter, blog, yahoo group, twitter account, etc., please let your readers know that they can now go into their library at All Romance and post reviews. Their opinions matter.

Lori James
Chief Operating Officer
All Romance eBooks, LLC

Smashwords Courts Publishers with Free e-Book Service

The digital self-publishing company Smashwords announced a new free service for publishers–helping publishers create, market, and sell e-books.

Smashwords will give publishers back 85 percent the net proceeds, and the release noted that 20 indie publishers had tested the company’s new tools for three months. Already the erotic publisher eXcessica Publishing has added nearly 200 titles to the Smashwords platform–books by 61 authors.

Here’s an endorsement from Selena Kitt, president of eXcessica Publishing: “Their publisher-friendly royalty structure recognizes that ebook publishers deserve more favorable terms than offered by conventional ebook retailers. Smashwords backs their so-easy-even-your-mother-could-use-it publishing platform with super-responsive support that enhances the reading experience for our customers.”

Information obtained HERE.

Amazon is stripping ALL erotica books be it m/m, f/f or m/f of their sales rankings, which means, no matter how well they sell they won’t appear on ANY best seller lists, making them literally invisible to anyone not seeking out THAT SPECIFIC TITLE. So, if you click on best sellers in gay romance, anything adult won’t show on that list, and that includes books with literally NO sex in them.

This is the reply that Mark Probst (an author who has no sex in his gay romances) has had:

“In consideration of our entire customer base, we exclude “adult” material from appearing in some searches and best seller lists. Since these lists are generated using sales ranks, adult materials must also be excluded from that feature.

Hence, if you have further questions, kindly write back to us.

Best regards,

Ashlyn D

Member Services
Amazon.com Advantage”

There is a petition going around for those who feel strongly about censorship, as I do. Click here to sign the petition.

If you’d rather call or email, Amazon’s customer service emai is: ecr@amazon.com. Their customer service phone number is 1-800-201-7575. There’s an excellent form letter you can copy and paste HERE.

Author Stormy Glenn was kind enough to interview me for her blog. If you’re interested in taking a peek into my somewhat warped psyche, then you can read the answers here: http://stormyglenn.blogspot.com/2009/03/amanda-young-visits.html

NEW YORK, Mar 05, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — BKS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating — Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, announced today that it has acquired Fictionwise, a leader in the e-book marketplace, for $15.7 million in cash. Barnes & Noble said it plans to use Fictionwise as part of its overall digital strategy, which includes the launch of an e-Bookstore later this year. In addition to the closing purchase price, Fictionwise may receive earn out payments for achieving certain performance targets over the next two years.

Headquartered in New Jersey, Fictionwise was founded in 2000 by Steve and Scott Pendergrast. Barnes & Noble intends to keep Fictionwise as a separate business unit and the founders will continue to operate the business.

ABOUT BARNES & NOBLE, INC.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller and a Fortune 500 company, operates 799 bookstores in 50 states. Barnes & Noble is also the nation’s top bookseller in quality, and for the fifth year in a row, the top bookseller brand, as determined by a combination of the brand’s performance on familiarity, quality, and purchase intent, according to the EquiTrend(R) Brand Study by Harris Interactive(R). Barnes & Noble conducts its online business through Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com), one of the Web’s largest e-commerce sites.

General information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be obtained via the Internet by visiting the company’s corporate website: www.barnesandnobleinc.com.

All Romance eBooks launches the Go Green/Read e campaign to increase the public’s awareness about eBooks!

Palm Harbor, Florida (PRWEB) February 26, 2009 – The folks at All Romance eBooks, an on-line bookstore that specializes in the sale of romance eBooks, announced a new endeavor today, the Go Green/Read e campaign.

“The idea is to promote ebooks in general, not any specific author, publisher, eReader, or bookstore. The campaign will focus on eBooks as a more environmentally friendly alternative to print. On-line advertising will be comprised of banner and video advertising, Yahoo and Google Search Ads, MySpace Ads, the What’s Hot in Romance radio show, the Wildfire newsletter, a variety of blogs and the newly unveiled Go Green/Read e website,” explained Lori James, COO for All Romance eBooks.

The project is supported by a generous donation from All Romance eBooks, and a team of enthusiastic volunteers. The website, www.gogreenreade.com, contains information about the environmental impact of eBooks v print books, as well as an array of relevant links, industry news, and several forums where issues around eBooks, eReaders, and ePublishing can be discussed.

“We chose to do this because the idea that nature should be preserved is important to us. It is a core value and one of the reasons that we adore eBooks,” explained All Romance eBooks CFO, Barbara Perfetti. “We care about our carbon footprint, the world we live in, and the world that we’re leaving to future generations.”

All Romance eBooks, LLC (www.allromanceebooks.com) sells romance eBooks for hundreds of publishers and their imprints. Founded in 2006 and privately held in partnership, All Romance eBooks is headquartered in Palm Harbor, Florida.