Yes, and they're funny, and charming, and I think they're grabbing the horror, steampunk, paranormal romance, and historical romance audience.
So there is something I can do, besides scream like a woman?
Wesley ,'Chosen'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Deena - Apr 05, 2010 1:22:09 pm PDT #11200 of 28344
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Atropa - Apr 05, 2010 1:32:40 pm PDT #11201 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Yes, and they're funny, and charming, and I think they're grabbing the horror, steampunk, paranormal romance, and historical romance audience.
DINGDINGDING! That's why they grabbed my interest.
Teppy, I liked Breathers, but was not swept away with it. And I adored Boneshaker.
Steph L. - Apr 05, 2010 1:53:24 pm PDT #11202 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Teppy, I liked Breathers, but was not swept away with it.
I wasn't swept away by it, but it made me laugh and laugh and laugh because it was so wrongity wrong.
Jessica - Apr 05, 2010 3:24:15 pm PDT #11203 of 28344
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Hee -I'm so glad Soulless turned out to be such a Buffista hit. When my MiL brought it back from the book expo for me my immediate reaction was "Hey, look at Jilli on the cover!"
brenda m - Apr 05, 2010 3:39:07 pm PDT #11204 of 28344
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oh! This is totally off topic, but where I've seen Jilli (present and referenced) recently. My dad was saying yesterday that he has a bunch of baby goths on his bus route - he drives a small bus for an alternative high school - and they're his favorites. Not that he knew the term. "You know, all in black, and they grunt when you ask them a question". I'm going to make him read your book (and maybe carry it on the bus).
Atropa - Apr 05, 2010 3:52:24 pm PDT #11205 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Hee -I'm so glad Soulless turned out to be such a Buffista hit. When my MiL brought it back from the book expo for me my immediate reaction was "Hey, look at Jilli on the cover!"
The really funny part is the cover model is a friend of mine. Every time I see the covers, I'm all OH HAI DONNA. NICE PARSOL, GIMME.
I'm going to make him read your book (and maybe carry it on the bus).
Awwww. Brenda, you should! And of course the babybats are his favorites! They're generally well-behaving kidlings.
meara - Apr 05, 2010 10:38:47 pm PDT #11206 of 28344
(Note: this is me, rambling after i should be asleep)
So, I read a lot. A lot. Fast. And I have no kids, and no significant other, and I spend a lot of time on planes, so...last year I read over a book a day, I figured, after I added it all up. And Sunday, in prep for my trip to Hawaii (for work!) I went to Half Price Books and stocked up on some $1 clearance books. And thought about how it'd be really nice to have an iPad or a Kindle to carry instead of a stack of literally nine books, expecting to buy more while I"m here. On the other hand, of those nine books, two are from the library, six were $1 each, and one was $3.50. So total cost was STILL less than ONE book from the Apple Bookstore. (Granted, there are programs I can check books out from my public library as ebooks). There needs to be some kinda way around that for me to have it be worth it! Book rental?? Will there eventually be clearance books (not likely)? "Used" ebooks (with some DRM)?
Meanwhile, I picked up a slew of paranormal romances from someone who'd won a RITA for one of them, and enjoyed them. (Robin Owens). They were all $1 clearances, but now am trying to decide if I actually want to spend money to buy the two that weren't in the "set", or the recent ones. SEE?? MONEY BEING SPENT!! (OK, not yet, but probably eventually)
Meanwhile, I was browsing through the store trying to find other things by authors I knew, or spark ideas of what to buy, or go to a new bookstore and buy...and was reminded while on Amazon to go see if a couple people had new books out or coming out. And ended up googling one...and discovering that the reason "Dawn Cook" had no new books out is because she is also Kim Harrison!! Oh.
Jessica - Apr 06, 2010 4:26:33 am PDT #11207 of 28344
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The problem is that libraries *do* have ebooks, but it's a PITA to get them onto any currently available ebook reader, if it's possible at all. DIE, PROPRIETARY DRM, DIE!
Gudanov - Apr 06, 2010 4:59:14 am PDT #11208 of 28344
Coding and Sleeping
I like the idea of eBooks and the Kobo e-ink reader at $150, but after reading about the various DRM schemes, I don't think it's time to bite yet. I'd rather just own my books instead of leasing them. Maybe it will shake out sometime. I really don't like closed systems.
-t - Apr 06, 2010 7:05:14 am PDT #11209 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm kind of into the prospect of leasing books - I've got a ton of paperbacks that I never really meant to give a home to, but that I haven't gotten around to getting to a used bookstore for credit so they are taking up quite a bit of shelf space meanwhile. If I start reading those types of books on an e-reader, my real estate for books I want to keep should open up.
OTOH, have not actually deleted any of the e-books I've read on my laptop. Or gotten an e-reader of any type. So this is all just theory.