Saturday Sound Off (3-27) … ok its Sunday but…
Yes, it is really Sunday, but I spent all day yesterday absorbed in a blog which will be named later AND then I went out for a good time involving John Mayer tickets. Yes, I know he is a dick/douche/jerk…. but man he puts on a good show and has sexy arm tattoos ….. I love a man who can play guitar and play it well. I think it’s the forearms. Anyway, a few pics from my night out:
On top of that this morning we went out and climbed some rocks.
But I am finally home and have a few moments, so here we go…
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Currently Reading: Lion’s Heat by Lora Leigh
Up Next: Tempest Rising by Nicole Peeler and The Devil’s Playground by Jenna Black.
All things Kindlicious
Books on Board put up a notice about moving to the Agency Pricing model as required by 5 of the 6 big publishing companies here. What does this mean? It means that books from the following publishers will all be priced according to “Required Ebook Pricing (REP)” which is set by the publisher, not the book store.
Hachette (publisher of Stephanie Meyer, David Baldacci, James Patterson and more) Penguin (publisher of Nora Roberts/JD Robb, Lora Leigh, Nalini Singh, the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris) Harper Collins (publisher of much Dennis Lehane, Christine Feehan, James Rollins, Johanna Lindsey, Diane Mott Davidson, Kerrelyn Sparks, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lisa Kleypas, Jodi Picoult, Jeaniene Frost, and Tony Hillerman) MacMillan (publisher of Lisa Scottoline, Governor Mitt Romney, Terry Goodkind and more) Simon & Schuster (publisher of Kresley Cole, Kathy Reichs, Sabrina Jeffries
Books from these publishers will probably go up in price and may be susceptible to sales tax when they were not previously. More info on what this could mean here.
Author News
Jeaniene Frost posted the cover for the next book in the Night Huntress World series (the Cat & Bones spinoff) here. I hate to say it because I have loved all of her previous covers, but I am just not feeling this one. I can’t explain why tho…. it just doesn’t do it for me.
Ilona Andrews posted a contest for Magic Bleed advanced review copies. Its over, so don’t go running over there trying to enter. What makes it news worthy is that she actually had more than 1200 entries…. that must be some sort of bloggy world record of some kind. To say that Magic Bleeds is highly anticipated is clearly an understatement…. we are all pervs. We want the Curran/Kate smexin and we want it now!
Moira Rogers has finished Sanctuary Unbound and posted a super neat list of releases and projects they are working on here. Is it sad that even with 4 new releases in the next year I think they need to write faster? I could never be an editor.
Around the Blog World
Have you ever checked out The Pioneer Woman’s blog? I admit I have peeked at it on occasion looking for a recipe, but I have never browsed it fully. I had some spare time on my hands Saturday morning and happened to click on a link called Black Heels to Tractor Wheels and next thing I knew it was 3 hours later. Her real life love story is funny, entertaining, and so romantic I almost wish I had myself a hunky cowboy with a ranch. Click here, you won’t regret it.
FictionVixen had her Josh Lanyon cherry popped over at SmokinHotBooks. There is even a Mr. Clean badge. I <3 me some Josh Lanyon and can't wait to get to Somebody Killed His Editor.
I first found the Mighty Buzzard hanging out over at WickedLilPixie‘s comments and fell in love. He is funny and sarcastic and totally entertaining. I pestered him about signing up for twitter, but instead he now has a blog. Go, read, follow…. you can thank me later. Feel free to pester him into getting a twitter account…. we could use his snarkiness. I am hoping to convince him to do a guest post on ebooks/etc here for me…. so Buzz if you are reading this… wanna? :p
Books Read This Week (review linked if available)
Music listening to while writing this blog entry…Say Hey, I love you by Michael Franti and Spearhead. I need some new music to add to my iPhone… any suggestions? 
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IANAL(Best. Acronym. Ever.) but I know one thing moving to REP will mean for sure is a price fixing lawsuit. You’re allowed to do anything you like about prices of your own merchandise but when you start colluding with your competition over prices you break the law. Even without collusion between publishers there might be a fair anti-trust suit here since copyright is supposed to be a limited monopoly rather than an absolute one.
On the guest post, sure. Give me a few days to recover from trying to read Happy Hour of the Damned and shoot me an email to kick around topic specifics. Hit the Pixie up for my address, I get enough spam as it is without posting it, even obfuscated, out in the open.
IANAL *snort* I love a guy with a dirty mind …. for many reason.
I have been curious why there aren’t more calls of price fixing as of yet…. it seems obvious to me. I will pester Nat for your email and send you a note :p
I am really unhappy about the REP. Even more so, because I’m waiting for a lot of books published by the Big 5 and they’ll be coming out after this pricing move. Part of the reason I got the Kindle was for the affordability of the ebooks and now I won’t be able to afford to buy very many of them.
In an unrelated note, do you have a book light for your Kindle? I’m looking for one and I was wondering if you have any recommendations?
Thanks!
I know what you mean Myranda, I am not happy about it and I think this is going to blow up in publishers faces as pirated book rates will sky rocket.
I do have a book light! I use a mighty bright flex 2 (i think its version 2 lOL) — i clip it to my oberon cover and I am good to go! They are about $15 on amazon but if you have a borders nearby they have them in stock and you can use the 30% off coupons on them! Sometimes they even have pretty designs on them.
That’s the first thing I thought as well! (about pirated books) They’re just making downloading a pirated copy more appealing to people. I couldn’t do it because I love my authors too much, but jeez! I have spent waaaaaay too much money on books since I got my Kindle. I spent most of my books before, but now it’s so easy! My purchases are going to have to drop off dramatically if prices go up. I wish the publishers would just get that through their heads! People may be paying less, but more people are buying and people are buying more. I know I have bought many more books from authors I haven’t read before, or books that I would’ve waited for a copy from the library, with the low prices. I guess I should thank the publishers for watching my budget for me, too bad they’ll be getting less of it.
Moving on, thanks for your advice! The Mighty Bright was on my list, but I wanted some advice from a Kindle user. I’ll look for it at Borders! Also, I wanted to thank you for your Kindle Tips & Tricks! I just changed my screensavers on my Kindle. Gone are the creepy-looking authors and now I have pretty pictures! No smexy men screensavers yet though…
Sorry for the missing words and not making much sense…and the yelling. It’s late and I’m tired.
Time to go read until te wee hours of the morning!
P.S. I’m jealous that you’ve already read Lion’s Heat! I’ve had that pre-ordered for months (along with Magic Bleeds!). I wonder what Amazon’s going to do about pre-orders and the publishers raising prices? They’ve got that price guarentee, hmm…
Well, I’m pleased to know my cherry poppin’ made your Saturday post.
Also pleased that you enjoyed Primal Attraction. I really liked it too. I’ll be reading Primal Hunger in the next few weeks. And, yes, I love PW’s blog. Her photos are amazing and her Black Heel’s story is addictive. Nice post KV
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FV – its sad, I asked hubby to wear a cowboy hat yesterday. He looked at me like I had lost my mind LOL. Its all PW’s fault.
Damn my comment didn’t go through yesterday.
Gasp, how are you reading Lion’s Heat already?!!! Report to me immediately on how awesome the book is.
hmmm I thought I told my spam filter your dirty bum was a’ok to post, but I will double check
Oh Mayer! Totally agree with you! He can put on an awesome show, and those arms? Oh my!
I’m going to have to check out Hunger Games, I’ve been avoiding it, but so many people have said it’s good that I think I’m going to give in and grab a copy.
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