Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

Publishers are going to offer book apps with interactive content aimed at Christmas. Publishers like Penguin and the Hachette group are hoping to capitalise on the popularity of ereading devices like the ipad/iphones and to increase and expand on the interactivity of ebooks.

Scientists have made a breakthrough with e-ink technology by making it cheaper and actually disposable. This could make printing documents/texts a thing of the past and has wider implications and possibilities with other products and tech. 

Barnes and Noble is having an awesome sale right on ebay, for Black Friday sales, with the Wifi Nook going on sale for $99 – the 3G version is slightly higher at $119.

The cover for the next Sookie Stackhouse book has been posted! Dead Reckoning is slated for release next May.

Sourcebooks will …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

In the next latest twist and turns of publishing, Amazon has made overtures to agents by bypassing publishers to reach and negotiate new deals that bypasses publishers. I suspect that this is in part of the new agency agreements that is in place due to the publishers but also another move that shows Amazon is becoming more interested in publishing directly to their customers/

More shakey news from Dorchester, their chief CEO has departed John Priebich has departed the trouble-ridden publisher although a new CEO was announced to take his place. Publishers Weekly stated that Robert who was formaly CEO of Backe Marketing will take his place.

A Forrester Research study has announced that e-books will become the default format by 2015. This year’s growth of ebook sales have surpassed expectations and like I highlighted …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

This week we have some major announcements from the New York Times and some fun tidbits from long-awaited books!

The ereading market has reached and broken the 1 billion dollars barrier. The growth of ebooks in the past year is the fastest growing section publishing and there is projected figures that it will reach $3 billion dollars by 2015.

Another sign of the increasing popularity and growth of ebooks – The New York Times has announced that it will start to count ebooks in their bestseller list, which will start early next year. They will compile data from retailers and publishers as well as other sources.

The New York Times have also reported the FPD tradeshow in Tokyo this week, a Chinese company called Hanvon will be producing and releasing the first colour e-ink screens for their ereader. …

Review: Demon’s Fall by Karalynn Lee

Format Read: e-BookNumber of Pages: 240 pagesPublisher: Carina PressRelease date: October 25, 2010Formats Available: e-BookSource: Review Copy provided by NetGalley courtesy of Carina Press Purchase information: Goodreads, Carina Press, Author Website

Book Blurb:

When Kenan, an incubus, finds a caged angel for sale in the Hellsgate marketplace, he sees her as a challenge. Certain that his skills in seduction will work as well on a heavenly creature as they do on mortal women, he buys Jahel, intent on having her soul as a novelty in his collection.

Knowing he must gain Jahel’s trust if she is to come to his bed willingly, Kenan treats her more as his guest than as his slave. When she reveals what brought her to the mouth of Hell in the first place-retrieving the soul of a young girl she was …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

We have a whole slew of book covers and chapter excerpts up this week from anticipated releases.

First up – Karen Chance has posted the cover of Hunt The Moon, the 5th Cassie Palmer book along with the first 2 chapters of the book. If you want to torture yourself, there is nekked Pritkin mentioned!

Ilona Andrews has posted the cover for the 5th Kate Daniels book, Magic Slays on her blog. Is it June yet? 

Maria V.Snyder has posted an excerpt from Outside in the Scifi dystopian YA which is the sequel Inside Out.

Melissa Marr is working on an adult novel, called Graveminder which is scheduled for release next June.

Lisa Kleypas, in an interview with All About Romance, has stated that …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

Great news for Tolkien fans! The Hobbit movies have been greenlit by New Line Cinema and Warner Brothers and it will be filmed in New Zealand, despite previous issues with unions who had a disagreement about working conditions in the country. The movies have been dogged with problems, such as disagreements about rights and schedule clashes that led to the original director, Guillermo Del Toro who had to drop out, but led to Peter Jackson who take the helm. The two movies will be filmed back to back and will star, Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins and Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield.

Ang Lee is attached to the Book prize-winning book, Life of Pi by Yann Martel. It will be shot in 3D and will star an unknown in the lead role, Suraj Sharma. Shooting …

Around the Bookish World: News Week-in-Review

This week we have news from authors, more covers and developments in the world of publishing!

Debbie Macomber has signed up for a six book deal for Random House. The first book will be released in 2012 and will also involve audio and ebook rights as well paper/hardback print rights.
She stated that

 “I am delighted and grateful to find a home with the energetic, inspired, and extremely impressive team at Ballantine Bantam Dell. I’m looking forward to a new stage in my 28-year publishing career, full of fresh ideas and exciting opportunities to bring my stories to the widest possible audience, and to deepen my long-term relationships with my loyal readers.”

Phillipa Gregory, the author behind the popular historical novels, The Boleyn Girl and The White Queen has also signed up for a three book deal for Simon and …

Review: Space Fever by Kate Donovan

Format Read: EbookNumber of Pages: 97Release Date: July 21st, 2010Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.Formats Available: EbookPurchasing Info: Author’s Website, GoodReads, Samhain Website, My Bookstore & More

Book Blurb:

He can save her planet, but only if she saves him first.
Cabrielle is glad her father never lived to see his defraction technology in the hands of the rebels. Now the only hope for her planet’s survival is Torr, the Zentarin who’s training Cortierra’s pilots.
Except Torr is suffering from an untimely case of lust fever—two years ahead of schedule. He must return home to mate with a Zentarin female, or die… Unless by some miracle a Cortierran female exists who might satisfy him.
Sleeping with the hunky offworlder isn’t exactly the way Cabbie planned to redeem the family name, but she’ll do anything to defend her home. Even use her body rather …

13 to Life by Shannon Delany

Format Read: Bought bookNumber of Pages: 308 pagesRelease Date: June 22nd 2010Publisher: St Martins GriffinFormats Available: Paperback, eBookPurchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon, Book Depository UK, Book Depository US

Book Blurb:
Something strange is stalking the small town of Junction…

When junior Jess Gillmansen gets called out of class by Guidance, she can only presume it’s for one of two reasons. Either they’ve finally figured out who wrote the scathing anti-jock editorial in the school newspaper or they’re hosting yet another intervention for her about her mom. Although far from expecting it, she’s relieved to discover Guidance just wants her to show a new student around—but he comes with issues of his own including a police escort.
The newest member of Junction High, Pietr Rusakova has secrets to hide–secrets that will bring big trouble to the small town of Junction—secrets …

Review: Ruthless by Anne Stuart

Format Read: eARCNumber of Pages: 400Release Date: August 1st, 2010Publisher: MiraFormats Available: Mass Market Paperback, eBookPurchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon, Book Depository US, Book Depository UK

I received this book as a review copy from the publisher through netgalley.Book Blurb:

Few outsiders will ever witness the dark misdeeds of the Heavenly Host. And among this secret society, where exiled Georgian aristocrats gather to indulge their carnal
desires, fewer still can match the insatiable appetite of their chief provocateur, the mysterious Viscount Rohan.
Pursuit of physical pleasure is both his preferred pastime and his most pressing urge, until he encounters the fascination of a woman who won’t be swayed. And while
his dark seduction appalls the pure and impoverished Elinor Harriman, she finds herself intrigued…and secretly drawn to the man behind the desire.

My Thoughts:
I am a huge fan …