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 …

Guest Post by Author Lila DiPasqua + Giveaway

Today we have the pleasure to welcome Lila DiPasqua on Book Lovers Inc. Lila was here in July to promote her first book, Awakened by A kiss and we are now very happy to welcome her again for the release of her second book The Princess in His Bed. Her sexy twists on fairy tales won’t leave you cold, I promise you. *wink* Stay tuned and you could win one of her books. Bienvenue Lila
What kind of woman can charm a charming rake? . . .by Lila DiPasqua
I’ve written a historical romance anthology for Berkley. It’s rather scandalous. My new release, (second in my Fiery Tales series), THE PRINCESS IN HIS BED, is a Fiery Tales collection – steamy retellings of three classic fairy tales in the one book. I love it when historical heroes are sinfully seductive bad …

Review: Storm Warning by Toni Anderson

Format Read: e-BookNumber of Pages: 240 pagesPublisher: Carina PressRelease date: October 11, 2010Formats Available: e-BookSource: Review Copy provided by NetGalley courtesy of Carina Press Purchase information: Goodreads, Carina Press, Amazon, All Romance/OmniLit, Author Website

Book Blurb:

Sorcha Logan is looking for peace.

Recently returned to her hometown on Scotland’s craggy coast, Sorcha wants to tame the spirits that made her flee. When she finds a corpse in the surf, however, she can’t suppress the memory of discovering her father’s body. Nor can she suppress the ghosts that haunt her—or the town’s conviction that she’s dangerous, and a witch.

Ben Foley is looking for a killer.

An American DEA agent, Ben is in town to investigate the suspicious death of his partner. He’s sure that Sorcha knows more than she’s letting on—but the more time he …

Review: Tweet Heart by Elizabeth Rudnick

Format Read:  PaperbackNumber of Pages:  264 pagesRelease Date:  22 June 2010Publisher:  Hyperion TeensFormats Available:  Paperback.Purchasing Info: Book Depository, Elizabeth Rudnick, Good ReadsBook Blurb:

Claire is a #hopelessromantic. Lottie is determined to set up her BFF with Mr. Perfect. Will wants his #secretcrush to finally notice him. Bennett is a man with a plan.

Claire can’t believe it when her dream guy starts following her on Twitter. She never thought he noticed her, and suddenly he seems to understand her better than almost anyone.

But the Twitterverse can be a confusing place, especially when friends act differently online than they do in person. Things get even more complicated when Claire realizes she’s falling for someone else, the last person she ever would have expected….

Told in an innovative format combining tweets, emails, and blogs, Tweet …