March 15, 2002
Volume 1 No. 28
ISSN 1530-5287
eBook Ecstasy
eBook Ecstasy is a free monthly newsletter aimed at introducing readers to great ebooks. In upcoming issues, we plan to include information on worthy ebook news. So, epublishers can feel free to send us their press releases about innovations, authors should send notification of book signings, awards or other achievements and readers should provide feedback as to the features you would like to see added to eBook Ecstasy. This is *your* newsletter.
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Content
Special Announcement
ePublishing News
Sponsors
E-Book Corner
New Releases
Classifieds
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Featured E-Author: Darrell Bain
Featured E-Publisher: Arline Chase and Sandra List
Behind the Scenes: Mary Ann Heathman [removed per request]
Featured Reviewer: Pat Fredeman
Featured Reviewer: Sue Hartigan
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***Special Announcement***
E-authors and E-publishers - If you would like to contribute an article
to eBook Ecstasy, please contact me so we can highlight you and your web sites. E-book reviewers, I am especially
interested in four star reviews of upcoming releases.
Lida E. Quillen 
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1. Best Action/Adventure Novel: Rogues Together by
Edward M. Turner
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Authors and publishers be wary of web sites offering to trade resale
rights to ebooks. A couple of such web sites are entering into agreements
and then posting the books on their sites for free without permission.
They give no rights in return.
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Open Letter to E-Publishers/Authors/Readers
The Future of E-Books
Darrell Bain, author of Hotline to Heaven, Medics Wild
and Postwar Dinosaur Blues
Amazon.com showed the way with print books. Why hasn't anyone done this
with e-books?
Before Amazon came along, those who wanted to shop for print books had
to go to a book store--where only newly published books were available
as a rule--and not nearly all of them and not for very long for any one
title. Anything else had to be ordered, a very expensive process. With
the advent of Amazon.com, though, (followed by B&N, Borders, etc.)
a shopper could go to one web site and order dern near any print book in
the world. In only a few short years the concept proved overwhelmingly
successful.
So, why not e-books? E-publishers complain and complain about slow sales
and they go in and out of business so frequently that their authors have
problems knowing who is viable from week to week, much less the customers.
What's missing? The same thing which isn't missing at Amazon.com, B&N.com,
etc. --a central place to purchase e-books. Why hasn't someone exploited
this niche? If I were a few years younger and had just a little money,
I would try starting a company myself to "warehouse" e-books. As it is,
each publisher tries to sell from their own web site (with a few exceptions)
I will state the following as a fact and anyone who likes can try refuting
it: e-books will not be really successful until a person can sit down at
his/her computer and have access to at least 90% of all the e-books available
AT ONE WEB SITE. AT ONE WEB SITE. Repeat intentional.
What is so hard about this concept? Publishers need not merge or give
up their identities any more than small print publishers do now. They simply
need to make their book list available to a central site and pay the toll,
i.e., 5-10 per cent of the download price to the central site. What's better--having
your e-book available at one site with millions of customers or available
at one site with (at best) thousands of customers?
There are a number of web sites which are attempting to list a catalog
of e-book titles, some even with click-throughs to the publishers, but
it is a hit and miss thing, and isn't customer friendly anyway. Who wants
to have to jump off to another site, fill in more credit card info then
jump back and continue shopping--and do it again and again for different
publishers? Not me, and not a heck of a lot of other people, either. We
want to shop in one place and pay in one place.
Okay, suppose someone starts this company? How do we make not only the
general public but also the already knowledgeable e-book shoppers aware
of it? Simple enough: charge 1 percent of the download price and use this
for advertising. Or more if it takes that.
What about all the different formats? Simple enough, too. E-publishers
would have to make their book available in html format or MS reader, for
example, that anyone could download as the basic one, then others such
as hiEbook could be optional.
What about a cheap, universal e-book reader? When we have a single (or
no more than a few) sites, each of which list ALL e-books for sale, then
a cheap e-book reader will follow. I guarantee no American entrepreneur
would miss out on that opportunity.
Last question: when is someone going to get started on this? Or has
someone? Once in place there's nothing the big boys could do to stop e-books
from capturing their potential market share.
I am open to comment and/or rebuttal.
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Darrell Bain has been writing most of his life though he didn't get
really serious about it until the purchase of his first computer which
made correcting his typing so much easier. In the last ten years he has
had a total of twelve books either published or currently under contract
to be published. Two of his works were finalists for the EPIC 2000 Awards
and another nominated for the Frankfurt e-Book awards. His writing ranges
the gamut of genres from Science Fiction to Romance, from Non-fiction to
Suspense and from Children's books to Humorous Adventure and humorous non-fiction.
Darrell Served a number of years in the military, including two years in
Vietnam. His first published novel, Medics Wild was based in part on his
time in Vietnam.
His e-books are available from Double Dragon eBooks, SynergEbooks.com
and Writers Exchange Publishing.
Get at least one wacky story a month plus much more with his free newsletter,
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All the Way. Subscribe at http://www.authorsden.com/darrellbain
Visit Darrell's website
Copyright © 2002 Darrell Bain.
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Response to: Open Letter to E-Publishers/Authors/Readers
Sandy Cummins, Publisher, Writers Exchange E-Publishing
Darrell, I think mainly the problem would be the overwhelming work load.
You would need to have quite a bit of finance to start because it could
not be a one-person operation, there are just too many books released per
month from all the publishers.
There is another alternative though....
I do something similar, I distribute books by other people at our site,
and it is true that there is less workload that way. The publisher provides
me with the books, blurbs and anything else I need. I just need to code
the webpages and track the sales.
What we need is more cooperation between publishers.
For instance, every month a certain publisher (Lida Quillen of Twilight
Times Books ) sends me her new books to evaluate, once I have read them
to make sure they are up to our editorial standards (which so far they
always have been) or fit in with my vision for my site, I release them
at Writers Exchange along with my own books.
I treat her the way I do one of my authors. she gets 60% of all sales
and like all my authors she has a royalties page she can check at any time.
Once I pay her, it is then her responsibility to pay her authors the correct
ratio.
The only change I make to her distributed books is the line, "This edition
is distributed online by Writers Exchange E-Publishing" - the rest of her
company information (including logos) all remain on the book. So
next time, the customer has a choice between buying again from me or checking out her site.
That sort of arrangement benefits us both and I think should be encouraged
between all publishers.
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Sandy Cummins has been helping writers since her first writing website
appeared on the internet in 1997. Since then she has bought her own
domain and Writers Exchange was born. After winning accolades from
Writers Digest, her writing website expanded to include an electronic publishing
company of the same name
Copyright © 2002 Sandy Cummins
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Response to: Open Letter to E-Publishers/Authors/Readers
Mary Ann Heathman, President & CEO, LionHearted Entertainment, Inc.
[removed per request]
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Mary Ann Heathman is the President & CEO of LionHearted Entertainment,
Inc.
Copyright © 2002 Mary Ann Heathman
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Arline Chase and Sandra List, new owners of eBooksonthe.net
eBe: Why did you get started as an ebook publisher?
Arline: Both my partner, Sandra List,
and I have been enthusiastic about ebooks. I have been an author
on the site since 1999. EbooksOnThe.Net has been in business since
1999, but was due to close in December. We bought the website as of
January 1, 2002, so we are pretty new at this. Sandy is a printer
by trade and we hope to improve the quality of the product.
eBe: Do epublishers currently have a reputation
for producing quality novels?
Arline: One of the most often heard
criticisms of ebooks is that they are filled with typographical errors
that wouldn't be tolerated in printed work. I think in some
cases that is true. I do think on many sites, such as your own Twilight
Times, sell books where the quality is the equal of a print publisher. We want
that to be equally true at EbooksOnThe.net.
Sandy adds: Also, unfortunately ebooks publishing
is gearing up to be the newest "get rich quick" scheme on the internet, and that is a definite detractor to
legitimate companies like ours. "Publish an ebook even if you can't
write!" doesn't do a blessed good thing for the legitimate electronic publishers
on the market.
eBe: What will you do to earn a good reputation for your company?
Arline: Aside from enhancing
the quality of the product? We do have some plans. We believe in
our authors and have formulated a Reading Committee to choose new work for the site
very carefully. We want it to have something for
every reader. We also want our authors to be aware of each and every sale
they make. We want to promote them, and to help them promote their
work.
Sandy adds: I believe that accountability and good
communications will enable us to earn a good reputation
for our company and keep it. I think one of the most
commonly heard complaints I encounter about online businesses is
their lack of customer support. I think that communicating
well, and often, with our customers--both authors and
ebook-buyers--will serve us well.
eBe: What changes, good or bad, have you recently seen in the epublishing industry?
Arline: A lot of sites are closing. That is sad
and I think it's because they anticipated more of a market
than is currently available. There will be a larger market, and we want
to be ready when it arrives.
Sandy adds: I think they anticipated greater and
faster market growth than what actually occurred also. I believe
that some of the closing of sites also has to do with the general dot-com
fallout and drying up of venture capital. But ebook readers and PDAs are
just getting going. Three, four, five years down the line they will be
considered as much of a necessity as a computer is today. I think
also as the technology improves ebook readers will become more popular.
eBe: What do you have to offer that perhaps traditional (print)
publishers do not?
Arline: We offer books are not produced with a
cookie-cutter. There used to be 50 or so independent publishers. Today,
though there are almost as many imprints, there are only about five
mass market publishers all owned by large communications companies
like Disney, and Time-Warner/AOL. Editors used to buy books,
now they have to get approval from the marketing department. I can say
from personal experience that several times my book,
THE GHOST DANCER, got to that stage with print publishers only to be turned down because "they
don't know how to sell it." :D
I have to agree. My book doesn't fit any genre without "falling
through the cracks" as more than one NY agent advised me. But EbooksOnThe.Net
published it two years ago and since then readers have enjoyed it and reviewers
have been generous with their praise.
Sandy adds: I agree that since the costs of book
production (and storage and shipping and warehousing) are not nearly
so much a consideration, that ebook publishers can go out on a narrower
limb. :)
And there is and SHOULD BE a place for literary works that may not be
the stuff of mega-best-sellers. We have a writer
whose book we plan to debut in April. His writing is WONDERFUL.
Quirky, eerie, and definitely not mainstream. And he deserves to be published.
eBe: What genres do you offer?
Arline: We'd like have something for everyone.
In fiction we have mainstream, romance, mystery, sci-fi, literary,
humor--all the usual. In non-fiction we have biography, humor,
poetry, and we are actively seeking how-to, cookbooks and ethnic materials.
We have children's books, teen books, adult novels and books on aging.
Sandy adds: I think we will not limit ourselves
to certain genres for quite a long time. I would
like to see more submissions in terms of reference books--books on collectibles,
etc. I think there is a market for those types of electronic texts.
eBe: What do you see as the future of ebooks?
Arline: We do believe there will be a growing
future for ebooks. We do not believe they will replace paper books anymore
than TV replaced Movies. What we believe is that when folks realize they
can load ebooks into their Palm Pilots or other small pocket devices and
never have to read another year-old copy of Newsweek in anyone's
waiting room again, there will be a growing market for ebooks.
Sandy adds: At the Congressional commission where
I work, Palm Pilots are finally taking off, and the staff is beginning
to comprehend just how much can be packed into a small PDA. There will
come a day when they will not have to haul a suitcaseful of treaty documents
and hearing transcripts all the way to Warsaw or Vienna or Lisbon or Istanbul.
They will have the resources they need to perform their tasks at their
fingertips.
Ease of use. Clear communication. Ready availability.
We are working on it!
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Arline Chase is a writer who writes 'some of everything.' She
is the author of the novel The Ghost Dancer, a romantic
tale of adventure and spirituality, co-author of
the non-fiction title How to Promote and Advertise & Market
Your Published Books, [available from Write Words, Inc.] and
author of six ebooks including the short story collection The Drowned Land.
That collection won the Maryland Governor's Award in 1984 and was
an Eppie Finalist in 2000.
She has published more than 500 short stories and articles
in national and local magazines, spent five years as a working
journalist covering "cops and courts and her mystery novella, "Final
Exit," was a first place winner in the A&E Mystery Writing Contest.
Becoming an ebook publisher is a step in a new direction for her:
it's a challenge, but a welcome one. You can visit her website at
www.arlinechase.com or contact her by email arline@mail.com.
Sandra List is a federal printer who works on Capitol Hill. She has
a master's degree from The Writing Seminars at Johns
Hopkins University, and has completed two novels. She is an avid jewelry
designer and her work can be found at http://www.gingertree.com.
She has been selling online for many years via online auctions and from
her own site and is an incurable web addict.
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Title: Jerome and the Seraph
A modest and kindly friar dies and goes - somewhere. Where he
is not sure, because no one else is there. It isn't "easy being dead,"
he discovers. No one to ask. No one to talk to. Except
a cat, who comes and goes and who looks exactly like the ginger tom who
silently patrolled the friary that Brother Jerome used to call home.
But in the new place, erstwhile Leo sports a new name: Quantum. Now
he can talk and he knows things - things backwards and forwards and up
and down - and he manages all past and present time zones simultaneously.
Brother Jerome develops a headache: He cannot understand who? what?
where? when? how? why?
Quantum is patient though a trifle condescending at times. This
is understandable, for, like all cats, Quantum seems to know all the answers
to whatever, wherever, whenever, however, whoever, and whyever. When
Jerome fails to sufficiently understand the principles of gate-making and
particle dispersion that will allow him to trip back to the friary for
a little human-type companionship, albeit a trifle unilateral and ghostly
in rapport, and ends up fused with an oak tree, like unto a pagan dryad,
Quantum is Mystery Cat on the Spot to extricate him. After several
lessons in the art of focusing, concentrating, looking, seeing extraterrestrially,
and holding on to his new mental dimension, Jerome becomes more adept and
less of "an unguided missile" traveler who freaks out still-earthbound-but-already-on-the-path
fellow friars by peeking out of portraits and popping out of headstones.
There are mysteries at the friary, and Brother Jerome does his bit to
solve them. The devil is in the details, but Jerome has one "hellava
cat" to assist him. Most everyone gets in on the act, from Pagan
Pan to Pre-Raphaelite William Holman Hunt. The brothers, including
the "beyond-the-grave branch," help thread the tapestry: Bernie,
Iggy, Semper Fidelis, Angus Dei, Valentine, Eggy, Peter, Olly, and Al.
Golden-eyed Quantum knows them all and knows how to target, select, and
weave continuously. Is he autonomous or not? For a cat, he seems
to get along respectfully well with The Hound of Heaven.
Amid a plethora of reading material that shows man brutally subjugating
matter, churning titanic waves in the environment, solving absurdly clever
puzzles, and moving mountains to make love ring true, who would have thought
such a seraphically smug cat could represent such basic, intelligent change
in the interests of spiritual consummation? Robina Williams has tackled
the oldest and most troubling question known to thinking and spiritually
concerned humans. JEROME AND THE SERAPH is a charming and deceptively simple
story, filled with delightful puns and serenely sly humor. It is
a book to cherish.
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Pat Fredeman is the author of Paradise Regained.
Copyright © 2002 Pat Fredeman.
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5 daggers
COLORADO SPITFIRE is labeled as a western romance, but it is a whole
lot more, in my opinion. This wonderful book is a mixture of romance,
mystery, and intrigue, all with the west as a backdrop. You will
cry one minute, laugh the next, and all the time you are doing this, you
will be sitting on the edge of your chair in anticipation of what will
happen next.
Kirk Sander owned a huge parcel of land, and had worked his whole life
making it into what he wanted it to be. A very successful ranch,
and home, for his family. Then one day he was murdered. Murdered
by a very wealthy, and selfish, rancher who wanted that land, as his own,
Sam Evans. When Kirk was killed it was up to Billy to take over the
ranch and keep it going. There was only one problem, Billy Sander
was Kirk’s daughter, and girls just weren’t supposed to be ranchers.
...While Billy is trying to protect what is hers, a man appears wanting
work. Dwayne Ingham, a drifter, shows up in town. He has a
job to do. But in the meantime he hires on at the ranch. There is
instant sexual chemistry between Billy and Dwayne. And with
him, Billy lets her guard down and is herself. Meanwhile another
drifter comes onto the ranch, also looking for work. Herb Walker
also has a job to do, but in the meantime he signs on at the Sander Ranch
also, bringing with him secrets about his past. Both men are very
attracted to Billy, but she only has eyes for one, Dwayne. And she
makes that very clear to both men.
...Ms. Tudor has drafted an exciting story with even more exciting,
and colorful, characters using the west as the backdrop. She has
made these characters both authentic and believable, while not trapping
them in the stereotypical old west “shoot ‘em up”. She has managed
to combine mystery, love, thrills, and deceit in a story that is so compelling
that you just become hypnotized. You will find each, and every, character
very bold, and brilliantly crafted. So much so, that you can actually
feel what they are feeling, and either sympathize, hate, or love them.
They are real, and become old friends very quickly.
I really loved COLORADO SPITFIRE. For those of you who love westerns,
you will be in awe, and totally at home, with this one. For those
of you who think you do not like westerns, are you in for a big surprise.
COLORADO SPITFIRE is so brilliantly crafted that it could have been written
in any time period, and any setting. But by using the old west, Ms
Tudor has made it even more wonderful. I recommend that everyone
go out and buy this terrific book. I know you will be very, very
pleased with it, and want only what I wanted when I finally read that last
page. More from the very talented author, Glenda D. Tudor.
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Sue Hartigan is a member of RIO and reviewer for All About Murder Reviews.
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Atlantic Bridge Publishing
Grimm
Shades
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Head Over Heels
The Singing Trees
Time Tripper
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Neon Blue
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Leprechaun Magic
St. Patrick and the Snakes
Switch
The Banshee of Kildare
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The Body Shop and Other Amusements
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Musk Rain
Prairie Fire
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Memoirs of an Insignificant Dragon
Prophecy: The Awakening
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Herds
Smoke
The Biofab War
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Alien Love
Beasts Are Us
Redshift Rendezvous
Resurrection, Inc.
The Gallows in the Greenwood
The Wages Of Justice: Book 1 of The Wages Trilogy
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Deadly Omen
Eagle of Darkness
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The Next Heir
Whiteout
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Mariah's Love
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Journey of the Eagle
Married by Mistake
The Scent of Stone
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Lazarus Drop
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A Creative Edge: Tales of Speculation
Darkly, Darkly
Jerome and the Seraph
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My Pretty Lady
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Hotline to Heaven
Prince of Shadows: Book 1 of the Shadows Trilogy
The L'Arobi Frame
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Eyes of Truth
Life-One
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Snowballs in July
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Strong Arms of the Law
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Annette Gisby is pleased to announce the release of her first
e-book, Writing the Dream, now available from ebookad.com. Part
autobiographical, part how-to, Writing the Dream gives the real
story on what it's like to publish a book. Find the answers to all those
questions you wanted to know but were afraid to ask.
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ePublishing News
http://www.blackgate.com
An illustrated version of A Creative Edge: Tales of
Speculation by Steve Lazarowitz will be available soon. More details
in a fascinating conversation with the artist, Dmitry "Deems" Kopytyn,
in "Shattered Fragments," a column by Steve in the March issue of The
Wandering Troll.
http://www.thetroll.net/shatterfragments.htm
Canadian eAuthors launch their first Canadian eAnthology. "Looking
in. Portraits of the Canadian Soul", an anthology that features original
stories written by fourteen Canadian eAuthors. Totally free eAnthology,
available from the CeA website
(http://ceauthors.com/ceanthology.htm)
Christian E-Authors, a new web site promoting the electronic
works of inspirational authors from around the world! For interested authors
and publishers, we have a Yahoo list group: christian-e-author-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
http://christianeauthor.com
Confessions of a Slush Pile Reader by Patricia Chui. This article
provides a little insight into the submission process.
http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/02/25/slush/index.html
DistantWorlds.net 3rd Annual Short Story Competition. First
Place - $300; Second Place - $200; Third Place - $100.
No entry fee. SF/F stories up to 6000 words. Deadline for all submissions
May 31st, 2002.
http://www.distantworlds.net
Dragonfly Publishing. Starting April 1st, the web site will
have a new look, books will be offered in several new formats and automated
downloads will soon be available. New titles and publishers coming too.
http://www.dragonflypubs.com/
E2K Flash Fiction Contest begins March 15, 2002 and runs through
May 15, 2002. 1st Prize: $100; 2nd Prize $50; 3rd through 5th runners up:
publication and $25. Stories must be 1,000 words or less. Contest rules
posted on the web site
(http://www.netauthor.org/e2k/contest/)
eBookAd.Com has revamped their web site and is more user-friendly
now. They have introduced an affiliate program, where members of eBookAd.com
can earn a 10% commission on sales by sending visitors to eBookAd.com through
the approved links they provide for the members' websites.
http://www.ebookad.com/joinaff.php3
Edgar awards. You have to be a member of Mystery Writers of
America, but ebooks are eligible for the Edgar awards. For anyone published in 2002, eligibility rules:
http://www.mysterywriters.org/awards
Congratulations to the following 2002 Eppie Award winners.
2. Best Contemporary Romance Novel: Cowboy in My Pocket
by Kate Douglas
3. Best Historical Romance Novel: Dakota Dawn by
Marion Marshall
4. Best Fantasy/Paranormal Romance Novel: Shadow in Starlight
by Shannah Biondine
5. Best Romantic Suspense Novel: (Tie) Siren's Song by
Kimberly Grey and Midnight Intentions by Michele Bardsley
6. Best Single Title/Mainstream Novel: Cousin
Feely by J.B. Jones
7. Best Fantasy Novel: (Tie) Winter's Orphans by
Elaine Corvidae and The Crystal Throne by Kathryn Sullivan
8. Best Science Fiction Novel: Mothership by Tony
Chandler
9. Best Horror Novel: (Tie) Borderland by W.J. Calabrese
and Fate by Robert Arthur Smith
10. Best Mystery Novel: (Tie) Twice Dead by Elizabeth Dearl
and
Buried in Baltimore by Louise Titchener
11. Best Thriller Novel: For Honor by Yvonne Harris
12. Best Historical Novel: Treason by Meredith Whitford
13. Best Inspirational Novel: Sea of Hope by Penelope Marzec
14. Best Young Adult Novel: A Star for Courage by Elizabeth
Main
15. Best Children's Book: Mystery Of The Octagon House by Gay
Kinman
16. Best Anthology: Blood, Threat & Fears by Dearl,
Iles, Spindler, & Sontup
17. Best Poetry Collection: Murder by David Halliday
18. Best Nonfiction Self Help: Become a Romance Writer by Lori
Soard
19. Best Nonfiction Philosophy: The Price of Freedom by Alexander
V. Domokos Domokos & Rita Toews
20. Best Western Novel: (Tie) Ride a Cold Wind by Judith R.
Parker and Man Hunter by Dusty Rhodes
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Jeff Kirvin on the future of the publishing industry in his
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KnowBetter.com has established a survey of ebook users in an
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Larraine Stacey, author of The Chaos Scroll, was Spotlight
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Mushroom eBooks is part of Mushroom Publishing, a UK based print
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Open eBook Forum (OeBF) has launched an "Open an eBook" campaign.
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Scribes World is interested in interviewing authors who have
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Writing contest. The Eternal Night is looking for SF
stories minimum of 3,000 words (no maximum limit). The story must take
place entirely at night or have night as the central theme. Language and
subject matter PG-13. Winner will receive a signed print by David A. Hardy
and a cash amount of US $50. All entries must be received by July 31, 2002.
http://www.eternalnight.co.uk/chronicle/c11/writingcontest.html
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e-Vampires.net News. Premiere Issue March 15th. For readers
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Twilight Times Books is offering some exciting
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of Speculation by Steve Lazarowitz, Darkly, Darkly by Robert
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