Fresh Fiction for August Is Here

Cowboys, castles, and shifters—this month has it all.

Katie H

2 comments posted.

Re: The Perfect Couple (12:20pm August 9, 2009):

This is the first I've heard about the economy effecting writers. I'd love to hear more about the specifics of authors loosing a contract. Is this authors who had a multiple book contract and the last book is not being printed or is it authors who had the last book optioned and the company is declining the option?

I always thought of publishing like Hollywood not truely effected by economy, but have heard from a number of people that have switched from buying to the library.

I thought these days most published authors had multiple book contracts, given the time to write the book are they being released from the contract after the book is written or before the publisher has seen it?

I'll be looking for more information on this topis.

Re: Hot Pursuit (7:11pm August 2, 2009):

Haven't noticed a change...other than I use it more. My library system has a catalog online. We have 112 holds on 36 copies of Hot Pursuit. Before (while working) I requested books online and just picked them up on the way home. Now that I'm not working I find myself browsing the library. What I've found is a lot of book I thought the library didn't have are simply paperbacks and the catalog does not record paperback titles. The problem I run into with new releases is they don't always appear in the catalog until they are received.