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Our dear author friend Carleen Brice's novel Orange, Mint & Honey will air on Lifetime TV Febrary 21, 2009 as "Sins of the Mother." The movie will star: Jill Scott(Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married) If you haven't read the book, this is a great time to before the movie. Or a host a bookclub/movie night to watch the movie.
Hmmm...maybe I should do that for my birthday. If you live in Atlanta and would love to view the movie with me, let's make it happen. We can do it nationwide at our girlfriend's and Mama Nem's house. Online Facebook and Twitter. Wachoothink? Whatweeatin? Don't forget to bring your book. You can purchase it online here.
This morning my newstream buzz is all the Twitter over Apple's Steve Jobs announcement of iPad yesterday. Below are the most interesting thoughts, all regarding e-book pricing and ending Amazon domination.
if Amazon ends up as the primary distributor and sets the prices for ebooks — well, that leaves publishers pretty scared they’ll be cut out... But — for now — it looks like the iBook store may allow publishers more say in setting the prices of ebooks. Which puts Amazon’s marketshare squarely in Apple’s sights.
This is a huge concern for authors. Not predicting the future, but let's be real eventually ebooks/ibooks will begin to profit, but will authors?
Washington Post's "Think iBooks Looks Familiar? You're Not The Only One"...Was the iBook interface copied from Delicious Library. Delicious Monster Founder Will Shipley says, "yes."This story interested me most. I don't understand why there wasn't a nod to Delicious Monster like there was to Amazon.
"In fact, because the iPad can run any iPhone app with no modification, that means even the Kindle for iPhone() app will run on the iPad, giving iPad users instant access to Amazon’s library of Kindle-formatted books."
Please discuss here or on Twitter. Use hashtag #iThink.
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It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book!
You never know when I might play a wild card on you!
***Special thanks to Valerie M. Russo of Hachette Book Group for sending me a review copy.***
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Yolanda Adams is listed among the artists who have achieved the greatest critical and commercial success in blending R&B styles with gospel music. She has released twelve albums, two of which were certified platinum, one gold, and has won over twenty awards for her music. She currently hosts The Yolanda Adams Morning Show and makes her home in Houston. You can find out more about Yolanda at
So iBooks again, a great reader, a great online bookstore. All in one really great app. We use the ePub format. We're very excited about this."
Just a few minutes ago Steve Jobs revealed the iBook feature in his new iPad. it has a built in ibookstore, e-reader format, you can change the font of the text. Penguin, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, Hachett & McMillan already have an agreement with them. I'm sure other publishers will soon follow.
My review: So far I believe Selah would need this. Most of her school books are online. I could see her doing school reports on this. It's very light. i like the prepaid/no contract deal with AT & T for mobile. But I have a Sprint 4g hub in the house, so we're covered. Thank you Jesus.
Priced starting at $499. Awesome.
What do you think?
Will netbooks be a thing of the past?
Will thie iBook save publishing?
And how much will authors make from iBook downloads?
Today is the day that Steve Jobs will reveal his iSlate/Apple Tablet/name in question device that has been rumored to rival all e-readers.
On CNBC yesterday McGraw-Hill Chairman and CEO Terry McGraw:
Yeah, very exciting. Yes, they'll[Apple] make their announcement tomorrow on this one. We have worked with Apple for quite a while, and the tablet is going to be based on the iPhone operating system, and so it will be transferable.
So what you are going to be able to do now is, we have a consortium of e-books. And we have 95 percent of all our materials that are in e-book format on that one. So now, with the tablet, you're going to open up the higher-education market, the professional market. The tablet is going to be just really terrific.
What makes this device better than what's out and what's still being shipped out there? You'll have to wait until 10 a.m. PST today to find out.
Who will be watching today with me? My chief concern is what will this devise do for digital media? Will it save print publications, publishing? If 44% of Google Readers aren't reading past the links, does that mean we are living in a time of Informaion Overload or growing Adult Illiteracy...wachoothink? Respond here or on Twitter. Use Hashtag #applez
On an off-topic note Ron Marshall has resigned as CEO of Borders Group, Inc. Could Border's drop in holiday sales be the cause of his departure?
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Today's Trailer Park Tuesday is my buddy, Nicole Seitz brilliant novel Saving Cicadas (December 2009.)
I receive many emails from aspiring writers and published ones about assistance and support, particularly about finding critique partners and good writer's groups. God is very good to me, because He gave me what I believe is the best Write-or-Die chicks in the land. These ladies have prayed, championed, tough loved and pushed me to be who I am. So I am honored to chop it up with my friend Rhonda McKnight, who I have dubbed the Book Club Queen. Since Valentine's Day, American Heart Month and my birthday are just around the corner she was the perfect choice for my first author interview of the decade.
