Re: Longing for a quickie
Dear Readers,
While the Ja(y)nes at Dear Author are working on increasing the buzz around ebooks, Solaine at Colorful Reviews caters to the ebook veterans. Of course, print books will always be the leaders of the pack, but the reality is that erotic romance stories in print are hard to come by in South Africa (that’s where I live, btw). For those of us who’ve been on the ebook bandwagon for a while now, the issues are beyond “are ebooks as good as print books.” I’d like to address the increasing prices of ebooks: at $5.95 for a 150 page book, I have to wonder if I’m getting the bang I seek for my buck. More importantly, you can’t throw an ebook at the wall, re-sell it, donate it to the the library, or even use is as fuel to stoke the fire during the cold June/July months. At $2.99 a pop, a quickie that turns out bad almost seems worth the effort (Sure glad I didn’t buy a full length novel from that author). So for the month of June, I will be reviewing quickies, shorts, heatwaves, whatever you want to call them, as long as they are $2.99 or less! Hopefully by the end of the month, I’ll have a couple more full length stories to add to my TBR pile. At the very least, I’ll know who NOT to buy full length novels from.
So, any recommendations?
May 25th, 2006 at 12:00 pm
eek…I’ll pay you not to review WD (I really needed to fix that ending! It’s schmaltzy)
:-)
May 25th, 2006 at 12:14 pm
I have a great recommendation for you…try the Sexy Confessions to Venus over at Venus Press. They are $1.49 and get straight to the point, all bang for the buck and a half :-) Who knows, you may find some new favorite authors in the bunch.
Captive in a Cage is mine, a paranormal, but is not out yet, however, there is a large selection out already.
Or, head over to Whiskey Creek Press Torrid and try their Teasers. Those are 2 stories under one cover. Sometimes by different authors and other times by the same.
Hope you enjoy the quest and good luck!
Tilly
May 26th, 2006 at 4:23 am
Ann, I won’t review it if you truly don’t want me to…*sigh*
Tilly - Thanks, I didn’t know VP offerred those short stories. I’ll check those and WCP out.
May 26th, 2006 at 9:28 am
This isn’t a new issue either. In fact it’s one that’s been discussed numerous times at various romance blogging sites. From what I understand it’s not the page count that matters, but the word count, since the pages are formatted differently online and in print. As for the lack of resale value, well, you find that in lots of other products. Do you demand your money back because the movie you rented at Blockbuster was asinine?
May 26th, 2006 at 9:29 am
Oh, forgot to say how much I love your format. So fresh and original!
May 26th, 2006 at 6:14 pm
Jay,
Thank you!
I’ve not thought of ebooks like rented movies, for some reason when I think of books, I think of the fundamental qualities of sharing, lending a copy, spreading the love. The main point about not being able to share an ebook, either for a reluctant friend or as a gift (CGs take out the “personalized” aspect) in ways that you can for almost all other types of merchandises, make it in its own category, I think.
May 27th, 2006 at 4:03 pm
Scarlet at realms of love did give it 4.5 crowns, just found the review. I’m kinda shocked. I really think the ending needed more work. But, then, Harnessed Angels’ ending needed more work and someone gave it a 5. That’s what I need…people who don’t have to have unambiguous endings :-)
May 28th, 2006 at 7:20 am
Ok now I am reviewing it. And you know I’ll be honest (I haven’t read it yet, going to soon, though).
May 29th, 2006 at 9:37 am
You changed your layout!
It looks terrific!
Changeling Press has lots of great Quickies - I’ll admit to getting my Quickie fixes there, lol.
www.changelingpress.com
May 29th, 2006 at 10:06 am
Hi Sam, I did! Haha, thanks. We’ll see how long it lasts, I get bored easily.
Yes I heard that mostly all of Changeling are quickies, right?
May 30th, 2006 at 6:30 am
Hi! I’m Silvia Violet and I write for Changeling Press which publishes novellas (12-28K) and shorts called Hot Flashes (3-8K). I have a m/m/f Hot Flash called A Day At the office: http://changelingpress.com/product.php?&upt=book&ubid=300
And I also recommend Lady’s Jeana’s Ride by Emma Ray Garrett and Crooked Triangle by Lexxie Cooper.
Silvia
May 30th, 2006 at 3:43 pm
Hi Silvia! Thanks for the recommendations.
May 30th, 2006 at 4:15 pm
You’re welcome Solaine!
Silvia
June 9th, 2006 at 12:40 am
Thanks, Silvia! I highly recommend Silvia’s Shifters Station series, as well as The Witching Hour by Marteeka Karland!
http://www.changelingpress.com/product.php?&upt=book&ubid=360 Silvia’s newest!
http://www.changelingpress.com/product.php?&upt=book&ubid=345 Marteeka’s newest.