Cosmopolitan and Harlequin are launching a line of ebooks called Cosmo Red Hot Reads this summer. Sylvia Day, who originally self-published the bestselling Bared to You, has signed a seven-figure deal to write the first two Red Hot Reads. Read more »
This weekly feature examines certain ebooks’ paths to bestseller-dom, and highlights bestselling titles on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists that are selling more copies in digital than in print. Featured this week: R.L. Mathewson’s “Playing for Keeps” and “Perfection.” Read more »
This weekly feature tells the backstory of how one e-book became a bestseller, and highlights bestselling titles that are selling more copies in digital than in print. This week: The next “50 Shades of Grey”? Read more »
Eleven romance authors of both traditionally published and self-published tittles are banding together to show their commitment to “bringing high standards and professional quality to their self-published works.” Read more »
In a move to build community and learn more about its customers, mid-sized publisher Sourcebooks is launching a romance e-book club that gives members e-books, discounts and access to online parties and live events for $9.99 for six months. Read more »
Fifty Shades of Grey, the erotic novel that started out as Twilight fan fiction and that will now be re-published by Random House’s Vintage,… Read more »
Fifty Shades of Grey, the erotic novel that has risen to the top of the NYT and Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) bestseller lists primarily through word… Read more »
Romance is hot: It generated $1.36 billion in book sales in 2009, making up 13.2 percent of the consumer book market–the largest share of a… Read more »
