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Giveaway: Breadcrumbs

Pam — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:19:08 +0000

So stalking around the blog today you will see that I have a review, and a guest post from the author for Breadcrumbs. I love this book so much and I am so happy that Walden Pond Press is allowing me to give you one too! Just leave a comment telling me and WPP what your favorite fairy tale is then click the I did this button on Rafflecopter!

Meeting Rick Riordan

Pam — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:13:52 +0000

So randomly while at Scholastic I ran into Rick Riordan. Later I tripped over a box in front of him. *fangirl squee* You are seeing Trish from Hey Lady with me in the Scholastic Complex.

Sony gets newspapers!

Pam — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:29:56 +0000

From Yahoo! News

“Sony Electronics, which has delayed the delivery of its electronic book reader, is hoping a deal with News Corp. will make it worth the wait for consumers. The companies sealed a deal Thursday that will enable Sony Reader users to view content from The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post. The deal comes after reports that News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch was unhappy with the company’s deal with Amazon.com for the Kindle.”

“Consumers will have to choose between two different subscription models to access the publications’ digital content, and News Corp. will reportedly get better control of subscriptions. A monthly digital subscription to the Journal will cost $14.99. The price for MarketWatch news and columns is $10.99, and a monthly subscription to the Post will be set at $9.99, according to Sony.”

Source Books, NaNoWriMo, and YA!

Pam — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:04:30 +0000

In case you didn’t know, November is NaNoWriMo Month. Okay I have to admit, I didn’t know either. After some careful research about NaNoWriMo I decided it was about the coolest tool for aspiring writers ever. The deal for November is to write a whole book in a month. You can do it! There is even that whole break for Thanksgiving. The extra cool thing about this year is a contest for aspiring writers.

The really cool people over at Source Books let me know they will be involved in the contest. Details are as such. You write the first 250 words and a working title, from November 1st to November 30th you can submit your entry and the judging process will begin. The cool peeps over at Source will select the 20 best, and send them on to today’s biggest and baddest YA publishing guys who will then pick the winner. So get started on that idea you always had but never found the time to write. You may be asking yourself “what do I win for all my hard work and dedication?”. Here is the scoop:

The Grand Prize Winner will receive a free, 10-week writing course, courtesy of Gotham Writers’ Workshop.

The Top Five Entrants (including the Grand Prize winner) will receive a 15-minute, one-on-one pitch session with Regina Brooks, one of New York’s premier literary agents for young adult books. They will also receive commentary on their submissions by editors at HarperCollins, Penguin, Harlequin, Random House, and Sourcebooks.

The Top 20 Entrants will receive autographed copies of Writing Great Books for Young Adults by Regina Brooks.

Seems to me like a great opportunity for new writers to get those ideas out into the pub world! Let me know if you enter and what your story is about!

Phillipa Gregory The White Queen News

Pam — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:21:28 +0000

The below message is from Phillipa’s newsletter.

Philippa’s site re-launched

Website News

Philippa’s new website is now live at phillipagregory.com. You can keep up-to-date with her work, research and find out more about her new series, The
Cousins’ War, which starts with The White Queen – released globally August 18th.

Twitter Fun

Follow Elizabeth Woodville on Twitter

Elizabeth Woodville, natural beauty, seducer of kings, dabbler in witchcraft, tells
her story on Twitter. Philippa’s new novel, The White Queen, will be reinterpreted
as a series of tweets from its main character Elizabeth Woodville. Tweets to be
posted over 11th to 17th August inclusive, between 17.00 and 20.00 GMT.

Follow Elizabeth at @elizwoodville

View the tweets at your leisure via a specially created application on Philippa’s
website from 18th August 2009.

Tour dates announced

Tour dates announced for the UK, US & Canada between Tuesday, August 18th and
Thursday, October 1st. In series of special events, Philippa will be presenting her
new book, The White Queen. As well as introducing its key characters, Philippa will
take reader questions, sign books and provide an insight into her next book, The Red
Queen.

August 18th – BISHOP’S STORTFORD.7pm. Please call 01279508900 for more information.
August 19th – YORK MINSTER. 7pm. For more information: 01904628740.
August 20th – PRESTON. 7pm. Tickets are £5. Please call 01772683444 for more details.
August 21st – GLASGOW. 7pm. Tickets are £3. Please call 0141 332 9105 for more
information.
August 22nd and 23rd – BOSWORTH BATTLEFIELD. For festival tickets call 01455 290429.
August 24th – WORCESTER. 7pm. Tickets £5. Please call 01905731726 for further info.

US & Canada

September 14th – BOSTON, MA. 7pm. B & N College event @ Tsai Performance Center
September 15th – PRINCETON, NJ. 7pm. Princeton Public Library @ Nassau Presbyterian
September 16th – BROOKLYN, NY. 11am. Berkeley Carroll Upper School **Private event
for students and faculty only
September 16th – NEW YORK, NY. 7pm. Barnes & Noble, 150 East 86th Street
September 17th – TORONTO, ON, 7pm, Indigo Books, 120 Howland Avenue
September 19th – CHICAGO, IL. 1.30pm. Anderson’s Bookshop @ Tivoli Theatre
September 21st – ATLANTA, GA. 7pm. GA Center for the Book @ Decatur Presbyterian
September 23rd – HOUSTON, TX. 7pm. Blue Willow Books (University of Houston Sugarland)
September 26th – SEATTLE, WA. 4pm. West Sound Reads @ Bremerton High School
September 28th – VICTORIA, BC, 7:30pm, The Alix Goolden Performance Hall
October 1st – LOS ANGELES, CA. 11am. LA Public Library. **Private event for Library
Foundation Council.

Bran Hambric News!

Pam — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:27:13 +0000

Bran Hambric is undoubtedly the most anticipiated young adult novel coming this year! Author Kaleb Nation releases his magical work on September 9th of this year. The people over at source books have some awesome news and contests for readers and bloggers. I am going to highlight all the cool Bran Hambric news here in this post, and if you have any questions about Bran just follow @psamuelson01 on Twitter for news about the book.

Kaleb Nation reads the prologue from the ARC version

Goodies for readers and preorders!

Your Readers (and you) Can ENTER to Win!!

Pre-Order Prize Giveaway– (US ONLY) Any person who pre-orders Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse, and sends their e-receipt or scanned receipt to sbpublicity@sourcebooks.com will be entered into a drawing to win one of the following prizes:

Personalized copy of The Farfield Curse (give your copy to a friend!)
Personalized early reader copy of Book 2
Personalized Bran Hambric poster
Half Moon Necklace
Signed CD of soundtrack
$25 gift certificate to local bookstore
Kaleb Nation event at local bookstore (fall 2010)

Contest Rules

One entry per book ordered (so as many entries as books ordered).

Receipts must be dated prior to pub date – September 9, 2009 and bear the subject heading “Bran Hambric Pre-Order Competition.” Winners to be announced September 30, 2009! Send your reciept to: sbpublicity(at)sourcebooks(dot)com

You can email me or leave a comment here to ask how to review the Bran Hambric book and ask what the blogger benefits are. They include a chance to interview Kaleb Nation, win a vlog post on the front page of his heavily trafficked website, along with much much more. This is one of the best blogger, reader incentive campaigns I have yet to see.

Zombie’s the new Vampire?

Pam — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:29:44 +0000

Publisher’s Weekly had an in depth article about a new trend in fiction. Are Zombie’s replacing the Vampire in popular fiction?

“Zombies may have become so popular in the mainstream because they’re so basic they’re almost a blank slate,” says Don D’Auria, executive editor of the Leisure Books horror imprint. “You can read so much into them. They can be a satire on consumerism or a comment on any group-think mentality. Plus, they’re instantly recognizable. Even nonhorror fans know what a zombie is, at least on some level.”

You can read the rest of the article by clicking here.

Bloggiesta Next Weekend, not there then you’re square!

Pam — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:14:52 +0000

Bloggiesta: Be there or be square!

When is Bloggiesta? The date is Friday, June 19th beginning at 8am, Saturday the 20th and ending Sunday the 21st at 8am (8am your time, wherever you are). That is a total of 48 hours, of which you should aim high for a total of 18-24 hours spent on the challenge.

What is Bloggiesta? Well it is a special weekend for bloggers from any genre (ie. mommy, movie review, tech, lit, any blog on the planet), to spend some time doing maintenance on our blogs and social networking sites. The post on exactly how to join, and what exactly you need to be doing is located here at Maw Books (the event coordinator). The button you see to the top left is what brands this challenge so make sure to steal that and put it on your blog with your post detailing what it is you need to get done on your blog!

For optimal participation keep checking back to the post on Maw’s Book Blog and use Twitter Search to follow and use the hash tag for the event #bloggiesta

Now with no further ado, here is the list of things I want to get done this weekend in no particular order (to track my progress check back to this post strike through items are completed):

Business cards designed and ordered from Moo
Add a related posts plugin.
Get Comment Luv to work.
Work on my Myspace getting it all current.
Find new cool people to follow on Twitter.

This list may grow, and I am here to help with anything I have expertise in such as design, how to code a cool post or template for a post, or anything else you see around my blog. So I may have some questions for you ladies and gents in your area of expertise also.

Let’s have fun!

Publishers Weekly Best Seller List

Pam — Mon, 25 May 2009 14:28:21 +0000

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. “Wicked Prey” by John Sandford (Putnam)

2. “Cemetery Dance” by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child (Grand Central Publishing)

3. “Dead and Gone” by Charlaine Harris (Ace)

4. “The 8th Confession” by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown)

5. “First Family” by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)

6. “Pygmy” by Chuck Palahniuk (Doubleday)

7. “The Host” by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown)

8. “Tea Time for the Traditionally Built: The New No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Novel” by Alexander McCall Smith (Pantheon)

9. “Lover Avenged” by J.R. Ward (NAL Hardcover)

10. “Assegai” by Wilbur Smith (Thomas Dunne)

11. “Just Take My Heart” by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster)

12. “Summer on Blossom Street” by Debbie Macomber (Mira)

13. “Loitering with Intent” by Stuart Woods (Putnam Adult)

14. “The Last Child” by John Hart (Minotaur Books)

15. “Road Dogs” by Elmore Leonard (William Morrow)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. “Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment” by Steve Harvey (Amistad)

2. “Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life’s Adversities” by Elizabeth Edwards (Broadway)

3. “Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto” by Mark R. Levin (Threshold Editions)

4. “Master Your Metabolism: The 3 Diet Secrets to Naturally Balancing Your Hormones for a Hot and Healthy Body!” by Jillian Michaels and Mariska van Aalst (Crown)

5. “Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist” by Michael J. Fox (Hyperion)

6. “The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and Friendship” by Jeffrey Zaslow (Gotham)

7. “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion)

8. “Outliers: The Story of Success” by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)

9. “The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide” by Elisabeth Hasselbeck (Center Street)

10. “Losing Mum and Pup” by Christopher Buckley (Twelve)

11. “A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez” by Selena Roberts (Harper)

12. “No Matter What: 9 Steps to Living the Life You Love” by Lisa Nichols (Wellness Central)

13. “Columbine” by Dave Cullen (Twelve)

14. “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne (Atria/Beyond Words)

15. “The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite ” by David Kessler (Rodale Books)

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS

1. “Angels & Demons” by Dan Brown (Pocket)

2. “Sail” by James Patterson and Howard Roughan (Vision)

3. Phantom Prey” by John Sandford (Berkley)

4. “Odd Hours” by Dean Koontz (Bantam)

5. “Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Sanction” by Eric Van Lustbader (Grand Central Publishing)

6. “Just Breathe” by Susan Wiggs (Mira)

7. “Hot Mahogany” by Stuart Woods (Signet)

8. “Burning Wild” by Christine Feehan (Jove)

9. “From Dead to Worse” by Charlaine Harris (Ace)

10. “Careless in Red” by Elizabeth George (Harper)

11. “The Broken Window” by Jeffery Deaver (Pocket Star)

12. “At Last Comes Love” by Mary Balogh (Dell)

13. “Dead Until Dark” by Charlaine Harris (Ace)

14. “Living Dead in Dallas” by Charlaine Harris (Ace; MTI edition)

15. “Dark Summer” by Iris Johansen (St. Martin’s Paperbacks)

TRADE PAPERBACKS

1. “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows (Dial)

2. “The Shack” by William P. Young (Windblown Media)

3. “Vision in White” by Nora Roberts (Berkley Trade)

4. “City of Thieves” by David Benioff (Plume)

5. “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” by Jane Austin and Seth Grahame-Smith (Quirk Books)

6. “Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace … One School at a Time” by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (Penguin)

7. “Love the One You’re With” by Emily Giffin (St. Martin’s Griffin)

8. “Cook Yourself Thin: Skinny Meals You Can Make in Minutes” by Lifetime Television (Voice)

9. “Naturally Thin” Bethenny Frankel with Eve Adamson (Fireside)

10. “Angels & Demons” by Dan Brown (Washington Square Press)

11. “The Middle Place” by Kelly Corrigan (Voice)

12. “Unaccustomed Earth: Stories” by Jhumpa Lahiri (Vintage)

13. “Testimony” by Anita Shreve (Back Bay Books)

14. “Sarahs Key” by Tatiana de Rosnay (St. Martins Griffin)

15. “Star Trek” by Alan Dean Foster (Star Trek; MTI edition)

L.J. Smith Audio Interview

Pam — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:26:10 +0000