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News: DARKROOM ONLINE LAUNCH PARTY

Monday, April 30th, 2012

Join Joshua Graham, WINNER OF  INTERNATIONAL BOOK  AWARDS,Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble #1 bestselling author LIVE
ON CAMERA as he talks about his latest high-stakes thriller DARKROOM!

We’ll open the chat lines for Q&A’s, and a chance
for readers to win a brand new Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet, Free eBooks, and
autographed copies of paperback and hardcovers by the author
himself!

DATE: MAY. 1st, 2012
TIME: 6:00PM Pacific
/ 9:00PM Eastern

How to join:
– click this link:  http://t.wbx.me/ges8v
– use the guest tab (not registered users tab)
– enter your name in the guest field
– click enter button to join

Announcement: Ramon Terrell – Free Book

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

My friend Ramon Terrell is celebrating the release of his second novel Legends of a Shattered Age next week. To celebrate this, he’s offering a free electonic copy of the first novel in the series, Echoes of a Shattered Age. if you are into fantasy novels and sword and sorcery epic tales, then run and grab your copy. The coupon code is: BV86C.  The link to the book is here

News: Pay What you Can books!

Friday, October 14th, 2011

I just recieved an e-mail about this. for the next 7 days, you can set your own price. If you pay more than retail on a particular book, then she’ll donate a book to a children’s group or shelter, or you can pay what you want and pick up some gifts for those needy families on your list that might not be able to afford the luxury of books.

http://blog.writerslairbooks.com/2011/10/pay-what-you-can-books-really/

News: Congratulations

Thursday, May 26th, 2011

Congratulations goes out to Alison and Jessica who each won a copy of Once We Were Kings in our recent giveaway. For those who didn’t get chosen this time, go to Amazon or Barnes & Noble and pick up a copy of Joshua’s book, you’ll enjoy it.

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News: Congratulations

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

Today we are pleased to announce that author and friend, Joshua Graham, has been awared the 2011 International Book Awards prize for Mystery/Suspense for his novel Beyond Justice.

Mr. Graham will be launching on a publicity tour starting on May 19th, for his latest release.  We will have a review of this novel for you available when it’s time. In the meantime, check out Beyond Justice here and an interview with Mr. Graham here. While you’re at it, why not stop over at his website here and congratulate him.

Advertisement: Shelf Digital Magazine

Friday, June 18th, 2010

SHELF — A NEW DIGITAL MAGAZINE FOR THE IPAD GENERATION

Shelf Media Group announces the September 1 launch of Shelf, a digital-only monthly magazine featuring the best of small press, university press, and self-published books. Each issue of Shelf will include reviews, author interviews, excerpts, photo essays, and more. Shelf will be distributed via Zinio.com, the world’s largest newsstand, for download on computer, iPhone, or iPad.

“With the advent of the iPad, readers can experience and engage with magazines as never before,” says Shelf publisher Margaret Brown. “Shelf maximizes this experience with dynamic design, diverse content, and hotlinks to the authors, publishers, and distributors of the books you’ll want to read next.”

Adds Shelf editor in chief Kathy Wise: “Shelf is at its core about the joy of discovery. It is that feeling you get after spending an afternoon at an indie bookstore, reading first chapters and finding a mind-blowing new talent, as well as something new and unexpected from a writer you’ve loved for years.  It’s about taking that feeling on a plane, on your lunch break, to your best friend’s backyard. It’s about experiencing the best out-of-the-box books in a graphic, mobile, and tree-friendly way.  Shelf is not your mother’s literary magazine.”

Shelf is offering its first issue for free to the first 10,000 people who friend Shelf Mag on Facebook or email a request to info@shelfmediagroup.com.

What’s Really Hood – Blog Tour

Sunday, June 13th, 2010

Today, we’re hosting a blog tour for Wahida Clark.  Ms. Clark is editor and contributor for What’s Really Hood.  Be sure and drop in to see our review of the book, an interview with Ms. Clark, and a giveaway of copies of the book.

You can read the review, here, read an article by Ms. Clark here, see our interview with her here and finally, enter a giveaway for 1 of 5 copies of What’s Really Hood here.

Blog Tour: David Fingerman – Edging Past Reality

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

Be sure and stop by tomorrow and check out our review of Edging Past Reality by David Fingerman. We will also be having an interview with him. You can see the review here and the interview here.

What to look for throughout May

Friday, May 14th, 2010

Here are some of the reviews that will be coming up throughout May.

Street Boners – A Comical look at fashion through mostly ordinary people.
Clean, Green, and Lean – How you can be more green, not only in your diet, but in daily living.
Edging Past Reality – A collection of horror short stories.
The Power of Compassion – A collection of 40 stories based on the ideas of compassion.
9th Judgement – The newest James Patterson Women’s Murder Club thriller.
Spirit – A tale of an out of body experience gone wrong.
What’s Really Hood – An anthology of Urban tales.
A Hole in the Gospel – A Hole exists in our understanding of the Gospel, the writer finds out what that is while working on a mission in Uganda.

My last Blog tour for Pynk was pretty successful, so I”ve signed up to do another for a few books. You can hope to see those in the next couple of weeks. Some blog tours planned right now are for What’s Really Hood, and Edging Past Reality.

We also have a few interviews planned with authors. So far:

Michael Harvey – The Third Rail
Wahida Clark – What’s Really Hood
David Fingerman – Edging Past Reality

Then of course, some giveaways. Scheduled so far is What’s Really Hood, and 9th Judgement. Not to mention our giveaway for Innocent continues until the 19th. Get your entries in if you haven’t entered. May looks to be a fun month, with a variety of books for a variety of readers.

Contest Winners

Saturday, May 1st, 2010

Here are the winners in the contests I’ve been holding this month:

The 5 winners for Sexaholics are: The Silver Devil, Beth C., Thrifty Canuck, Amber, Brat
The 3 Winners for Alex Cross’s Trial are: Alva, Jeff, and Heidi
The 5 Winners for Ironman 2 are: Brandon, Eileen, Melissa, Robert, Anne.
The 3 winners for Presumed Innocent are: Alva, Book Ventures, Brat
The 3 winners for I has a hot dog are: Bri, Cym, and Mozi

Congratulations to all the winners. E-Mails are going out to get your address. If no response within 48 hours, a new name will be drawn. Thanks to Anna and Valeries at Hachette Book Groups for all the giveaway copies.