Wednesday is barely over, and I'm putting up a post? Gasp! Fret not. This will be the first, last, and only edition that you will ever see! In which Goodreads posts its guidlines, fanfictions are published, and books are developed into series.
Competition. Decisions, decisions.
Kirthi of Voyage is starting her blog with a writing competition. She's giving away some awesome prizes! Just click on this link on how to enter and learn the rules. Deadline is at the end of this month, so hurry!
Competition. Decisions, decisions.
(By the by, Crossed Genres is still open for submissions for their January 2013 magazine. The theme is Boundaries.)
There have been numerous complaints involving what exactly is considered a high or low-quality review, along with suggestions that the new guidelines are supporting the notorious and infamous Stop the GR Bullies site.
Community Manager Patrick clarifies their take on Goodreads reviews that are entirely about author behavior.
With regards empty reviews where there are comments about the author...If a conversation starts about why you shelved a book a certain way, that shouldn't have any bearing on the review's status at all. If your post is just a "see comments" where you are essentially trying to get around the review filter, that's different. In the end, all of these are going to be looked at on a case-by-case basis by our team, so I can't say definitively that it will always be one way or the other. (source)Customer Care Manager Kara has mentioned a coming-soon feature that will alert reviewers if their reviews did not pass their guidelines.
After the Fifty Shades of Grey controversy comes another Twilight Fanfiction being published in the erotica market. Originally called The University of Edward Masen, it has been renamed Gabriel's Inferno and Gabriel's Rapture.
Sylvain Reynard has received a seven-figure deal for the work in question. 500,000 paperback copies will be printed by Berkley.
There is more anticipation for this series as Omnific Publishing President comments, "these books transcend the stereotypical romance and take readers on a deep and moving journey that will stay with them forever … We believe that romance readers, who are primarily women, are intelligent, creative, sensitive, and complex, and books like these honor these qualities in those readers." Hopefully, she is right. (source)
Random House decides to get its own TV station! Now isn't that random? Haha--*booed off stage*
Forget making Classics supernatural. It's time to make them... erotic? Total-E-Bound is now publishing classics with an erotic twist. From Charlotte Bronte to Jules Verne, their work is about to get another fanfiction makeover. (source)
There is more anticipation for this series as Omnific Publishing President comments, "these books transcend the stereotypical romance and take readers on a deep and moving journey that will stay with them forever … We believe that romance readers, who are primarily women, are intelligent, creative, sensitive, and complex, and books like these honor these qualities in those readers." Hopefully, she is right. (source)
“The first-look deal with FremantleMedia will reside within Random House Television, a newly created part of Random House Studio, the publisher’s rebranded and expanded entertainment division led by Peter Gethers, President. Random House Television will work together with Random House’s editors and publishers, and their authors’ agents, to identify and acquire performance rights for the full range of broadcast network, cable, and premium television scripted formats. The partnership will also seek to collaborate with Random House authors to develop original scripted television properties they might create.” (source)
Forget making Classics supernatural. It's time to make them... erotic? Total-E-Bound is now publishing classics with an erotic twist. From Charlotte Bronte to Jules Verne, their work is about to get another fanfiction makeover. (source)
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