I got a case of the giggles over the "manly-man heroes" category. There's nothing wrong with it, but for some reason I thought it funny.
Point taken. But there are also several people on this thread who clearly have a big axe to grind against Ravenous no matter how successful and professional it is, and have painted very large targets on the backs of those of us who are working with them. Almost everything I have posted here in response to questions and/or inaccurate rumors has been unfairly twisted and misrepresented by these axe-grinders.
...unlike the brand new Ellora's Cave site which I HATE!!! Nothing was wrong with the old site, why did they change? Gah)
So far, the only thing I've seen indicating any sales was the Galleycat link Sakamonda posted back on page 9. RR was pleased to announce they'd sold "a couple hundred" on their first day.
Lori Perkins had a long post about same on her Ravenous Romance blogspot blog but it has since been removed, though it still shows up in a Google search:
And what, exactly, is the difference between soft pornography and the "erotica" that she is selling over the web for 99 cents (66p) a day? "A better vocabulary."]
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December, to me, that wasn't the issue. Their market is clear. The last two paragraphs read, in my opinion, like the publisher wants to distance herself from her "tawdry" product (this came on the heel of her mentioning that stories by "up to 150 authors" were being sent out by the end of the year). In other words, and again, this is how I read it: her heart isn't really in it, the work is not her thing, but she's keen on chasing the likes of John Updike and Stephen King to contribute.
This is just my interpretation, mind you, but it read as very insulting to the writers already on board and a flagrant put-down and dismissal of their work. After so many "I love our authors" Twitter posts it felt a bit sad and insincere. Or maybe the Twitter posts were from the heart and this recent news is one big inaccuracy?
literati said:Say what you will about this publisher's choice to associate themselves with him, but seems to me it's marketing genius on their part.
Right, the article presents only a part of what they offer
The cellphone concept is apparently a not-yet-launched plan,
Good Lord. We're not just splitting hairs here, we're dancing on pinheads.