Nora Roberts' Harlequin publishers report rising sales despite recession

Harlequin relies heavily on the enduring popularity of Nora Roberts' novels in increasing its sales, a fact that is not included in the Time article. Since 1997 Harlequin has regularly issued omnibus reprint editions of the novels Roberts originally wrote for Silhouette Romances, a company Harlequin acquired in 1984. Although Roberts ceased writing new titles for Harlequin in 2002, the company has continued to reissue her early works in its Harlequin Special Releases series.

Harlequin has scheduled three more omnibus reprints to appear during the remainder of 2009. Windfall, to be released September 29, will contain Roberts' 1989 novella "Impulse" and the 1987 novel Temptation. Western Skies, containing Song of the West (1982) and Boundary Lines (1985), will follow on October 27. November 24 will see the release of Worth the Risk, Harlequin's reissue of Partners (1985) and The Art of Deception (1986).

How Nora Roberts Became America’s Most Popular Novelist.

According to Collins, romance novels, which are generally written by and for women, focus on emotion, and emotions can be easily dismissed. Furthermore, critics sometimes forget that romantic fiction is a genre, and its writers are bound by the conventions of that genre. These critics confuse following such conventions with a lack of imagination. Collins also provides a brief discussion of romantic fiction from Samuel Richardson’s 1740 novel, Pamela, to the present day.

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Romance authors call for change in their national organization

As I'm only a blogger who shares author buzz and writes book reviews I'm not sure I understand this topic. However, over the weekend there was a lot of posting on Twitter and even a Yahoo Group has been set up concerning Epub. Here is an article the Examiner has posted.


galley Cat post


Bookseller.com post

Just after reading the above, the Examiner has another article which gives one more insite into the debate. You can read it here.

Publisher Weekly on Epub

"RWA Drama, Take 3,456,112" From I Read Romance.com their take on the publishing issue.


Dear Authors Post on Digital Publishing - Here is a June 19th post concerning the very controversial subject hitting the internet

From Susan Saville’s Caffeinated Natter Blog her blog post “RWA Disrespects ePubs Yet Again” details

RWA President Pershing Responds ESPAN. Here is the Diane’s response to the controversary