With summer winding down, we’re turning our attention to fall titles, beginning with September Buzz Books Monthly, available now on Amazon, iBooks, and NetGalley. In this edition, you’ll find exclusive excerpts of seven titles due for publication during September. Fiction selections for the month include Jude Deveraux’s departure from romance, A WillingMurder; Lynne Hugo’s The Testament Of Harold’s Wife; New York Times bestselling author Sarah Pinborough’s psychological thriller Cross Her Heart; Walter Mosley’s John Woman; and television and YA writer Rebecca Serle’s adult novel, The Dinner List. Rounding out this monthly are two debuts: Imogen Hermes Gowar’s historical novel The Mermaid And Mrs. Hancock, which has already […]
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A Romance Publishing Preview, Part Two
Like the first installment from earlier this week, romance booksellers and owners of The Ripped Bodice in Los Angeles Bea and Leah Koch wrote the seasonal preview for our recently-published sampler, Buzz Books 2018: Romance (free downloads are available for Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, Apple’s iBooks, and Google Play). In addition to the 14 featured pre-publication excerpts in the sampler (noted in boldface below), the Kochs picked a wealth of noteworthy forthcoming romance titles to look for. Historical Historical romance has always been the bedrock of the genre and this year sees both classical and modern takes on the genre. The queen of the subversive […]
A Romance Publishing Preview, Part One
We asked sisters Bea and Leah Koch, who own The Ripped Bodice in Los Angeles, the only exclusively romance bookstore in the country, to write the seasonal preview for our recently-published sampler, Buzz Books 2018: Romance (free downloads are available for Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, Apple’s iBooks, and Google Play). In addition to the 14 featured pre-publication excerpts in the sampler (noted in boldface below), the Kochs picked a wealth of noteworthy forthcoming romance titles to look for. These posts will present abbreviated versions of their full preview, which you can read in the free sampler. Today’s post focuses contemporary romance; tomorrow we will […]
The Latest in Buzz Books: Romance
Following the successful launch of our Buzz Books 2018: Fall/Winter sampler and our dedicated Buzz Books 2018 Young Adult, our Buzz Books 2018: Romance collection returns for a third year. The sampler launches just in time for the Romance Writers of America annual conference (starting July 18 in Denver). Eight of our featured authors will be attending RWA, where the organizers are joining us in promoting the free downloads. From power players such as Judith McNaught, Jane Feather, and Karen Rose to fan favorites like Shelly Laurenston and Denise Hunter, these authors represent the best of romance. The titles on offer […]
July and August Buzz Books
With the recent successful launch of our two Buzz Books 2018 Fall/Winter collections, we continue our monthly sampler program with the release of a combined July and August Buzz Books Monthly, available for download now on Amazon, iBooks, and NetGalley. This latest edition features seven titles due for publication in the next two months, beginning with a darkly comic novel, French Exit, from bestselling author Patrick deWitt. Next up is Kristan Higgin’s novel about women’s body image and friendship, Good Luck With That, followed by Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Keith Gessen’s A Terrible Country, and Beatriz Williams’ The Summer Wives. Rounding out […]
Buzz Books Fall/Winter Preview: Nonfiction
Our Buzz Books 2018 Fall/Winter sampler is full of excerpts from great forthcoming nonfiction by novelist and law professor Stephen Carter, Stephanie Land’s memoir Maid, and more. Also watch out for Michelle Obama’s memoir, essays by Glory Edim and Wesley Yang, plus books by Bernie Sanders, Rebecca Traister, Susan Orleans, and others. Did you download your copy yet? Trade editions — with publicity and marketing info, and click-throughs for full galleys, are available through your platform of choice from NetGalley or Edelweiss. For the consumer edition, the “download” button here links to all major ebookstore platforms. With Book Expo starting next week, we’re presenting extracts from that seasonal […]