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- Rob Preece will be discussing "The Art of Self Publishing, Books-on-Demand and Publishing Trends" at the Temecula Erle Stanley Gardner conference at the Mary Phillips Senior Center in Old Town Temecula, California at 4:00 PM on November 7. It's FREE, so if you're in the southern California area, check it out.
- Karen Leabo will be discussing "Putting Suspense in your Romance" at the Temecula Erle Stanley Gardner conference.
- Karen Leabo will host an on-line workshop on "Agents," with the FF&P On-Line Chapter of the Romance Writers of America, Nov. 30-Dec. 14. Learn more here.
Authors Ken Ingle and S. K. O'Toole attended the North Texas Book and Paper show. Here's a picture.
- Authors, let me know what you're up to and I'll include your events.
- Romance/Women's Fiction
- THE MILLIONAIRE BOSS'S RELUCTANT MISTRESS by Kate Hardy Harlequin Presents Extra, May 2009 *** Reviewed 9/27/09
- Science Fiction/Fantasy
- THE REVOLUTION BUSINESS by Charles Stross Tom Doherty/Tor, April 2009 *** Reviewed 9/25/09
- HAZE by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Tor, June 2009 ** Reviewed 9/23/09
- LAMENTATION by Ken Scholes Tor, February 2009 **** Reviewed 9/21/09
- THE AREA 51 OPTION by Michael A. Kechula BooksForABuck.com, September 2009 **** Reviewed 9/18/09
- IMAGER by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Tor, March 2009 **** Reviewed 9/16/09
- THE LORD-PROTECTOR'S DAUGHTER by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Tor, November 2008 ** Reviewed 9/16/09
- ESCAPE FROM HELL by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle Tor, February 2009 ** Reviewed 9/14/09
- EX-KOP by Warren Hammond Tor, September 2008 *** Reviewed 9/11/09
- REGENESIS by C. J. Cherryh DAW, January 2009 ** Reviewed 9/10/09
- HITLER'S WAR by Harry Turtledove Del Rey, August 2009 *** Reviewed 9/03/09
- ST. ANTHONY'S FIRE by Steve White Baen, November 2008 ** Reviewed 9/02/09
- HOUSE OF THE STAG by Kage Baker Tor Books, September 2008 **** Reviewed 9/01/09
- Mystery/Thriller
- HEAVEN'S KEEP by William Kent Krueger Atria, September 2009 *** Reviewed 9/01/09
- Rob Preece
- Karen Leabo/Kara Lennox
- Joshua Calkins-Treworgy
- Kristina O'Donnelly
- Cathy Richard Dodson
- Paul Nelson
BooksForABuck.com Newsletter--October, 2009
News and Events
Available in October
Coming in October, WEIRD TALES OF THE SKULLMASK by Teel James Glenn. This adventure/fantasy traces weird happenings in times when revenge and justice are the same. It'll be on sale for only $1.00, but only for a month so check back often.
August/September's publication
The AREA 51 OPTION (and 70 more Speculative Fiction Tales) is now available for only $1.00 (regular price is $3.99). Be sure to act quickly--introductory pricing ends October 19. (By the way, Kechula also wrote A FULL DECK OF ZOMBIES. Kechula is one of America's top flash fiction story-tellers and THE AREA 51 OPTION lets you see why. We've got aliens, zombies, mad scientists, and cute little girls selling nice dreams for a nickel (but be sure to read the fine print).
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New Reviews We added reviews of the following books during September:
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