By LK Gardner-Griffie on March 11, 2012
Somewhere during the tumultuous years we call being a teenager, I read a book called Voices that impacted me strongly at the time and stuck with me for many years. The concept of the book was the background and letters of teens who committed suicide, and was based on non-fiction cases.
Posted in LK Gardner-Griffie, Young Adult/Juvenile | Tagged African refugee, Ashley Sanders, australia, books, Cancer, child prostitute, contemporary, demons, Facing Demons, Fiction, gang member, LK Gardner-Griffie, rehabilitation, troubled teens, young adult |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on February 10, 2012
I loved this book. I tried to think of another way to start this review, but that is the overwhelming thing that comes to mind. Reading Molly Hacker Is Too Picky! is like getting together with an old friend you haven’t seen for a while and catching up on all that has happened in her life during the past year.
Posted in LK Gardner-Griffie, Relationships/Women's Lit | Tagged books, comedy, dating, friendship, Lisette Brodey, LK Gardner-Griffie, Molly Hacker, Molly Hacker Is Too Picky!, new york, review, romantic comedy, she-devil, snark, women's fiction |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on January 18, 2012
I think I’ve said this before, but I love mysteries. I cut my reading teeth on the cozies of Agatha Christie — I have read every single one more times than I or anyone else can count — and it didn’t stop there.
Posted in LK Gardner-Griffie, Mystery/Suspense | Tagged books, bucket list, Denise Grover Swank, LK Gardner-Griffie, paranormal mystery, southern mystery, Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on January 14, 2012
I woke up in a somewhat reflective mood this morning and as my mind rambled through various reflections, I stopped when I came to one of the authors I have known for a few years, PJ Cowan.
Posted in Interviews, LK Gardner-Griffie, Promotions | Tagged books, charity, donate books, donations, Giggle Grump Gurgle, Linda Welch, LK Gardner-Griffie, michael o'brien and the magic hat, mike motz, p.j. cowan, Tilbee Toadlet's Trip to Town, Whisperings |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on June 2, 2009
We’ve mentioned that we now would like to post online previews of your work along with the written review, so that any readers of the review can not only see what our opinion is, but can check the work for themselves and see whether they agree or disagree.
Posted in LK Gardner-Griffie, Marketing, Reviews | Tagged BookBuzzr, books, ll book review, preview, Reviews |
By Shannon Yarbrough on May 12, 2008
Due to the lack of interest in the Success Stories feature I had created last month, and at an attempt to keep things fresh and interesting here at the LLBR site, I have replaced that tab with something I’m calling the POD Diary.
Posted in POD Diary, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged author, book cover, book covers, books, editing, Fiction, Getting Published, Lulu, lulu author, Lulu book, lulu book review, lulu books, lulu.com, Marketing, POD, print on demand, Self-Publishing, writer, writing |
By Shannon Yarbrough on April 3, 2008
Mark, a Lulu engineer, has been making the rounds, recently commenting on my previous post and also commenting on Veinglory’s recent remarks concerning Lulu over at Podpeep.
Posted in Announcements, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged book, books, Fiction, Lulu, lulu.com, POD, podpeep, print on demand, writer, writers, writing |
By Shannon Yarbrough on April 2, 2008
Based on sketchy information posted in the Lulu Forums, it looks like Lulu.com has probably agreed to Amazon’s ultimatum. Due to the fees I’m sure Amazon will be slapping publishers with for having to use its Booksurge printing services, we can probably look forward to increased fees to be passed on to users as well. I chatted with a Lulu representative today through their online chat support hoping to get some info for you, but was pretty much given “blanket” information that anyone would already be privy to.
Posted in Announcements, Opinions, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged abebooks, amazon, amazon.com, angela hoy, B&N, barnes and noble, bob young, book, books, bookstore, bookstores, booksurge, Lulu, lulu.com, POD, print on demand, writer's weekly |
By Shannon Yarbrough on March 31, 2008
Thanks to Veinglory over at PodPeep again for bringing this letter from Amazon to our attention in regards to the recent matter addressed in my previous post about Amazon monopolizing the POD printing industry by requiring all POD publishers to use their BookSurge company for printing or the BUY button of their books would be taken down.
Posted in Announcements, Opinions, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged abebooks, amazon, amazon.com, angela hoy, B&N, barnes and noble, bob young, book, books, bookstore, bookstores, booksurge, Lulu, lulu.com, POD, print on demand |
By Shannon Yarbrough on March 28, 2008
Although I had already planned to blog about it when I got home from work today , and I’m sure most of you have heard about it by now, per Veinglory’s request I’d like to voice a bit of my outrage about Amazon’s recent approach to Publish America to use Booksurge as a printing source or else! Or else what? Or else the BUY buttons would be removed from the PA books on Amazon.com and the books would only be available through third party sellers.
Posted in Announcements, Opinions, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged abebooks, amazon, amazon.com, angela hoy, B&N, barnes and noble, bob young, book, books, bookstore, bookstores, booksurge, Lulu, lulu.com, POD, print on demand |
