Comments on: A Great Promotion from Minotaur Books http://literatehousewife.com/2009/04/a-great-promotion-from-minotaur-books/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:38:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: How Do You Choose Your Books? : literatehousewife.com http://literatehousewife.com/2009/04/a-great-promotion-from-minotaur-books/comment-page-1/#comment-6535 How Do You Choose Your Books? : literatehousewife.com Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:51:08 +0000 http://literatehousewife.com/?p=2922#comment-6535 [...] week I posted about a free e-book offer from Minatour Books.  I wanted to point out an opportunity to get a free book as well as highlight [...] [...] week I posted about a free e-book offer from Minatour Books.  I wanted to point out an opportunity to get a free book as well as highlight [...]

]]> By: nat @ book, line, and sinker http://literatehousewife.com/2009/04/a-great-promotion-from-minotaur-books/comment-page-1/#comment-6495 nat @ book, line, and sinker Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:55:39 +0000 http://literatehousewife.com/?p=2922#comment-6495 i've never heard of this type of marketing before, but it seems to be working! the only bookish emails i get are from shelf awareness...but i haven't received any books from them even after requesting a few. mainly, publishers, authors, or agents contact me by email and offer what they have. interesting topic. :) <abbr><em>nat @ book, line, and sinker’s last blog post..<a href="http://booklineandsinker.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/they-say-its-your-birthday/" rel="nofollow">They say it’s your birthday…</a></abbr></em> i’ve never heard of this type of marketing before, but it seems to be working! the only bookish emails i get are from shelf awareness…but i haven’t received any books from them even after requesting a few.

mainly, publishers, authors, or agents contact me by email and offer what they have. interesting topic. :)

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]]> By: Melissa @ Melissa's Bookshelf http://literatehousewife.com/2009/04/a-great-promotion-from-minotaur-books/comment-page-1/#comment-6494 Melissa @ Melissa's Bookshelf Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:34:52 +0000 http://literatehousewife.com/?p=2922#comment-6494 That sounds interesting, I'll have to check it out. I have enjoyed the Grisham novels I've read so I might very well like Hart, too. Thanks for passing along the information!! BTW, don't suppose you could add me to your list of Literate Housewife Approved? *grins sheepishly* :-) <abbr><em>Melissa @ Melissa's Bookshelf’s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MelissasBookShelf/~3/5kyoam2cRns/thursday-thunks-042109.html" rel="nofollow">Thursday Thunks (04.21.09)</a></abbr></em> That sounds interesting, I’ll have to check it out. I have enjoyed the Grisham novels I’ve read so I might very well like Hart, too. Thanks for passing along the information!!

BTW, don’t suppose you could add me to your list of Literate Housewife Approved? *grins sheepishly* :-)

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Review: The Armor of Light

Title: The Armor of Light
Author: Karen E. Hoover
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult
Pub Date: September 2011
Ebook, Smashwords
Book Source: Received from the author (and have also purchased a hardcover copy[...]

]]> By: Rebecca Reid http://literatehousewife.com/2009/04/a-great-promotion-from-minotaur-books/comment-page-1/#comment-6486 Rebecca Reid Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:33:44 +0000 http://literatehousewife.com/?p=2922#comment-6486 wow that was long, sorry. <abbr><em>Rebecca Reid’s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RebeccaReads/~3/6Usa6zm17Sw/" rel="nofollow">How to Read and Why: Short Stories Retrospective</a></abbr></em> wow that was long, sorry.

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Plum Bun by Jessie Redmon Fauset

In Jessie Redmon Fauset’s second published novel, Plum Bun: A Novel without a Moral (published 1928), one woman struggles to finding her own identity racially and sexually in New York City during th[...]

]]> By: Rebecca Reid http://literatehousewife.com/2009/04/a-great-promotion-from-minotaur-books/comment-page-1/#comment-6485 Rebecca Reid Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:33:10 +0000 http://literatehousewife.com/?p=2922#comment-6485 Mostly, I search for books that have withstood the test of time: not just best sellers today only but those that are still around after a few years (or a few hundred years). Some of my lists are award winners (Nobel Prize, Pulitzer, Newbery), and some of them lists of books recommended by authors I "trust." And those people I'm "trusting" aren't always "right" in terms of my preferences either. For example, one list I had recommended Bridget Jones' Diary and I started it and couldn't stand it. I think everyone needs to take lists of "books you must read before you die" with a grain of salt because everyone has different preferences for what is truly great. I don't limit it to lists, though. Book blogging has opened my eyes to many books I would never have read. Just the other day I saw a audiobook that someone blogged about a month ago and I picked it up because I decided it was something I was in the mood for. But I'm still don't tend to randomly take a book I've never heard of and read it, even if the back cover is intriguing. There are too many highly recommended books I haven't read yet! Maybe when I get through all of those, then I'll give these currently new "best sellers" a try. <abbr><em>Rebecca Reid’s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RebeccaReads/~3/6Usa6zm17Sw/" rel="nofollow">How to Read and Why: Short Stories Retrospective</a></abbr></em> Mostly, I search for books that have withstood the test of time: not just best sellers today only but those that are still around after a few years (or a few hundred years). Some of my lists are award winners (Nobel Prize, Pulitzer, Newbery), and some of them lists of books recommended by authors I “trust.” And those people I’m “trusting” aren’t always “right” in terms of my preferences either. For example, one list I had recommended Bridget Jones’ Diary and I started it and couldn’t stand it. I think everyone needs to take lists of “books you must read before you die” with a grain of salt because everyone has different preferences for what is truly great.

I don’t limit it to lists, though. Book blogging has opened my eyes to many books I would never have read. Just the other day I saw a audiobook that someone blogged about a month ago and I picked it up because I decided it was something I was in the mood for.

But I’m still don’t tend to randomly take a book I’ve never heard of and read it, even if the back cover is intriguing. There are too many highly recommended books I haven’t read yet! Maybe when I get through all of those, then I’ll give these currently new “best sellers” a try.

Rebecca Reid’s last blog post..How to Read and Why: Short Stories Retrospective

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Plum Bun by Jessie Redmon Fauset

In Jessie Redmon Fauset’s second published novel, Plum Bun: A Novel without a Moral (published 1928), one woman struggles to finding her own identity racially and sexually in New York City during th[...]

]]> By: Literate Housewife http://literatehousewife.com/2009/04/a-great-promotion-from-minotaur-books/comment-page-1/#comment-6481 Literate Housewife Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:56:04 +0000 http://literatehousewife.com/?p=2922#comment-6481 Kathy, I'm interested to see if we like it. Rebecca, I know that you read more of the classics than anything else. How do you decide what goes on your lists? <abbr><em>Literate Housewife’s last blog post..<a href="http://literatehousewife.com/2009/04/a-great-promotion-from-minotaur-books/" rel="nofollow">A Great Promotion from Minotaur Books</a></abbr></em> Kathy, I’m interested to see if we like it.

Rebecca, I know that you read more of the classics than anything else. How do you decide what goes on your lists?

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]]> By: Rebecca Reid http://literatehousewife.com/2009/04/a-great-promotion-from-minotaur-books/comment-page-1/#comment-6479 Rebecca Reid Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:45:58 +0000 http://literatehousewife.com/?p=2922#comment-6479 I don't read books I don't already have on my list, so I'm just never interested in ARCs! <abbr><em>Rebecca Reid’s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RebeccaReads/~3/6Usa6zm17Sw/" rel="nofollow">How to Read and Why: Short Stories Retrospective</a></abbr></em> I don’t read books I don’t already have on my list, so I’m just never interested in ARCs!

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Plum Bun by Jessie Redmon Fauset

In Jessie Redmon Fauset’s second published novel, Plum Bun: A Novel without a Moral (published 1928), one woman struggles to finding her own identity racially and sexually in New York City during th[...]

]]> By: Kathy http://literatehousewife.com/2009/04/a-great-promotion-from-minotaur-books/comment-page-1/#comment-6478 Kathy Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:06:09 +0000 http://literatehousewife.com/?p=2922#comment-6478 I downloaded this one, too! I downloaded this one, too!
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