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The Federal Trade Commission is taking a stand on Book Reviewers and Bloggers with “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials”. And it’s pretty detailed and confusing. According to Publisher’s Lunch: “The main point of essence for book pu

Ms. Nora Roberts is kicking off a new series (of straight romance) books scheduled for publication in 2009 with Berkley Books reported by the Galleycat: Megabestselling author Nora Roberts came up to New York earlier this week, and she and Berkley Books threw a tea party in the pentho

Do you know who this young woman is? If you don’t, you just don’t follow celebrity gossip much or stay far away from MTV land. This is Lauren Conrad from the hit reality shows The Hills and previously Laguna Beach. She’s a TV star, a fashion designer, and now a soon

S&S has had a mystery celeb memoir under wraps with a printing of 350,000. It was rumored to be Madonna’s, and now it has come to light that is indeed about Madonna but written by her brother. The mystery is solved: Madonna’s brother, Christopher Ciccone, is writing a

On Friday, I participated in a Young Author Mentoring program (I’ll blog about that soon). Unfortunately, with all the handshakes and in a room full of people, I caught the flu with cold. I’ve been sick since Saturday, and hoping to make a full recovery soon. argh. For now

I’m back to blogging as much as I’m able. The birthdays, anniversaries and other special occasions are over. There’s still summer baseball, gym, and writing! But that’s life as usual. I’m starting off with a Headline, and a Romance one at that. CUPID FOR

From Yahoo news: “Tom Wayne has amassed thousands of books in a warehouse during the 10 years he has run his used book store… But when he wanted to thin out the collection, he found he couldn’t even give away books to libraries or thrift shops; they said they were fu

As I was skimming my Yahoo headliners, I read this: “Author, 96, proves it’s never too late.” Yes, an author at 96, and he started writing as a form of therapy after his wife of 7 decades passed away. What started out as almost a form of therapy eventually turned int

One of the big reasons I love to read fiction are because of the heroes I can root for. But some heroes do not need to be made up. Fifty-year-old New York resident, Wesley Autrey, is a real life hero, folks. After watching a film student have a seizure and tumble onto subway tracks of