by LB | Jul 4, 2013 | Audiobooks, Commentary
On June 25 I blogged about audiobooks, and five days later, coincidentally enough, The New York Times had an unrelated feature on the subject. My thanks to Norman Haase, who called my attention to this letter in the Times: To the Editor: Re “Actors Today Don’t Just...
by LB | Jul 2, 2013 | Chip Harrison, John Warren Wells, Newsletter, Short Stories
Here’s a newsletter that went out to subscribers a few hours ago. Some of the material will be familiar to followers of this blog—but not all of it. There are, for example, three books free to Kindlers for the next several days, and the lowdown on Smashwords: I...
by LB | Jun 30, 2013 | Short Stories
Two of my favorite publishers have teamed up to offer Catch and Release. I could say more about it, but I’d much rather yield the floor to Tony Daniel, who has this to say in the July 1 issue of Publishers Weekly: “Crime writer Lawrence Block, who turns 75...
by LB | Jun 25, 2013 | Audiobooks, Books, Commentary
“For those used to listening to crime stories on audio, [Michael] Kelly’s take on [Stephen King’s] Joyland might be jarring. The narrators of Lawrence Block’s Matt Scudder series, for example – Alan Sklar, William Roberts, Mark Hammer – explore every word...
by LB | Jun 21, 2013 | Books, John Warren Wells
Launching the 18 John Warren Wells books as Kindle Select titles has allowed me to give some away periodically, so that y’all can see if they’re your cup of tea (or 5-hour energy drink). But that meant leaving out all the Nooksters and ApplePickers and...
