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I just read this article in the Wall Street Journal. Is there no safe place without ads ?

They are thinking of put ads on your e-reader when you download ebooks.

The article goes on to say that some of the authors will have to approve of the ads first. I know for may years books have had inserts for book clubs in the center of the book, you could either tear them out or just turn past them. But now they are thinking of targeting ads for specific items. just like they do on your computer.

It will be interesting to see where this idea goes in the future. I for one think if I pay for a book or movie or anything else, I don't want to see advertising. If they are giving away the item then I have a choice to view the advertising or not take the item. This I could live with. But to tell me I have to buy a book with advertising to read my favorite author, well maybe I don't buy form that publisher anymore.

What do you think ? Are we so use to advertising when we go to the movies or watch TV that we let them add advertising to our books ?

If they truly want e-books to take off maybe they should wait on the ads. Okay just my opinion.

New releases

This time of the year everyone is so busy. I just wanted to give you something to look forward to when the holidays are past us.  The following books will be released after Christmas and most after the New Year.


Allison Brennan releases Love Me to Death  12/28/10  this is in the Lucy Kincaid series.
Dean Koontz   What the Night Knows  12/28/10
James Rollin's Alter of Eden comes out in paperback edition  12/28/10
Kim Harrison's Black Magic Sanction  a Rachel Morgan book is released in paperback edition 12/28/10

The Inner Circle  by Brad Meltzer  will be released 1/11/11
A Lonely Death  by Charles Todd will be released 1/11/11
A Theory of Relativity  by Jacquelyn Mitchard will be released 1/18/11
Call Me Irresistable   by Susan Elizabeth Phillips  will be released 1/18/11
Sizzle  by Julie Garwood will be released in paperback edition on 1/20/11
Tick Tock  by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge  will be released 1/24/11
Death Echo  by Elizabeth Lowell will be released in Paperback edition on 1/25/11
This Body of Death by Elizabeth George will be released in Paperback edition on 1/25/11

On  2/8/11  Agent X  by Noah Boyd  will be released. This is a Steve Vail novel.
2/22/11  Pale Demon by Kim Harrison is released in Hardcover edition.

These dates are  from the current information I have received,  of course the publishers may change the dates sightly  from what I have above.  ( they can do things like that ).  This is just the short list of titles that will be available in the coming months.  But hopefully this gives you some information on the books you are looking forward to reading.  Of course for more information on these books you can visit the authors websites.

www.allisonbrennan.com              www.jamesrollins.com           www.jamespatterson.com

www.deankoontz.com                  www.bradmeltzer.com            wwwe.juliegarwood.com

www.elizabethlowell.com               www.susanephillips.com          http://charlestodd.com

http://kimharrison.net                      http://jacquelynmitchard.com