Blog Archive

  • Happy Belated #PubDay to Sheila Connolly

    Jun 09, 2016

    It’s been such a thrilling week at BookEnds. We can hardly keep up with all of our new releases. Congratulations to Sheila Connolly on the publication of the 7th book in her bestselling Museum Mysteries series. Dead End Street The New York Times bestselling author of Privy to the Dead returns to Philadelphia for more […]

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  • Why Giving Critiques Can Be More Valuable Than Receiving

    Jun 09, 2016

    Most authors join critique groups for the purpose of having others give feedback on their work, but did you know that receiving feedback is probably the least important offering a critique group has? If you ask me (someone who has never been in a critique group) the most valuable offering of a critique group is […]

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  • Agents Beware

    Jun 08, 2016

    It’s been years since I’ve done a blog post warning authors of unscrupulous agents–those with little to no experience looking to take advantage of an author’s dreams. Recently though, we had an interesting experience where an unscrupulous “editor” was looking to take advantage of us. A few weeks ago we received an email from a […]

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  • The Diva is Back and This Time She Has Tea

    Jun 07, 2016

    The New York Times bestselling Domestic Diva series is back and author Krista Davis has done it again. In The Diva Serves High Tea, Sophie Winston faces down yet another killer. When The Parlour opens up in town, domestic diva Sophie Winston finally has a place to satisfy her cravings for all things tea and […]

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  • Laura Bradford Releases a New Mystery Series

    Jun 07, 2016

    Harlan Coben said about Eclair and Present Danger that it’s “the best pun title in a new book”. Eclair and Present Danger is the first in the Emergency Dessert Squad series. When Laura first described her idea for this series I almost leaped out of my chair with excitement. I remember it so vividly, we […]

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  • Happy #PubDay to Maggie Sefton and Knit to be Tied

    Jun 07, 2016

    New York Times bestseller Maggie Sefton’s beloved knitting group returns with an all new hardcover adventure in Knit to Be Tied in which Kelly Flynn and the Lambspun Knitters must come together before their whole town unravels . . . In Fort Connor, Colorado, the friends at the House of Lambspun knitting shop are welcoming […]

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  • How a Publisher Markets Your Book

    Jun 07, 2016

    When we talk about marketing I think most of us think of ways to reach our readers directly. We think of Facebook, advertising, reviews and blogs. What few think about is what a publisher does to market the book well before its time to reach readers. It’s something I was reminded of when an editor […]

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  • The Bad Luck Cat is Back and He’s Scouting for Trouble

    Jun 06, 2016

    Debut author Kay Finch released one of the best new mysteries of 2015 and this year she follows it up with another award-winning book. The Black Cat Knocks on Wood takes readers back to Texas Hill Country and the charming town of Lavender, where magic happens. The author of Black Cat Crossing is back as […]

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  • Where Did that Come From?

    Jun 06, 2016

    Your protagonist is happily going about her business. She’s baking delicious cupcakes, bemoaning her lack of love life and worried about her grandfather whose mind doesn’t seem to be as sharp as it used to. When all of a sudden she hears a sudden loud noise. She drops the cupcake she was frosting, jumps to […]

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  • Deal News for Wendy Qualls!

    Jun 03, 2016

    Digital: Fiction: Women’s/Romance Wendy Qualls‘s WORTH WAITING FOR, in which a comfortably “out” computer expert helps a closeted college professor fight back against his vindictive ex-boyfriend, to Peter Senftleben at Lyrical Press, in a three-book deal, for publication in Summer 2017, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds (World).

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  • Meet the Intern: Gena Louque

    Jun 03, 2016

    What’s your name? Gena Louque. Where do you go to school? I graduated from Arizona State University in December 2015. Go Sun Devils! 😉 What are you studying? My degree is in Mass Communication and Media Studies with a minor in Film Studies. I got to watch movies for homework. Those were the good days. […]

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  • Get to Know Tracy Marchini

    Jun 02, 2016

    We are so excited to have Tracy join BookEnds. It’s always great to have fresh ideas come into a team, and Tracy has already brought hers along. If you were here yesterday you know that Tracy is looking for picture book, middle grade and young adult manuscripts across most genres, including contemporary, mysteries, thrillers, magical […]

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