Bye-Bye Blog

I won't be postng book reviews on Reviewed Here First.

But I will keep posting them on my main blog

And I will move some of the reviews posted here to that blog too.

For authors who are not yet members

I'm sure you heard about the big settlement that the Authors Guild worked out with google. The details will be released soon.

And for those authors who are not yet members... here is more information about the authors guild

Michael Crichton

Michael Crichton will always be remembered for his amazing fiction stories. I thought I'd take a moment to remember him by posting a lesser known nf book. In TRAVELS Michael Crichton wrote about his adventures around the globe and the relationships that grew (or ended) as a result of these exotic travels. It has been awhile since I read this book, but I recall tales of being covered in a swarm of bees, climbing high peaks, venturing between tour buses after a landslide and fearing that his 'travel guide' was actually an escaped convict. Though a non-fiction memoir Crichton's writing in TRAVELS is filled with the same tension and honesty of his better known fiction novels. If you're a fan of Crichton or enjoy traveling to remote locations, you will love this book.

SOMETHING ROTTEN for free!

To celebrate the release of Something Wicked, Dial Books is offering a
special promotion: they're letting you read the first Horatio Wilkes
mystery, SOMETHING ROTTEN, for free.

You read that right. Free. Gratis. Complimentary. No charge.

You don't have to register, you don't have to give your e-mail address,
you don't have to buy something else to read it.

All you have to do is click here

Tell friends, tell teachers, tell librarians, TELL
KIDS. Promotion ends November 30th, 2008.

Frankfurt Tid Bits

Educational Publishers and New Technology. Summarizes a panel about the following topics: key markets for educational publishing in the future, interactive whiteboard, DNL ebooks, and Teacher Created Materials podcasts

Bloomsbury forms a joint venture in Qatar

and one of my favorite articles to come out of this year's fair How to Turn a Rat into an International Bestseller editors from around the globe discuss their acquisition of and marketing / promotions for the novel “Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife” by American Sam Savage.

Missing Frankfurt

Just found out I have to nix my plans to attend the Franfkfurt Book Fair this year. Grrrr.... I attended Rutgers and visited family in the US last year. But this will make two years in a row! I didn't have any major meetings (except a really cool pres party I wanted to attend) but I did plan to meet friends there... and that will be missed.

I've set my sights on Bologna in 2009.

See you there??

Win a Guitar from Chronicle Books

Chronicle Books celebrates girls and music and Rock -N- Roll with a contest . One grand prize winner will win a guitar.

Five winners will receive the new book ROCK 'N' ROLL CAMP FOR GIRLS.

To enter just send an email about your favorite female rock idol.

Good Luck!!