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Speaking of author events, why not have more of them? B&N seems to
Speaking of author events, why not have more of them? B&N seems to hate author events. Indie bookshops excel at these. Part of the problem is the orde...

A deeper look at Chelsea Cains online persona, including this
A deeper look at Chelsea Cains online persona, including this revealing post: I just found out that ONE KICK didn’t make the NYT bestseller list. It...

Sad but not entirely surprising news: Seattle Mystery Bookshop is
Sad but not entirely surprising news: Seattle Mystery Bookshop is moving out of its Cherry Street location and to a smaller space on Labor Day weekend...

This was interesting: The FBI want to help authors who write
This was interesting: The FBI want to help authors who write about them in order to ensure accuracy in books, films and TV. The public is the best pa...

Portland author Johnny Shaw, a Thomas & Mercer author, writes
Portland author Johnny Shaw, a Thomas & Mercer author, writes today about eleven great fictional crime-fighting teams. He gets big points from me for ...

Maybe its just me, but I cant reconcile these two genres in my
Maybe its just me, but I cant reconcile these two genres in my head: Cozy-Noir is the melding of two genres. Cozy, in the sense of a location or other...

Kind of a stretch. I wouldnt consider the Harry Potter stories to
Kind of a stretch. I wouldnt consider the Harry Potter stories to be quasi-mysteries. Nora Robertss J.R. Robb books are a small part of her oeuvre. A...