BookWenches

Here's a few that we quite like. For various reasons!

• Eric Arvin www.daventryblue.blogspot.com www.daventryblue.blogspot.com Check out those yummilicious mens! WOW-- Eric has im"pec"cable taste.

• D. W. Marchwell marchwellbooks.ca/ marchwellbooks.ca/ Website for D. W. Marchwell, author of m/m romance and all-around decent human being.

• Geoffrey Knight's Blogspot geoffreyknight.blogspot.com/ geoffreyknight.blogspot.com/ I couldn't resist adding Geoffrey Knight's website. He has wonderful taste in men. My favorite of his posts? The "Life-Lovin' Moments." Guaranteed to make you smile!

• Keith Melton's Blog keithmelton.wordpress.com/blog-2/ keithmelton.wordpress.com/blog-2/ Blogs penned by urban fantasy and speculative fiction author Keith Melton. We think it's pretty entertaining.

Obtaining ebooks from file sharing sites is illegal, immoral, and just plain mean. Please help support our authors.

• Shiloh Walker www.shilohwalker.com/piracy.htm www.shilohwalker.com/piracy.htm Shiloh Walker explains what ebook piracy is all about.

• Pirates: Not the Sexy Kind www.mlrpressauthors.com/2009/10/piratesnot-the-sexy-kind-by-luisa-prieto/ www.mlrpressauthors.com/2009/10/piratesnot-the-sexy-kind-by-luisa-prieto/ Blog by Luisa Prieto on the MLR Press Authors blog site.

• Petition to Fight Ebook Piracy www.ipetitions.com/petition/fightebookpiracy/ www.ipetitions.com/petition/fightebookpiracy/ Pledge not to steal your ebooks. But then, as the author of the petition says...we're probably preaching to the choir here.

• CNN Story on Digital Piracy www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/01/ebook.piracy/ www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/01/ebook.piracy/ The "big boys" are finally taking notice.

Here's a legal way to read ebooks if you don't want to purchase them. Gotta love your local public library!

• Overdrive www.overdrive.com/software/omc/ www.overdrive.com/software/omc/ Distributor of digital media. Overdrive digital audiobooks can be enjoyed on an iPod. How cool is that?

• Seattle Public Library - Overdrive spl.lib.overdrive.com spl.lib.overdrive.com Seattle Public Library is one of many different libraries nationwide that offer books in electronic and audio format.

• Sno-Isle Public Libraries - Overdrive overdrive-audio-books.sno-isle.org/E51F1EAD-4C32-47E1-B3E5-60B21BC265A3/10/294/en/Default.htm overdrive-audio-books.sno-isle.org/E51F1EAD-4C32-47E1-B3E5-60B21BC265A3/10/294/en/Default.htm Digital media for communities north of Seattle.

Although we've provided links to these retailers for your convenience, please consider purchasing your ebooks directly from the publisher. The authors benefit more from direct publisher sales.

• Omnilit www.omnilit.com www.omnilit.com This retail site has a lot to choose from. They run a buy 10, get one free special at all times. Site can be slow, however.

• Fictionwise www.fictionwise.com www.fictionwise.com Book retail site. New books added weekly. Not quite as good a selection since it was taken over by Barnes & Noble.

• 1 Place for Romance 1placeforromance.com/ 1placeforromance.com/ Online romance bookstore.

• Amazon.com www.amazon.com/ www.amazon.com/ Yeah, okay, everybody knows Amazon.com. But since we post our reviews here as well, we felt compelled to add a link!

• Mobileread Forums www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=0f45e3d6f6730ec3ca0e79f9c448917f&f=50 www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=0f45e3d6f6730ec3ca0e79f9c448917f&f=50 Invaluable techinical advice website for owners of ebook devices. Solutions to about every problem you might encounter with your device. This is where Bobby goes when her Sony Reader craps out on her.

• GLBT Bookshelf bookworld.editme.com/ bookworld.editme.com/ A wiki for writers, publishers, and readers of GLBT books.

• BD Whitney's BookShelf bd-whitney.livejournal.com/ bd-whitney.livejournal.com/ Bobby's LiveJournal page.

Here are a few publishers to note.

• Rebel e Publishers rebelepublishers.com/ rebelepublishers.com/ A small South African press that publishes quality work.

• Storm Moon Press Blog www.stormmoonpress.com/blog/ www.stormmoonpress.com/blog/ Along with promoting their company, Storm Moon Press occasionally branches off with some pretty interesting publishing commentary.