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Okay, I’ll admit that I haven’t been following the latest kerflunkel in romanceland closely but I have seen a couple of posts related to it around. Most notably for me over on The Galaxy Express and The Misadventures of Super Librarian. I didn’t comment on either because, frankly, publishing issues are not of particular concern for me as a reader. I did run across an article online this morning that I thought was interesting on the topic (and yes I know they’ve changed the name of the “project” already):  And as always with clichéd, formulaic novels, it’s harder than it seems to pull them off with anyRead More →

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I thought it somehow fitting to find a beginning point for the industry I’m rather devoted to buying, consuming, devouring–well, you get the idea. 😉 One of them anyway. Originally published as A John Crowther Publication in London in 1946, The Manatee by Nancy Bruff was republished in paperback as Harlequin #1 in 1949. So far the only description I’ve found is from an ad on eBay that says it’s taken from the back cover: This robust, powerful novel is the story of Jabez Folger, savage, romantic man of the sea, with a sinister secret in his past. Against the colourful background of Nantucket in its great whaling days, NancyRead More →