Tag Archives: Rant

Pre-release Dates: What to expect?

If anyone follows me on twitter, you will have seen my tweets about The Book Depository not sending out books on time, or when I receive emails telling me they will send out early copies.
So, I thought I would post about my past and present experiences, and see if I’m expecting too much from services. [...]

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UK Ebook Retailers

I was going to write a long post on why they are very poor compared to the US sites, but I’m going to make it sweet and short.
UK ebook retail sites = over priced, poor choice of genre books, and did I mention over priced?
With the US now implementing geographical restrictions, I’m getting frustrated with [...]

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Borders does Ebooks and Fails!

Much to my surprise, I clicked on the Borders UK website this morning, and saw a category for ebooks. My response:
‘Oooo, finally! This is good. More selection perhaps for us UK buyers.’
*Scrolls down for the romance section, and clicks*
*head desk*
‘Noooooooo! Why Borders, why? Why do you do a Waterstones, and not offer genre romances, and [...]

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Idiotic ideas. Seriously!

When Has showed me the link, my immediate thought was: Your ass is gonna get sued!
Russet Noon- the tribute sequel to Breaking Dawn!
My immediate thought now:  Yup, your still gonna get your ass sued!
Has – Update: It looks like Lady Sybillia has either got a strongly worded cease and decease letter from Stephanie Meyer’s [...]

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