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Winner of: Two consecutive Colorado Book Awards RITA Award Romantic Times Best Historical Romance of the Year CRW Award of Excellence
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How to contact me and where to find my books. April 4, 2009
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About bookmarks: I still have some lovely full-color bookmarks for Games of Pleasure and for some of my earlier releases. Please e-mail me if you'd like some. About finding my out-of-print titles: You may be able to find used copies of my earlier books (and that's OK, see my note below), but if you'd prefer to buy new, I have some brand new copies for sale of my more recent titles (tho' quantities are limited). I charge just the original cover price, plus S&H, and I'm always happy to personally autograph them. The cost of S&H depends on how many books you want and how fast you'd like to get them. ("Media Mail" is usually the least expensive, or I can use a faster method, if you prefer.) E-mail me with a list of the titles you'd like to buy, and I'll let you know if they're still available and what your total cost would be. "Mass market" paperbacks are about 4"x7" and fit on a standard supermarket shelf. Larger "trade" paperbacks are about 5"x8" and usually of better quality, so they're heavier and cost a bit more to mail. Titles of the brand new books that I have for sale: Clandestine by Julia Ross, mass market. November, 2007. $6.99. ISBN 978-0425-218-334 Games of Pleasure by Julia Ross, mass market. April, 2007. $6.99. ISBN 978-0-425-20730-7 Clandestine by Julia Ross, trade paperback. November, 2006. $14.00. ISBN 978-0425-21197-7 Night of Sin by Julia Ross, mass market. March, 2006. $6.99. ISBN 0-425-20344-1 Games of Pleasure by Julia Ross, trade paperback. November, 2005. $13.00. ISBN 0-425-20565-7 Night of Sin by Julia Ross, trade paperback. January, 2005. $13.00. ISBN 0-425-20013-2 The Wicked Lover by Julia Ross, mass market. January, 2005. $6.99. ISBN 0-425-19996-7 The Seduction by Julia Ross, mass market. March, 2004. $5.99. ISBN 0-425-19486-8 The Wicked Lover by Julia Ross, trade paperback. February, 2004. $13.00. ISBN 0-425-19406-X I'm sorry, but I've sold out of the following titles: The Seduction by Julia Ross, trade paperback. June, 2002. My Dark Prince (2000) by Julia Ross Flowers under Ice (1999) by Jean Ross Ewing Illusion (1998) by Jean Ross Ewing Love's Reward (1997) by Jean R. Ewing Folly's Reward(1997) by Jean R. Ewing Valor's Reward (1996) by Jean R. Ewing Rogue's Reward (1995) by Jean R. Ewing Virtue's Reward (1995) by Jean R. Ewing Scandal's Reward (1994) by Jean R. Ewing
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books: We all buy used books. It's a great way to discover new authors, recycle the books we don't want, and keep older books in circulation, so none of us is opposed to used-book stores. However, if enough readers buy only used books, publishers will go broke and there won't be any new books. This is because publishers and authors are paid only from sales of brand new books: not used books, not rented books, not books checked out of American libraries. (Though libraries buy lots of new books to first stock their shelves, so we all love libraries.) Only new book sales count! Publishers receive no payment at all from used book sales, and there's no way for them to track any author's popularity secondhand. Instead, publishers keep rigorous track of new book sales, especially when a title is first released, and use those numbers to decide whether or not to publish that author again. In other words, each brand new copy sold acts like a "vote" for the publisher to release more of that author's novels in the future. On the other hand, if a title doesn't sell enough new copies quickly enough, that author may be "axed" and may not get published again. I read recently that 70% of all new books sold are written by just five authors. That doesn't give publishers much incentive to launch new authors or take many risks on their midlist ones! Sometimes used books are sold (or rented, which amounts to the same thing: no payment to the publisher) within days of their first release, in direct competition with the brand new book that's just hitting shelves. The Internet makes this very easy, and there are more and more ways to find the books we want without buying them new. No one blames readers for enjoying a bargain, but publishers and authors are feeling the pinch. Imagine a world with no new books from your favorite author! Or a world where no new authors are ever published at all? Yet very few of us can afford to buy all of our books new, and it's really fun to browse the used-book store hoping to discover new authors. So what do we booklovers do? Obviously we can start by buying as many of our favorite authors' books new as we can afford. We can also order in advance (enough advance orders for an upcoming title means a bigger print run and a very happy publisher). Most independent bookstores will happily order any new book for you with no shipping costs, or you can use your favorite Internet bookstore. We can sometimes buy a brand new book by an author we don't know, simply because we read a great review or heard a good buzz. That can really make a difference in those first crucial weeks when the publisher is busy counting sales. (Otherwise, by the time we wait to find it used, it may be too late for our "vote" to count and the publisher may have already axed the author.) Another strategy to use when we find a new-to-us author we love at the used-book store is to immediately order a new copy of her latest book, while taking the used book back to trade in, so someone else also has a chance to discover her. That's what I did when I discovered Queen's Play at my local used-book store many years ago. I immediately ordered the entire Lymond Chronicles new: My vote to see more books by Dorothy Dunnett (or more books like that), please! Meanwhile, the used-book store is still there to feed the rest of our habit. Once a book is out of print the "numbers" no longer matter anyway, so please don't hesitate to hunt for and enjoy used copies of out-of-print titles. If you simply can't afford to buy any books new, not even your favorites, that's OK, too. You can still make a difference by posting good reviews on the Internet, talking up that author on chat rooms, and telling your friends. Authors really value their fans and understand that we can't all buy everything new all the time. Yet it's a common misperception that authors worried about their sales are being greedy, which is a very odd idea. Firstly, very few authors are wealthy (most must work full time at a 'day job,' in addition to writing, in order to survive), and every author deserves to make an honest living from her hard work. Since the number of new sales counts not only for her bottom line, but also toward whether she will ever be published again, she has every right to worry. So there you have it! Buy books new when you can, buy them used when you can't, but please continue to enjoy reading!
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