Comments on: Publishers’ Websites – Better Than Ever http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=2449 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:17:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jean Wan http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=2449&cpage=1#comment-4613 Jean Wan Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:44:39 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=2449#comment-4613 I gotta say, I’m a regular visitor to Avon. Their browse inside feature is unbeatable, although their search regular plays up for me.

]]> By: Tracy Cooper-Posey http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=2449&cpage=1#comment-4611 Tracy Cooper-Posey Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:44:13 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=2449#comment-4611 I must admit that I tend to shop *across* sites to get the information I need. One site will have all the reviews I want (Amazon is good for that), while another will provide good excerpts (Fictionwise sucks, for instance), while reader ratings is better on a different bookseller site, or I like to get ratings on a few sites before I chose. Plus, the covers on one site will be bigger and better to look at than another.

So I’ll often end up with three or four browser windows open on three or four different publisher and book seller sites, as I cross-reference a book.

No one site will give me all the information I need.

]]> By: LeeB. http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=2449&cpage=1#comment-4605 LeeB. Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:15:23 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=2449#comment-4605 I like to peruse publisher websites to see what new books will be coming out in the next three or four months.

]]> By: Katie Mack http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=2449&cpage=1#comment-4603 Katie Mack Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:05:15 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=2449#comment-4603 The publisher website I’m at most often (probably a couple times a week) is Harlequin. I love all the sales and promotions, especially Freebie Fridays.

]]> By: Mari Tyne http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=2449&cpage=1#comment-4599 Mari Tyne Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:11:20 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=2449#comment-4599 Oops, that link didn’t work. I think it’s because of the punctuation. I’ll try again.

http://ebooks.eharlequin.com/F4B07B0A-2587-4386-A37F-614950B1867C/10/126/en/ContentDetails.htm?ID=A3570E99-95C7-4290-AEEC-55913BB6DCB9

]]> By: Mari Tyne http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=2449&cpage=1#comment-4598 Mari Tyne Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:10:21 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=2449#comment-4598 I find eHarlequin pretty difficult to navigate, actually. I went there looking for Susan Mallery’s ebook WILD HEARTS, because I loooooove the Lone Star Sisters books and wanted to read the prequel. I searched for Wild Hearts. The first few results:

Mountain Wild by Stacy Kearne
Wild Wolfe by Karen Whiddon
Irish Hearts by Nora Roberts

So then I searched within the results for “Mallery.” What came up was a discussion of Wild West Life by Susan Mallery…from 1998! WHAT?!

I finally found it, but they didn’t make it easy. It was a great book… funny! Why don’t they want to sell it? (Here it is, to save someone else the hassle. http://ebooks.eharlequin.com/F4B07B0A-2587-4386-A37F-614950B1867C/10/126/en/ContentDetails.htm?ID=A3570E99-95C7-4290-AEEC-55913BB6DCB9)

]]> By: Lynn Spencer http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=2449&cpage=1#comment-4596 Lynn Spencer Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:48:49 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=2449#comment-4596 @Louisa Edwards Ah, bias indeed(I just checked out your site). :-) I do like the St. Martin’s site, too, though.

]]> By: Louisa Edwards http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=2449&cpage=1#comment-4595 Louisa Edwards Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:33:31 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=2449#comment-4595 I’m probably biased, but I really like the St. Martins romance site, She Loves Hot Reads (http://www.sheloveshotreads.com/) because it’s full of extras and free reads from authors. The authors are clearly listed on the lefthand side, and there’s a categorization feature where you can browse by paranormal or contemporary or whatever. I think it’s very usable and fun!

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