As Hurricane Earl arrives on the East Coast, Avon has pulled all of its titles that have the name “Earl” in it in celebration. Check it out here.

You can download a free copy of Carolyn Jewel’s Regency short story, Moonlight, at Risky Regencies.

Becky’s Book Reviews posted a review of Jane Eyre: The Graphic Novel, having just read the novel and watched the movie have to admit I am intrigued to see how the graphic novel compares.

Interviews:

Reyna Hurand, teen author of Misfortune in Manhattan, at Confessions of a Bookaholic.

Bree Despain, author of Dark Divine, at Twisted Fates’ Cafe.

J.K. Beck, author of The Shadow Keepers, at ScifiGuy.

Giveaways:

Emily’s Reading Room is giving away a signed copy of Paranormalcy, contest ends September 10th.

Berkly/Jove is having their Fall Giveaway at Dear Author, they are giving away 110 books, that’s right 110 books so head on over there to enter but hurry because the contest September 4th.

Reviews by Martha’s Bookshelf is giving away 3 copies of The Island audio book, contest ends September 24th.

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Nathan Bransford, literary agent, has posted a great article about publishing and how what publishers are doing is changing here.

Once Upon a Bookcase has posted about various YA publishers facebook pages, where you can get update about new releases, new covers and giveaways here.

Oxford English Dictionary has announced that it ‘will not be printed again’ with their site getting more than two million hits a month the next major edition is expected to appear only in electronic form, read the entire article here.

Alyxandra Harvey has posted the two covers for her next Drake Chronicles novel, Out for Blood, which one do you like better?

Austenprose has posted a sneak peak of the latest edition of Jane Austen’s Regency World Magazine, the official magazine of Jane Austen Centre, Bath. She provides a look at the BBC’s new series The Secret Diaries of Anne Lister, a Georgian drama.

Have you looked at Pocket After Dark? It is the new online community by Simon & Schuster that has community discussions, free reads, free previews and notifications of new releases. Authors located there include Sabrina Jeffries,
Judith McNaught, Fern Michaels and Sherrilyn Kenyon.

The Misadventures of Super Librarian has put together a list librarians in romance novels that you should check out.

Interviews:

Violet Haberdasher, author of Knightly Academy, at La Femme Readers.

Adam Jay Epstein & Andrew Jacobsen, authors of The Familiars, at Literaturely Speaking.

Eloisa James, author of A Kiss at Midnight, at Romantic Crush Junkies.

Heidi R. Kling, author of Sea, at Confessions of a Bookaholic.

Giveaways:

Peace, Love and Reviews by Pat is back after her hiatus is giving away alot of great stuff including giftcards and several books including Mockingjay, contest ends September 31st.

Library of Clean Reads is giving away a $60 CSN gift certificate, contest ends September 13th.

Smart Bitches Trashy Books is giving away a bed, yes you read the right, a Tempurpedic bed, contest ends September 2nd.

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The Huffington Post has posted the nine best science fiction YA novels besides Mockingjay. I have to agree with A Wrinkle in Time, The Giver and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, check it out and let me know which books you would add to the list.

Entertainment Weekly’s Blog EW’s Shelf-life has posted a great article about the different attitude taken by “literary critics’ towards novels written by men about family relationships and the same types of books written by women.  Jodi Picoult’s twittering started the latest round of discussion regarding ‘chick lit.’

A Girl Reads brought to my attention that Google states there 129, 864, 880, what constitutes a book you ask? Read the article here.

There have been several postings that I have seen lately about the importance of pen names.  Many authors choose a pen name for a variety of reasons but Angela James at Carina Press had me giggling from the first question “Does it sound like a porn star?”  Terry Kate over at Romance in the Backseat also discussed this very important issue, historically many authors have used pen names.

I just saw the cover for Karen Hawkins re-release of Much Ado About Marriage and I have to admit I love it, there is something about a sexy man in a great coat. (Can I hear a woot! woot! for Hugh Jackman in Kate and Leopold?!) The other two covers that caught my eye (yes I am like a raven, the shinies make me want) are The Lord’s Forced Bride by Anny Herries, I love the detail on her dress, and The Border Vixen by Bertrice Small, who doesn’t love a woman with a sword?!

Interviews:

Teresa Medeiros, author of The Devil Wears Plaid, at Romantic Crush Junkies.

Susanna Fraser, author of The Sergeant’s Lady at Carina Press.

Susan Mallory, author of Finding Perfect at The Romance Book Club.

Tawny Weber’s latest Hero, star of Riding the Waves at Romance University.

Kat Martin, author of The Necklace Trilogy at The Lovestruck Novice.

Giveaways:

Battle of the Sexies all this month over at Book Faery.

The Season of Romance is giving away more eGalleys, so if you like ebooks check out the three she is giving away.

The Fiction Vixen is giving away two, that’s right TWO, copies of Mockingjay, contest ends Sept. 6th.

The Bibliophilic Book Blog is also giving away two copies of Mockingjay, contest ends Sept. 15th.

Author Kate Allen from Historical Romance UK is giving away three copies of her novel, Krakow Waltz, set in Poland on goodreads.com, contest ends August 31st.

Cindy’s Love of Books is celebrating her blogiversary, congrats to her!

A Girl Reads A Book is giving away a $40 gift card to CSN Stores.

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Congrats to Jackie at Literary Escapism on the birth of her new son! She is the first blogger I have met who has posted a Baby Pool on her site.

Literary Agent Andrew Wylie caused a stir last month when he announced he would be publishing a back-list of books in ebook format.  (Wylie represents such authors as John Updike and Oliver Sach.) This caused Random House to be upset to the point that they announced they wouldn’t be doing business with him anymore.  Daily Finance is reporting that Wylie and the CEO of Random House have reached an agreement to publish the eBooks. Publishers Weekly also has an article on this issue.  I have a feeling as more publishers/authors move to get their back-lists published in eBook format we are going to see more contention/discussion as to who owns what rights to which books.

Summer is winding down, school is starting and we only have a few weeks left to see the summer blockbusters we may have missed with all the traveling and vacationing that has gone on this summer.  Has anyone else felt like this was the summer of remakes, sequels, and books-to-movies? I realize there have been several new films but for the most part it has really felt like Hollywood has struggled to come up with anything new.  I am not complaining, I love/hate it when my favorite books are made into movies, they never are what I pictured in my head but some have become some of my favorite films that get watched over and over (can I hear a Woot! Woot! for Pride and Prejudice). That being said, I decided to look a little closer and what Books-to-Movies have come out this summer. I haven’t seen most of these, being a poor college student I have to wait until they are at the discount theater or released on Netflix, but I do want to see them. Am I missing any on my list? If so leave a comment and let me know.

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
Robin Hood
Marmaduke (comic strip but also book)
Eclipse
Ramona and Beezus
Charlies St. Cloud
Eat, Pray, Love
Nanny McPhee Returns

There are a couple of films coming out this year and I am really excited for, how about you?

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

I will be there on opening night for this one, a bunch of my classmates are dressing up and going together. *squee* I am so excited I can barely stand it and I will definitely be rereading this right before going to the movie.

Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader

I loved this series while I was growing and I have been super impressed with the way Disney has the first two films.