Wandergurl and I are liveblogging ARRC09 via Twitter, cross-posted to the blog. Morning sessions include welcome, speeches by Susan Grant and Liz Maverick, panel discussion on e-books, love and alternate realities, and future of romance.
Running late again. Wandergurl is having brekkie with some Cellies. Will resume liveblog soon!
having brekkie with the cellie girls! Good to catch up :)
Talking books with cellies. Apparently, I should look up King Neptune on the Lora Leigh forum! *NSFW*
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vassilikiveros I'll be listening to the panel at 10.30
#arrc Tough choice between ebook panel or future of romance. Opted for ebook. Sponsored by Torquere Press.
ended up in urban fantasy cos was running late as we had to check out
its quite funny this panel!
#arrc eBooks greener, more personal attention, ease of use, way of future
#arrc SF/F even bigger in ebooks than erotica
i love how denise rosetti insists that her characters!
ok that got sent too early. I meant that her characters bathe!
#arrc DADirect sells BeBook for under 500. May have a shop front in Melbourne soon. Dymocks in Sydney sells ebooks
#arrc Authors have greater input into titles and covers, more flexible.
vampires penetrate now in diff ways from back in dracula's time
#arrc An author in the audience reckons ebooks often have better covers than HQN and others. I don't agree with this.
excuse me dear while i shift your tail is the best line ever. Tho i don't think i could read a centaur female and a male erotica thingy
#arrc Would be great if sites had AUD conversion.
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girlwithabolo how much more different could penetration be? LOL #arrc
#arrc need to be mindful of niche and audience
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bookthingo apparently before it was all just blood sucking. No penetration. Now they bite other things too, as denise rosetti says :)
#arrc Editing is important and quality depends on editorial team
there's a lot of liberties that u can take with world building. You can be a goddess! I like that.
#arrc Publishers and authors dob in piracy sites and readers help by reporting when they find sites
catch phrase of the day: "you are my mate!" bwahahhahaa
now really want to read books by everyone in the panel. Oh noes! Will be overbudget. Thank God we have ebooks
#arrc Don't get the feeling that panel understands generational issues with filesharing
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bookthingo oh noes makikipagaway ka nanaman hahaha! Do not fight the panelists!
#arrc eBook royalties are much higher than print books. Is this true? I'm not sure I believe this. At least not in terms of averages.
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girlwithabolo I didn't! Was disappointed in lack of diversity in the answers, though. But audience challenged answers, too, so was good.
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