We wanted to give everyone an update on what's been going on.
Eight weeks ago, Lindsay's mom suddenly passed away. It was completely unexpected and emotional and as you can imagine, she's been having a hard time and hasn't been around to keep on top of the blog. She's trying to find a new normal and get back into the swing of things, but it's going to take some time.
We're sorry for any missing or late posts. We are in the process of trying to get caught up on things. If we own anyone reviews, we promise that we will get them posted as soon as possible as we get back into the swing of things here.
We appreciate your understanding.
Hey everybody. Some distressing news from an author that we've read and enjoyed.
Cassandra Zara needs your help. She posted the following message on Facebook and in her most recent newsletter:
To all fans of Cassandra Zara:If you are wondering where part 1 of my popular new serial "A Baby for My Billionaire Stepbrother" has gone, you might ask the person who filed a false DMCA notice against me to Amazon. So far, all Amazon has given me is the name and email address of "Joannah", the person who is apparently responsible for costing my family hundreds of dollars in sales for every day that the book remains off sale. This happened recently to Becca Mills and her book "Nolander". In addition, by the time the book does go back on sale, Amazon's sales algorithms will have made all three parts that are currently out nearly invisible. I've been told that there's literally nothing I can do until "Joannah" agrees to let my book return to sale, and she has not bothered to answer my email. They won't even tell me what book I've plagiarized. I have completed part 4 of this serial, but will not release it while part 1 remains blocked from sale, because it will wither on the vine without the other books to back it up.I have filed a counter-notice against the DMCA which removes liability from Amazon if they repost the content. Amazon has not acted on it yet. If you think this is unfair or unjust, please send an email to Jeff Bezos at jeff@amazon.com and also cc copyright@amazon.com. Ask him to please hurry the process of returning the book with the ASIN of B00TJ0LKVU to sale. He loves receiving unhappy customer emails. A sample email is below (which, ironically, I copied from a fan of Becca Mills), for you to copy and paste if you'd like. In return, I will release some extended scenes from the first book when it goes back on sale. Thank you very much!Cassie---Dear Mr. Bezos,I am a customer of Amazon. An author I am a fan of was recently accused of copyright infringement on Amazon. She has sent Amazon counter-notice.She has not received any data about her accuser except a name and email. She has not even been told which book she has supposedly infringed upon.By the DMCA's own laws AMAZON IS NOT LIABLE AFTER a counter notice is filed. YOU CANNOT BE SUED for reposting her book. Please do the right thing and relist it. Relevant info below:ASIN: B00TJ0LKVUTitle: A Baby for My Billionaire StepbrotherAuthor: Cassandra Zara
Any emails would be appreciated. We hope that she's able to get the situation resolved so that she can release repost the first book and release the forth book in the series.
Recently we were talking and came to the conclusion that we wanted to do a little more with the blog. We love reviewing and posting cover reveals and promos for books but to be honest, we don't get a lot of interaction.
As further honesty, even though we're pretty plain spoken in our reviews about our likes and dislikes (and loves) of the books we review, we're actually shy. It's a lot easier to discuss a book instead of posting our thoughts and opinions on other (book related) topics.
So the way this is going to work is we're going to start doing a weekly conversational post. Each week you'll get a post from one of us on something book related that's been on our minds, and you never know when one of us will be in the giving mood and have a giveaway of that week's book on our minds.
The weeks that we personally don't post, we're hoping to have guest posts from some of our favorite authors.
We're calling this our SUNDAY SPOTLIGHT.
To start us out, Lindsay is going to be blogging about a book she's currently reading.
Just to keep you on your toes, we'll occasionally have giveaways. So you'll have to keep an eye on our posts to find them. ;)
