Ebooks sales are up, up, up according to Fiction Matters.

Dorchester Publishing is now accepting submissions via email. Guidelines:
www.dorchesterpub.com/Dorch/SubmissionGuidlines.cfm

Other publishers accepting email submissions include:

• Avon: www.harpercollins.com/imprints/avon/SubmissionGuidelines.aspx
• Spice Briefs: eharlequin.com/articlepage.html?articleId=1264&chapter=0
• Nocturne Bites: eharlequin.com/articlepage.html?articleId=1336&chapter=0
• Query only to Kensington Books:
• www.kensingtonbooks.com/finditem.cfm?itemid=14298
• Most/if not all ebook publishers

RWA President Diane Pershing has some members questioning whether or not they should continue their membership. Members are upset by Pershing’s recent comments about ebook authors in the organization’s trade journal, the Romance Writers Report. Lauren Dane and Kristin Painter are just two of the authors speaking out against Pershing’s June column.

A Colorado library is doing away with the Dewey Decimal system. cataurl.com/DMdbF

Harlequin Executive Editor Marsha Zinberg guest blogged about fun facts from the Famous Firsts authors at CataRomance on Tuesday. cataurl.com/kQUfK

Copyblogger has a great article for writers on knowing when to Shut Up. The general idea is when to be mysterious in your writing and to not insult the readers intelligence. It’s worth a read.

Twitter will begin verifying accounts to cut down on the number of imposters out there. They’ll start this summer with celebrities and other public figures.

If you need to brush up on your email/texting etiquette, here’s an interesting post about why you don’t have to answer immediately.

And by the way, if you haven’t tried out the new search engine, I mean, decision engine in town, I recommend you head over to www.Bing.com right now and do so.

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