From today’s Publisher’s Lunch:
LibraryThing.com is working with Random House to “give out free pre-publication books in exchange for reviews” and will expand the program to other publishers in October. First titles include books from Amanda Eyre Ward, Lisa See, and Amy Bloom, and LT tells their customers, “You get free books, and share your opinions with a wide audience. LibraryThing makes everyone happy and keeps everything free and fair.”
Included in the beta run is Peony in Love, the upcoming book by LA novelist Lisa See.
Meet the authors of the California Authors Directory. Visit the directory to discover writers like Christina Meldrum, a Bay Area attorney whose book Madapple was just released this month. “In debut novelist Christina Meldrum's mesmerizing literary mystery, 
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