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[AnemicOak]

Diablo Lake: Moonstruck by Lauren Dane - $0.99
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In Diablo Lake, Tennessee, a town populated by werewolves, witches and more, magic woven deep into the earth protects the town's secrets from outsiders.

Katie Grady left Diablo Lake to get over a humiliating breakup. But her family needs her help, so she's back, in a sublet right across the hall from the guy she's lusted after for years. Jace Dooley is hotter than ever, and their friendship picks up along with massive doses of grown-up chemistry.

The very scent of Katie sharpens Jace's canines, makes the wolf within him stir. There's nothing more alluring to a Pack Alpha than a sexy female who is so very in charge. She won't be coddled, but if he plays his hand just right she might be convinced to become his.

Katie presents a challenge to Jace's wolf nature, whose chief instinct is to protect. Especially now that she's coming into the magic that is her birthright—and suddenly Jace isn't the only one who's interested in Katie or the raw power she's just learning to use.

[Amaryllis]

Add me to the list of people having issues with the Harlequin site & buying books.
It absolutely will not let me view "full site" mode when on my tablet, even though prior to today I've always been able to do so.
It also will not let me buy a book. There is a February release series book I want, and it will let me add neither the paper book nor the ebook to my cart. I have tried chrome on the tablet, and firefox & IE on the laptop.

[Blossom]

Harlequin just sent me 2000 points again for not buying anything yet. They've been doing this every month for the last three months. They want me to submit a receipt. I get 2000 points for watching a video.

I just bought the elusive Seven Minutes In Heaven book using those points because Overdrive still doesn't have it. No problems here.



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[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Harlequin just sent me 2000 points again for not buying anything yet. They've been doing this every month for the last three months. They want me to submit a receipt. I get 2000 points for watching a video.

Same here

[worktolive]

I just got a notice that Samhain is shutting down on Feb 28. At least they are giving everyone plenty of notice, unlike All Romance. They used to have lots of good authors, but most have moved on. Hopefully the authors will be able to get back the rights to their books and will self-pub them.

[cadele]

Originally Posted by worktolive

I just got a notice that Samhain is shutting down on Feb 28. At least they are giving everyone plenty of notice, unlike All Romance. They used to have lots of good authors, but most have moved on. Hopefully the authors will be able to get back the rights to their books and will self-pub them.

I just got the email as well. I started a thread in news about it. So sad that another bookstore is going. Not leaving us with a lot of choices.

[AnemicOak]

Here's the email in case anyone is interested. I also posted in in the original thread about Samhain closing a year ago...

Greetings, Samhain Readers.

It's with a heavy heart that we announce Samhain Publishing will be closing at the end of February. Due to the declining sales we’ve been experiencing with this changing market we’ve come to the sad conclusion it’s time to call it a day.

The last of our new titles launch February 21st; I hope you will check them out and support them as you have so many other Samhain titles through the years."

Our site will go dark at the end of the day, February 28th. Please take a few moments and visit, buy what you might have been planning on getting someday in the future, but download and back up your bookshelf because you won’t have access to it after February 28th.

Thank you for all your support through the eleven years we’ve been open. It’s been a pleasure to bring to market new voices in publishing and new works from familiar authors. From start to finish, we’ve always kept what the reader wants in mind and hope you enjoyed what we had to offer.

https://www.samhainpublishing.com/

Christina Brashear | Publisher

[library addict]

I hope she really does so this time. Stating they were going to close and would give back all the rights, then not doing so messed up a lot of authors.

It's a shame, because she had the opportunity to take the high road and do things the right way. And now she'll be lumped in with ARe and EC.

I discovered a lot of authors through Samhain over the years. I will miss what they used to be.

[Hemmi]

Geez, Samhain did that once before. Hope they don't change their mind again.

[ScalyFreak]

Nah, Samhain is doing it right - from my perspective as a customer and reader. She emailed me and gave me a heads-up, and tells me I have a couple of weeks to download all my books.

Samhain is already light years ahead of how ARe went out.

[AnemicOak]

From Harlequin Rewards...

OUR VALENTINE GIFT TO YOU - 2X POINTS ON ALL HARLEQUIN BOOK PURCHASES

You'll earn 2X points on all Harlequin book purchases from wherever you prefer to shop. Only until February 14, 2017.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by library addict

I hope she really does so this time. Stating they were going to close and would give back all the rights, then not doing so messed up a lot of authors.

It's a shame, because she had the opportunity to take the high road and do things the right way. And now she'll be lumped in with ARe and EC.

I discovered a lot of authors through Samhain over the years. I will miss what they used to be.

The market has changed. I'm surprised they are still around. I'm going to miss their titles but the small publisher bubble has busted. More and more people are moving back to mainstream as the prices stay down.

Thanks to indie authors who have flooded the market with junk readers seldom see small publishers who publish quality books anymore. They are too buried in the slush pile. Open Road is struggling we saw their attempt at Xmas to try and get people's attention by giving away a ton of free books. Unfortunately while I'm eternally grateful for all the freebies. I don't see it changing much. People are struggling with money due to the economy and more inclined to buy books they are familiar with than buy an unknown author at a higher price. More and more readers are using libraries too.

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[Blossom]

Today I helped someone join Harlequin Rewards and she told me she was able to download her book into the Overdrive app. I was not aware this was possible but it's good to know if you are traveling and don't have access to ADE.

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[Hemmi]

Well, I'm a Samhain customer as well and haven't gotten an email. If I didn't hang out here, I wouldn't know about that.

Yes, I knew about Harlequin and the Overdrive app. When I was trying to download that Lauren Dane book last year (that I was never able to), I installed Overdrive on my computer to try and download it that way. It did not work.

[ferrywoman]

If you're up for a short trip to South Africa, Kobo has a couple of new release bargains.

• Born of Vengeance by Sherrilyn Kenyon - R 24,99 (≈U$1.87)
• Echoes in Death by J. D. Robb - R 23,99
• Seven Minutes in Heaven by Eloisa James (piatkus) - R 10,99
• Into the Firestorm by Kat Martin - R 7,59
• Justice Ascending by Rebecca Zanetti (Kensington) - R 7,59
• Hard to Handle by Christine Warren - R 6,79
• Falling for the Highlander by Lynsay Sands - R 5,99
• Wolf Moon by Lisa Kessler - R 5,09
• Constantine by Heather Grothaus - R 4,99
• Riveted by Jay Crownover - R 4,05 (≈U$0.30)

(Some mystery & suspense here and there, too, if you're interested.)