Arrow Publications Now Distributes Other Publishers and Authors Content for the iPhone

Reading a romance story is an intimate experience, especially using your iPhone in a crowded place. No one can really see what has you so enthralled on your brightly lit screen. Your romantic and erotic reading pleasures are almost totally hidden from prying eyes. After all the iPhone is such a small device—smaller than a book and smaller than most electronic readers—and so easy to use.

And iPhone users are voracious. They want content, content and more content. So, why shouldn’t they have access to your content? No reason at all, which is why Arrow has decided to assist other publishers and authors in getting their books into the Apple App Store. Soon the savvy young commuter with her eyes glued to an iPhone will be reading your book.

Arrow Publication’s App Program for Publishers and Authors—It’s Not Just Romance

“We have learned a lot from developing our own apps and can assist other publishers and authors in getting their own titles into the App Store,” explains Pat White, CEO and publisher of Arrow Publications.

The titles that Arrow distributes are not limited to romance fiction or graphic novels. Arrow will consider any title—graphic novels, comics, short stories, novels, non-fiction, self-help or other publications—for which the publisher or author owns the rights.

Advantages of working with Arrow Publications

• Use the technology Arrow developed to create apps.

• Receive payment for your sales sooner. Apple pays only when set payment levels are reached, so you will receive your money faster when you are part of a larger group.

• Benefit from Arrow’s promotional efforts.

• No upfront fees from Arrow.

For more information on Arrow’s App Program send an email to arrowmobilecontent@gmail.com. Please include information on the books you would like us to consider for distribution.

T. N. King
Managing Editor

Join Us at the RT BookLOVERS Convention

We are pleased to announce that Pat White, CEO and Publisher, Arrow Publications will moderate a panel discussion on Multi-Platform Publishing at this year's Romantic Times BookLovers Convention in Columbus, OH, on Thursday, April 29, from 10 a.m to 11 a.m.

Panel Description: So you think that platforms like the iTunes App, nook, Kindle and the Sony Reader are reserved for large publishers and techno geeks? Well – think again! Find out how independent publishers and self-published writers are defying that myth by making their novels available not only in traditional print but portable formats. Pat White, CEO and Publisher, Arrow Publications, moderates this technology packed but easy to understand information session about the ever-changing publishing landscape in the 21st century.

Confirmed panel guests include:

• Liz Scheier (Editorial Director of Digital Content, Barnes & Noble)
• Tom King (Managing Editor, Arrow Publications)
• Lindsey Faber (Managing Editor, Samhain Publishing)
• Lucy Monroe (Award Winning and Bestselling Author).

Not only is this a new way of delivery, but another revenue stream for independents. The future of writing has never been so exciting!

Our Latest Romance Polls

The Votes are In!

During the last several months we’ve asked MyRomanceStory.com readers to tell us what they think on a variety of topics from Who is the Most Romantic Literary Vampire to Do You Like to Receive Books as Presents.

So now we know…

With more than 52-percent of the vote, Edward Cullen from Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series is your favorite vampire. Trailing behind with 15-percent were Dracula and Charlaine Harris’ Bill Compton in a three-way tie with a multitude of unnamed bloodsuckers.

If your girlfriend or wife has a birthday coming up you can confidently wrap up a selection of books with a bright pink ribbon according to our readers. More than 50-percent voted that they love to receive books as gifts. If you are not good at picking out titles, then 40-percent of readers think gift cards are appropriate for your special someone.

Not long ago the blog world was on fire with the question of whether it was okay for Harlequin Enterprises to launch a new vanity press venture.  Our own Poison Ivy wrote about Feathers Ruffled in Romance Land on MyRomanceBlog. While Harlequin had to rethink the venture’s name and even lost its standing as a recognized publisher with the Romance Writers of American, just over 52-percent of our readers felt that self-publisher was not so bad. However nearly 40-percent sided with RWA in giving Harlequin's new venture the thumbs down.

Romance Poll Results:

Poll results are non-scientific and based on your votes.

Poll Question for March

Our romance poll question for March is about what you think of bestselling authors. Visit our website and tell us what you think at MyRomanceStory.com.

In the Apple App Store

Love in Site (Love & Romance Collection)

Carin Raines, comely construction site inspector, is driving Sam crazy with her constant inspections of his work site on the romantic Hawaiian island of Kauai. He’s a professional, for heaven’s sake! He knows what he’s doing. When he demands she cut him some slack, sparks fly. Carin, too, is a professional and she’s just doing her job. But when she runs into Sam at the beach and offers to share her lunch, sparks of a different, hot sexual kind start to fly.

Writer: Jonni Bantz • Artist: Ronn Sutton

Throb (Love & Romance Collection)

When rock superstar Throb hires Marlena Summit to lead his team of bodyguards, she proves more than capable of deflecting attempts on his life from a violent stalker. And, focusing on her job, Marlena determines to ignore the sensuality Throb emits. But when the concerts are over and the groupies have gone, Throb sheds his hyper-sexed facade and becomes a man that Marlena finds impossible to resist.

Writer: Nic Anders and Taylor Ashley Subrosa
Artist: Roberto Goiriz

See below for more new releases in the Apple App Store.

Congratulations to Mil Fenske of Knoxville, Tennessee, the latest Grand Prize Winner in the Ladies Night In contest

Mil Fenske, a self-proclaimed contest lover, has been participating in the Ladies Night In contest almost since it started. Her diligence has paid off in the past since she’s been a weekly winner more than once. This is the first time that she’s won the Grand Prize. “I was so delighted,” she responded when notified of her win. “What a way to begin the New Year!”

Mil has been married for 30 years and has two stepchildren and two grown grandsons. She tells us she and her husband plan to use the BedandBreakfast.com gift card at a B&B in Sevierville, TN to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary in May.

“Our daughter and her husband have stayed there and have told us that it is wonderful. They highly recommend it. And, of course, we will use the $250 to complement our stay.”

Retired for eight years, Mil keeps busy volunteering at her church and in her community. Besides contests, she enjoys gardening, surfing the net and reading. She adds that entering contests and reading are enjoyable ways to spend a night-in at home. A fun night-out includes eating out and visiting with friends. When asked how her best friend would describe her, Mil responded, “conservative, serious and ambitious.” She goes on to describe her self as hardworking and someone who “walks the talk.” It is likely this consistency and dedication that earned Mil her spot in our winner’s circle.

Mil's Grand Prize package contains a $250 gift card from BedandBreakfast.com, $250 in cash, a signed copy of The Christmas Secret by bestselling author Donna VanLiere and a Wine Country Spa Gift Basket with an assortment of bath products for a total prize package valued at $565.00.

See below for a list of the weekly winners from round 10 of the Ladies’ Night In contest.

In the Winner’s Circle

Congratulations to all the Weekly Winners from the latest round of the Ladies' Night In Contest. Each winner will receive a gift bag that includes a copy of one of Carolly Erickson's bestselling historical novels plus other romantic products for their own Ladies' Night In. Erickson is the author of The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots and The Tsarina's Daughter.

The Ladies' Night In Contest is taking a break, but we will soon be launching a new writing contest. Look for details and the list of winners from our Valentine's Day Contest in the next issue of Love Notes to be released the third week of March.

Do Book Titles Reveal That We Desire the Same Things as our Ancestors?

Two Canadian researchers have written a paper entitled, "The Texas Billionaire’s Pregnant Bride," for the Journal of Social, Evolutionary and Cultural Psychology, which examines whether our mating preferences have changed over the last thousands of years. To answer this question, Anthony Cox of the Centre for Psychology and Computing, Dartmouth, Canada and Maryanne Fisher of the Department of Psychology, St Mary’s University in Nova Scotia looked at the words used in some 15,000 romance titles published by Harlequin between 1949 and 2009. If these titles do reveal our inner most desires then just like our earliest ancestors we are looking for love, marriage and children.

Cox and Fisher also looked the most frequently appearing professions in Harlequin romances and found that women must be looking for marriage with either a doctor or a cowboy. If that lucky young lady is a nurse from Texas then she should hear wedding bells by Christmas. In case you are puzzled by this leap in thinking—nurse was the third most popular profession in the study and both Texas and Christmas made the top 20 list of frequently used keywords. So it seems our desires are very basic and ageless, or at least that is what the people at Harlequin are trying to sell us. You can read the paper for yourself in the Journal of Social, Evolutionary and Cultural Psychology.

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