29.12.2013 Views

gotham books avery blue rider press dutton - Bookseller Services ...

gotham books avery blue rider press dutton - Bookseller Services ...

gotham books avery blue rider press dutton - Bookseller Services ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

FEBRUARY 2014<br />

MEMOIR<br />

978-0-525-95438-5<br />

$26.95 ($28.50 CAN)<br />

320 PAGES<br />

6 x 9<br />

EXPORT RIGHTS: W00<br />

AGENT: FOLIO LITERARY<br />

MANAGEMENT<br />

FIRST SERIAL, AUDIO, UK,<br />

TRANSLATION: DUTTON<br />

ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN E-BOOK<br />

• Newspaper and magazine<br />

features and reviews<br />

• Postcards<br />

• Targeted online marketing<br />

• www.romanceismydayjob<br />

.word<strong>press</strong>.com<br />

• www.twitter.com/<br />

patiencebloom<br />

EXCERPT | I should know about love stories since, as an editor at Harlequin, I<br />

edit these <strong>books</strong> every single day. The mechanics of love are familiar to me.<br />

It’s a tough job (not really), but I do it with pleasure.<br />

I get to deal with writers who love writing about love. They send me<br />

chocolate on Valentine’s Day, always ask about my personal life, supply me<br />

with manuscripts to feed my book-reading obsession, and they are interesting<br />

people. It’s sick that I get paid to do this.<br />

You’d think I’d have this whole love thing sewn up for real. Not even close. I<br />

do everything I’m supposed to do. I am ready for any opportunity. But then<br />

years, decades go by and here I am. In the <strong>books</strong>, romance happens when you<br />

least expect it, so I try not to expect it. But the more romances I edit, the more<br />

I see my life is nothing like these <strong>books</strong>.<br />

PATIENCE BLOOM has been a romance<br />

editor at Harlequin for sixteen years. After<br />

living in Connecticut, New Mexico, and<br />

Paris, she now lives with her husband,<br />

Sam, in New York City.<br />

© Patrick Smith<br />

DUTTON 65

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!