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I’m beginning to think that Torquere don’t WANT to sell books. An author contacted me a little while back to inform me of her new gay historical, and I said that was great and I’d put it on The List. I asked if I could have a review copy. She told me that Torquere don’t like authors sending out their own copies for review (yeah, because I bet that Torquere send their copies to the 100’s of review sites) but she’d ask them to send me a copy.

Unsurprisingly, they haven’t sent me one. So, undeterred, I go to their site and try to buy it, and five or six other new historicals that are on their books, amounting to about $20.

And they STILL don’t take Paypal! What is WRONG with these people? So I’ll have to hope that these books appear on Fictionwise and buy them there – which probably means the author will get less royalty.

Publishers – why do you make it SO DIFFICULT for people to spend their money?

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