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Rosanne Bittner: Heart of the West2012 Romantic Times Conference Report |
Sourcebooks drove us to their facilities in Naperville in a very fancy limo-bus, and when we arrived we were taken on a tour of "the works." Wow! We take a lot for granted when we buy a paperback book or order an e-book, not thinking about all the work that goes into getting that book published. We toured the editing department, the layout department, the cover art department, publicity, marketing, sales, packaging, and they even have a complaint department.
The tour was followed by a wonderful lunch on-site, after which several authors were interviewed individually. Soon those interviews will be available for all you readers to view when you go to Sourcebooks.com. My particular interview will be made available here and on other sites of my social networking, so watch for it! The best news that came out of Romantic Times and my meeting with Sourcebooks was learning that I have SOLD A NEW BOOK! My readers can finally read a new story from Rosanne Bittner. It's a western romance called PARADISE VALLEY and is set in 1800's Wyoming and parts of the famed Outlaw Trail. PARADISE VALLEY is my 58th book, and when my deal is settled with Sourcebooks I will post a short synopsis of the story so everybody can see what it will be about. It will be published both in mass paperback and as an e-book next spring (2013)!
I conducted a workshop at R.T. called THE POWER OF PASSION, and it, too, is posted here on my website for you to read. I attended other workshops and a great party Sourcebooks held at the hotel. (Click here to read THE POWER OF PASSION.) R.T. held a HUGE book signing in the grand ballroom that Saturday. I'm sure at least 2,000 readers and booksellers came through! By the time it was over, I could barely talk because I'd been talking all afternoon. I handed out every piece of publicity I'd brought with me and met a host of current readers and prospective new readers.
All in all, it was one of the best conferences I have attended in years and I will probably go again next year! Not sure what city will host next year's convention, but if you go to RTBookReviews.com, I'm sure they are already posting information on next year's event. Hope to see you there! |
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