My Valentine’s Pressie

Well, I’ve been hankering for an ebook reader for two years. Desperate for one in fact.

I’ve been annoying the crap out of DH, telling him how I can’t live without one, and how sparse my life is with only print books, and how chained I am to my computer, forced to sit at my desk every day just to read a book. (Oh, ok, I’ve just been bugging him a lot with stories about wonderful ebook readers.)

So, come Valentine’s Day, and guess what? You got it. Against every arrangement we’ve ever made to NOT buy each other Valentine’s Day gifts, guess what DH arrived home with?

You got it! My very own, sparkly new ebook reader:

Yep, he got me a BeBook!

Okay, let me be more specific. This is Australia, and the BeBook is called the HanLin eReader. So DH got me a HanLin eReader. And OMG, I am so stoked. I’ve been loading books on all weekend. (Ok, DH has been loading books all weekend, as I am a techno idiot and wouldn’t have a clue how.) Problem is, I’m not sure yet what format is best. Tried .pdf, coz that’s what I read on my computer, but nope. It wasn’t good. So I took  A Question of Trust and downloaded all the different formats, and have been working my way through them all to see which works best.

So far, I’m thinking, the .htm version is best. But you know what? I need time. To play around, to experiment, to get to know my new toy. I’m hoping by 2011 I’ll finally have got a handle on how to use it.

In the meantime, I have a dilemma. I’m desperate to get started on the reader, but I made a big mistake. I opened Twilight by Stephenie Meyer and began the book. Now I’m hooked. I had to finish it yesterday, firstly because I could not put it down, and secondly because I have New Moon sitting on my desk, and the darn book keeps winking at me. Damn, if only I’d had the HanLin a week ago. I would have bought the series as ebooks and read them on my new eReader.

*Sigh* Isn’t life tough?

NOT!

Jess

Ask Adam Cover Nominated For Award

I knew Scott Carpenter was a genius the second I laid eyes on his amazing art work for Ask Adam:

Even now when I look at it, I’m struck the raw sensuality of this beautiful, romantic cover.

Now Scott’s genius has been recognized by the Erotic Romance Writers and ireadromance.com

Ask Adam has been nominated for an Ariadne Award for Best Romance Cover. (Can you see my proud-as-punch smile?)

To find out more about the awards, or to vote for your favorite author/publisher/book/cover, head on over to ireadromance.com.

And may I take this opportunity to once again express my undying love for the mighty talented Scott?

Jess

Only Tyler is Joyfully Recommended

WOW! I am so excited. I just received the link to an awesome review for Only Tyler, written by Melissa at Joyfully Reviewed. This is what she had to say:

“I’m not usually one for “he dumped her and he’s back for a second chance” storylines but Jess Dee made me love it. Tyler had genuine reasons for leaving which twist the reader’s heart, while I was still mad at him they made me want to forgive him for hurting Katie. Add to this the smokin’ hot passion between Tyler and Katie and Only Tyler is a definite winner! I’ll be impatiently tapping my foot waiting for Jess Dee to give me Steve’s story. I happily recommend Only Tyler to everyone!!”

Thank you Melissa!

For the full review, you can click here:

http://joyfullyreviewed.com/reviews/RRs/Feb09RR/onlytyler.JD.html

Jess

Samhellion Swag Hunt is on

The Samhellion Valentine Swag Hunt has started. Don’t even think about missing it.

Quick. Check out the details for your chance to win awesome prizes:

http://www.thesamhellion.com/swag.htm

Oh, and good luck.

Jess