Romance
Daily News, a New
York-based daily online magazine for romance readers, has launched today. Romance Daily News will
give the more than 30 million romance readers throughout the world the latest
news on their favorite genre, as well as customized bestseller lists and free eBook
downloads through the site’s exclusive partnership with Smashwords, the world's largest distributor of
indie eBooks.
Romance Daily
News will give readers a daily dose of romance in media such as
books, films, TV, and theater, as well as lifestyle topics like fashion,
travel, food & drink, relationships, and romance in art, history, gaming,
sex, politics, and science. The new online magazine’s unique features
include:
·
An exclusive Membership Program that entitles
romance readers to receive every day a free romance eBook powered by
Smashwords. The regular annual rate of
$14.99 will be discounted through October 31st for Smashwords
members to $9.99 for the first year. In
addition, the first 90 free Book of the Day giveaways include some of the biggest names in
romance including NY Times and USA Today bestsellers Natasha
Preston, RL Mathewson and Evangeline Anderson. Each eBook is accompanied
by a Q&A interview with the author.
·
Multiple exclusive bestseller lists from
Smashwords. Romance Daily News will feature nine dynamic bestseller
lists, with a different list appearing each day and some alternating
week-to-week. Romance
Daily News will feature book reviews, interviews, and sample chapters of
books.
·
New original columns such This Day in Romance, an editorial
cartoon by Last Kiss artist John Lustig, and articles by editors, agents,
librarians, book sellers, etc.
·
Horoscopes by Sephera Giron, a noted
metaphysical author of the bestselling book House Magic
Romance Daily News Publisher
and Editorial Director, Lori Perkins is a published author, book editor and
literary agent with three decades experience in publishing newspapers and
books. She was the owner and publisher of The
Uptown Weekly News in Manhattan’s Washington Heights and Inwood in the
80’s, as well as an adjunct professor of journalism at NYU. She has written or
edited 30 books, most of which are in the romance genre.
“An online
magazine partnering with a book delivery platform to offer lovers of
romance a free book every day is a game changer,” said Publisher Lori
Perkins. “Our data partnership with Smashwords allows our subscribers to
enjoy curated content that matches what readers are buying and reading.”
”We’re thrilled to partner with Romance Daily News for this multi-faceted
partnership,” said Mark Coker, founder and CEO of Smashwords. “For Smashwords
authors and publishers, this is an exciting opportunity to reach new
readers. For romance readers, it’s an opportunity to discover and enjoy
an amazing diversity of high-quality, curated romance.”
For more romance, please visit RomanceDailyNew.com. Any inquiries can be directed to info@romancedailynews.com
