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Best Gay Romance 2011 is out!

edited January 2011 in - Writing Tales
Best Gay Romance 2011, which features my story Pillion, is now out. My contributor’s copies arrived last week.

For the paperback version, go to:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Romance-2011-Richard-Labonte/dp/1573444286/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1295524496&sr=1-1

Although the website shows the publication date as 3rd February, Amazon seem to have paperback copies in stock at the moment.

For the Kindle version, go to:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Gay-Romance-2011/dp/B004GXATZ8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1295524496&sr=1-2

Thanks once more to those Talkbackers who were kind enough to answer my questions about medical matters for the story.

Comments

  • [quote=Jay Mandal]Thanks once more to those Talkbackers who were kind enough to answer my questions about medical matters for the story. [/quote]

    *gulps*

    Excellent news!
  • congratulations, Jay!
  • Congrats Jay, that's great news. I'm off to have a look now...
  • well done Jay
  • Excellent news, Jay!
  • Congratulations!
  • That's great news Jay.
  • Fantastic news, Jay.
  • Excellent Jay. I read a it of the story and it was intriguing. I wanted to read on.
  • Great news.
  • Well done, Jay!

    (Still chuckling about the 'medical matters' comment)
  • great, Jay.
    Glad I could help.
  • Well done, Jay :))
    glad I could help.
  • Congratulations, Jay.
  • Well done, Jay.
  • Hope you've sorted your medical problem out!
    (Tell me, is it in the genes?)
  • Congratulations Jay!
  • They do get a mention, Marc. Oh, I thought you said 'jeans'. :)
  • Congrats Jay!
  • Yes darling, we know its in the jeans. Its when it's out of the jeans it starts to get interesting!!
  • Congratulations, Jay.
  • Thanks, everyone. The book has a Look Inside facility on Amazon.
  • Well done, Jay. Just going to look ...
  • Just looked ! Great stuff in there Jay... and I need the rest of Pillion :)

    How does Amazon decide which parts of the book to put in the "look inside" ? I mean, is it luck or good management that Pillion is previewed ?
    ( Or, just thought, maybe it's the publisher and not Amazon that decides. Just remembered I might have done that myself )
  • Glad you liked what you read, Lexia.

    Presumably the publisher says whether a book may be viewed. Amazon UK let you read 20%, I think. My story's towards the front, so that may mean it's more likely to be viewed, although you can't read every page of it.
  • Fantastic news, Jay. Well done!
  • Congratulations, Jay - great news.
  • Thanks. I've just noticed that they did change my (car) boot to trunk. Oh, well.
  • well done Jay
  • edited February 2011
    Who outed it? Congratulations!
  • Thanks. The publishers must have. The editor, who's Canadian, had no objection.
  • Delighted for ya! :) Very well done, Jay. When I clicked on the 'look inside' I got a snippet of the first story, so perhaps it's a random thing?
  • edited February 2011
    Thanks. I think it is random-ish, but readers probably end up reading the start of the anthology.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Romance-2011-Richard-Labonte/dp/1573444286/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1298026082&sr=1-1#reader_1573444286

    Directly under the word 'feedback' or 'close' is a small cursor/arrow which you can move down. You may be able to read more - not sure if you have to have bought books from Amazon to be able to do this.
  • http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/1573444286/ref=pr_all_summary_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

    A 5-star review for the anthology.
  • that is SO good, Jay!
  • That's very good Jay. :)
  • edited May 2011
    Review from Lambda Literary: "Best Gay Romance 2011, edited by Richard Labont
  • edited May 2011
    Are those of you who read Pillion, when checking the medical aspect, surprised at Lambda's comments?
  • edited July 2011
    This MIGHT take you to page 44 of BGR2011 for Pillion:

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/reader/1573444286?_encoding=UTF8&page=55#reader_1573444286

    Not sure how much you'll be able to read, though.

    Ah. There is some sex in it. You have been warned!
  • Very pleased for you Jay.Well done.
  • Thanks, Francis. I've managed to get into BGR2012, too, so that's four in a row.
  • Does my memory deceive me, Jay? Nobody was 'taken home semi-conscious' were they?
  • Those don't sound like my words!
  • Many congrats..xx
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