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Useful Links for Romance Writers and Readers at http://www.jaclynreding.com/links/
A well-organized listing of links for authors, publishers, distributors,
organizations, and romance reference.
All About Romance at http://www.likesbooks.com/
For and by romance readers, they call themselves the romance readers
home for romance novels, romance reviews, romance authors, and
more.
Romance Novel Review at http://members.tripod.com/~KristinaDaron/
A personal site with professional content. Reviews, author links,
and "Best-of" lists.
The Romance Journal at http://www.romancejournal.com/
Features 2 active message boards, and informative content that
takes the romance genre seriously.
The Romance Club at http://www.theromanceclub.com/
Previews, featured authors, and lots of links.
The Romance Reader at http://www.theromancereader.com/
Thousands of book reviews, author interviews, an author address
book, and feature columns.
Romance Writers of America at http://www.rwanational.com/
Industry news with special sections for readers and librarians.
The Ultimate Internet Romance Book Site at http://www.icgnet.com/romancebooks/index1.htm
A unique personal site featuring hundreds of scanned romance novel
covers dating back to 1973, as well as cover model info and a
list of 320 aliases of romance writers.
Romantic Times Magazine at http://www.romantictimes.com/
The website companion to the print periodical. Features reviews
by genre and author news.
Overbooked Romance Links at http://www.overbooked.org/romance.html
Authors ~ Presenters:
Teresa
Medeiros: http://home.earthlink.net/~termede/website2001.htm
Susan Elizabeth Phillips:
http://www.susanephillips.com/
Kristin
Ramsdell: http://www.library.csuhayward.edu/staff/kramsdell.htm
Related Links:
Bantam Doubleday Dell
William Morrow
- HarperCollins
Genreflecting:
Romance
All About Romance
Interview with Kay Mussell
"Are Feminism and Romance Novels Mutally Exclusive?"
(1997)
The Literature
of Romance: A Librarian's Viewpoint by Kristin Ramsdell
This article was originally published in the June 1999 edition
of Romance Writers Report, the professional journal of the Romance
Writers of America. 19 (June 1999): 37-39
Accidental
Authors, Random Readers, and the Art of Popular Romance by Dr.
Beth Rapp Young
This article was first published in Paradoxa Studies in World
Literary Genres:
Where's Love Gone? Transformations in the Romance Genre (Vol.
3, Numbers 1-2, 1997: 29-45)
Defeating
the Critics: What We Can Do About the Anti-Romance Bias by Jennifer
Crusie
Romance Writer's Report. Vol. 18 Number 6, June 1998: 38-39, 44.
Panache column on the hot buttons that romance fiction pushes
in its critics
Romance Novel
Studies Bibliography - compiled by Rita Mackin Fox
Includes dissertations, articles, reference sources and more.
"What's
in a Name" - PW article on Romance and Women's Fiction 7/2/01
Authors and publishers discuss the (often subtle) distinctions
between romance and women's fiction
RUSA/CODES Readers' Advisory Committee
- program links
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This bibliography was prepared by Vicki Nesting and Rebecca
Vnuk for the CODES (Collection Development and Evaluation Section)
/ Readers' Advisory Committee's program "The Lure of Romance."
This program was held June 17, 2001 at the American Library Association's
Annual Conference in San Francisco. CODES is a part of the American
Library Association's Reference and User Services Association.
