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Sisters in Crime is pleased to announce our first ever "We Love Libraries"lottery. Monthly grants of $1,000 will be awarded from January through December 2011. To enter, simply fill out an easy application form and upload a photo of one or more of your staff with three books in your collection by Sisters in Crime members. At the end of each month, a random drawing will be held and the winner announced. Click here for more information and for the link to the entry form.
Congratulations to the Newton Falls Public Library in Newton Falls, Ohio! They have won the "We Love Libraries" $1,000 grant money for July 2010. The library will be receiving their $1,000 check soon. Keep registering for the July drawing; you only need to enter one time to be eligible for the entire year.
Recent News
Come mingle and enjoy SinC hospitality! Sisters in Crime and the Northern California Chapter of SinC are pleased to be co-hosting an opening-night reception at Bouchercon By the Bay. All Bouchercon attendees are welcome to attend and meet our Northern California Sisters and SinC's National Board of Directors. The brief (but exciting!) annual business meeting will be held along with an array of food, drink, and schmoozing. The reception is FREE and will be held at the Hyatt. The room name will be announced at a later date. This will be the official SinC business and social event for Bouchercon By the Bay and will be held at 3:00 pm on Thursday, October 14, 2010. If you are not a Sisters in Crime member, come and see what the organization is all about! We'd love to meet you.
Sisters in Crime is pleased to announce that they have commissioned a comprehensive study on mystery readers' buying habits. Working with Bowker’s PubTrack Consumer service and its extensive standing panel of readers, SinC had the opportunity to ask mystery buyers in-depth questions about how they learned about the mysteries they buy and what motivated them to make an actual purchase. In an age when authors are increasingly expected to promote and market their own books, SinC wants to save members from spending their time and money on strategies that don't work, in favor of efforts that definitely reach consumers. The Bowker study will provide solid, real world data to guide members’ promotional efforts.
Representatives of Sisters in Crime, Bowker and other industry professionals will present the results of the study early this fall, first to members and then to the industry at large. Watch this space for details.
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Sisters in Crime is pleased to announce the release of the revised, completely updated edition of Breaking and Entering: the Road to Success. Edited by L.C. Hayden, this tradepaper edition contains articles by 27 Sisters in Crime, including Donna Andrews, Lee Goldberg, Carolyn Hart, William Kent Krueger, Margaret Maron, PJ Parrish, and Elaine Viets, among others. Cost is only $11.99 plus shipping. An electronic edition is also available.
Best Books? Says Who? Sisters in Crime takes a look at Publishers Weekly Best 100 Books of the Year list, and the news is not good.
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