Another great review for Shadow Song

Reprinted from Goodreads. Lorina Stephens’ Shadow Song is a part-fantasy historical drama/love story, charting the, for lack of a better word, coming-of-age of Danielle Michelle Fleming. The daughter of a beautiful French aristocrat and an English gentleman, and the owner of a gift that European culture/traditions forbids, Danielle is, at the beginning of the novel, feeling her privileged lifestyle slip away, replaced with bitter poverty. The majority of the novel is set in Upper Canada,…

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Dec 2009

By Lorina StephensBooks, Lorina Stephens, Reviews, Shadow SongComments Off

First Appearance of Smashwords Distribution

In my daily check of various marketing strategies Five Rivers employs, I was very pleased to find today the distribution we chose to undertake through Smashwords has taken effect. All our books are now available, in all digital formats, through Barnes and Noble. This is the first of many channels into which Five Rivers eBooks will stream. In the coming weeks you should be able to find our digital books at Amazon and Sony, and…

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Dec 2009

By Lorina StephensAnd the Angels Sang, Deb Salisbury, Elephant's Breath and London Smoke, From Mountains of Ice, How to Write a Non-fiction Book in 60 Days, Lorina Stephens, Paul Lima, Shadow Song5 Comments

Great Signing November 28, Another to Come December 5

I had a great book signing at Coles, Orangeville Mall this past Saturday. We sold half the stock on hand of From Mountains of Ice, all but one of Shadow Song, and even a copy of And the Angels Sang. It was great to have a fan, Anne, stop by to say how much she had enjoyed reading Shadow Song, and to sign a copy for her of From Mountains of Ice. Always love it…

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Dec 2009

By Lorina StephensAnd the Angels Sang, Books, Events, From Mountains of Ice, Shadow SongComments Off

Five Rivers Books on Smashwords

After hearing news yesterday that Indigo’s Shortcovers had reached an agreement with Smashwords to receive feeds of the latter’s digital books, I went back and re-examined the whole digital rights management issue. It would seem the code-breakers win once again, in that despite all the encryption you can put on digital content, if someone really wants to pirate your work they can. And faced with the fact that you’re never going to stop this sort…

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Nov 2009

By Lorina StephensAnd the Angels Sang, Books, Digital Books, From Mountains of Ice, Shadow Song1 Comment