Publishing Pulse: February 7, 2014

Around the Web

It’s February, and this month, our thoughts naturally turn to love. At the Bookpage Blog, Love is in the Air with some favorite romantic titles.

In the latest news around the web, PW’s offers some picks of the week.

Flavorwire adds to the list with the ten best books of February.

Simon and Shuster reveals a new sci-fi and fantasy imprint.

On the HuffPost blog, A.J. Walkley explains why she welcomes query rejections (yes, you heard that right).

At Writers Digest, Chuck Sambuchino provides advice about pitching editors at conferences.

And at Digital Book World, Dana Beth Weinberg releases the results of an author survey that attempts to answer the question: how many authors actually publish?

A Jersey girl born and bred, Rosie Genova left her heart at the shore, which serves as the setting for much of her work. Her new series, the Italian Kitchen Mysteries, is informed by her deep appreciation for good food, her pride in her heritage, and her love of classic mysteries, from Nancy Drew to Miss Marple. Her debut novel, Murder and Marinara, was named a Best Cozy of 2013 by Suspense Magazine. An English teacher by day and novelist by night, Rosie also writes women’s fiction as Rosemary DiBattista. She lives fifty miles from the nearest ocean  in central New Jersey with her husband and two of her three sons.