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What does it mean when a book that seems to be almost universally dismissed as drivel by many in the publishing industry is probably the greatest driving force in the hottest genre on the market today?

I’m no expert, but I’m guessing it means that, somewhere, all those smart industry people are kicking themselves.

If you’re not sure which book I’m referring to (I know—there’s so many that could fall into this description, no?), than I’ll give you some hints:

• It’s about vampires.
• It’s set in a high school in the Pacific Northwest.
• If you have a teenage daughter, granddaughter, or niece, chances are they expect you to get them to the movie theater on November 20th—with gaggles of their giggling friends.
• If you have a middle-aged wife, girlfriend, or sister—ditto.
• If you’re a twenty-something young professional woman—ditto.

If you haven’t guessed by now, then I suggest you lift your hands high up over your head, as that’s the best way to get out from under the rock you’re living beneath.

November is here!

You know what that means.

Halloween has just passed, leaving both kids and adults alike with candy galore. The clocks have fallen behind, giving everyone an extra hour to read (you didn’t use it for sleep, did you?). The blustery fall weather is torturing what foliage remains and is quickly becoming winter—at least in the northern hemisphere. And bookstores have begun gearing up for the holiday sales season.

It is also time for new additions to the Suvudu Free Library!

We have three great books ready for your free download:

A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton

Laurell K. Hamilton has been a fixture in the urban fantasy / paranormal romance section of the bookstore for a long time now. Through Anita Blake, she gave readers a fun and sexy vampire / werewolf / undead story. But Anita is not her only great creation. A Kiss of Shadows is the first book in the Meredith Gentry series and it is just as fun and as filled with glorious romping as her other series. Definitely give A Kiss of Shadows After all, it is free!

Trading In Danger by Elizabeth Moon

There has been some fantastic space opera done the last five years and Elizabeth Moon is one of the authors producing it. Even though my favorite book by Elizabeth is The Speed of Dark, Trading In Danger is a great read as well, the first in a new series spanning the universe with a kick ass heroine. And here you get to read it for free!

The Best of Robert E. Howard: Crimson Shadows by Robert E. Howard

Robert E. Howard is one of the most famous and influential pulp authors of the twentieth century. Though largely known as the man who invented the sword-and-sorcery genre—and for his iconic hero Conan the Cimmerian—Howard also wrote horror tales, desert adventures, detective yarns, epic poetry, and more. This spectacular volume, gorgeously illustrated by Jim and Ruth Keegan, includes some of his best and most popular works. Can’t argue with free!

There you go! The new free eBooks for the Free Library!

Pretty soon, with the fast approaching holiday season, you’ll want to spend your time with your nose in a book instead of talking to that wacky, fruitcake-making aunt who never remembers your name.

Use the Free Library!!

And keep some of your sanity!

Urban fantasy is about to get its ass kicked!

Mark of the Demon by Diana Rowland has been published now for a month to a quickly building fan base. Diana came to her first San Diego Comic Con, wild-eyed but ready for whatever the convention threw at her. Now, after a few days, she is a pro—and here she is being professional!

She signed hundreds of copies of Mark of the Demon for a line that stretched down the ailse and around the corner. Great stuff. Love to see it! Diana has been a police officer, a coroner and crime scene photographer, and she has used her extensive prior-life knowledge to write a gritty police procedural with urban fantasy trappings.

If you like Charlaine Harris, buy this book.

If you like Laurell K. Hamilton, buy this book.

If you like Carrie Vaughn, buy this book.

And if you want a great novel written by a super smart and sassy redhead, read Mark of the Demon!

The barrage of fantasy and science fiction movies continues!

This time on television.

Laurell K. Hamilton, the bestselling author of the Anita Blake and Merry Gentry series, will have one of her creations brought to live action telefilm in Summer 2010!

IFC, the Independent Film Channel, has greenlit Hamilton’s Anita Blake series into production. Lionsgate and After Dark Films will produce and the series will be adapted by Glen Morgan (“X-Files,” “Final Destination”), who also serves as executive producer. The movie begins production this summer.

The telefilm will center on the character of Anita Blake, a street-savvy, down-to-earth vampire hunter with a lousy dating life and a penchant for bringing dead people back to life.

For those Twilighters out there who are craving more blood-sucking storytelling, it is time for you to go to the beginning and either go out and buy Guilty Pleasures or wait until Summer 2010!

Read the entire press release HERE!

Let the sucking begin!