A nifty little news article in Publishers Weekly mentioned that erotica ebook publisher Ravenous Romance has now been joined by a “thriller” line, Ravenous Shadows, with John Skipp as editorial director. Having read the very short summaries of the first few titles provided in the article, I’d say calling these books thrillers is a massive understatement. Skipp’s idea, according to the article, is to make it possible to read a book in the time it would take to watch a movie, so the books are short- 30,000-60,000 words.

One of our reviewers, David Agranoff, has often made positive comments about some of the excellent novellas that come his way that are just the right length for a plane ride. So I think Skipp is on to something here. Readers of ebooks consume them absolutely ravenously- I am guilty of it, for sure. It’s so easy to do, and ebooks are so accessible, while some physical novellas are available only in limited editions. I think Skipp has a winning concept here. With plans to publish 30-40 ebooks a year, this should open doors for writers as well as readers. It will be very interesting to see what comes of this.