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January 7, 2014

Tuesday News: Marvel gets rights to Star Wars; Zola buys Bookish; Qui Xialong’s Shanghai detective fiction; non-standard English; Macmillan buys Cookstr

JanetPublishing NewsBookish / China / Comics / Cookstr / detective fiction / Macmillan / Marvel / Zola5 Comments

Marvel to Publish ‘Star Wars’ Comics in 2015 – Marvel Comics, which released the first Star Wars comic book in 1977, has received the rights back to publish comic books and graphic novels for the franchise. What I think is interesting here is the reaction of Dark Horse (the licensee ... more >

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March 31, 2013

Online Personal Libraries and Book Social Media Sites

JaneMiscBookish / Goodreads / LibraryThing / Riffle / Shelfari / Storyverse34 Comments

Some readers are concerned about the growing reach of Amazon into all corners of our book reading world from selling to publishing to acquiring their favorite social media site where they chat with other readers about.  I’ve looked at a few alternatives but other than Library Thing, there isn’t a ... more >

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February 6, 2013

Wednesday News: B&N and Amazon moving toward virtual money; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar responds to criticism of his criticism; Bookish launches with crazy TOS

JanePublishing NewsBookish / discovery / word of mouth10 Comments

B&N Adds New Payment Options to Nook Store (MS Accounts) No New App Required – According to Nate, the Digital Reader, B&N is allowing people to use their Microsoft account to pay for ebooks instead of requiring a credit card attached to the B&N account. I’m not sure whether B&N ... more >

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