Jul 30, 2014

Wednesday News: The Plagiarism Edition

Janet Publishing News BBC, Buzzfeed, History, New-York-Times, plagiarism, research, science, Sports, Wikipedia, World War I 8 Comments

The ravages of BuzzFeed’s Benny Johnson – This story has catalyzed a lot of debate about both the nature of plagiarism and the nature of (largely non-journalistic) Internet reporting. Benny Johnson, a 28-year-old writer for BuzzFeed, who has produced a… more

Jun 12, 2014

Thursday News: Feedly & Evernote attacked, abuse allegations against Marion Zimmer...

Janet Publishing News abuse, Amazon, DDOS attack, Ebooks, Evernote, feedly, Hachette, Lego, Marion Zimmer Bradley, science 48 Comments

Note: Some comments contain discussion and descriptions of abuse and sexual assault. Feedly, Evernote And Others Become Latest Victims Of DDoS Attacks – So in case you haven’t been online in the past two days, Feedly and Evernote were hit… more

May 15, 2014

Thursday News: Mary Stewart dies, Jill Abramson leaves the New York...

Janet Publishing News diversity, Fantasy, gender, Historical fiction, Mary Stewart, obituary, science 33 Comments

Obituary – Mary Stewart – Romantic fiction legend Mary Stewart, whose work inspired novels in many genres, from historical Romance to Fantasy, has passed away. Unfortunately, this is the only obituary I could find online, and it requires a subscription… more

Apr 25, 2014

REVIEW: Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in...

Jayne B+ Reviews/ Recommended Reads humorous, non-fiction, science

Thursday News: DA offline on Friday, Shakespeare the scientist, art and...

Janet Publishing News Art, B&N, Pride-and-Prejudice, science, sensory fiction, Shakespeare, YA

Note: Dear Author will be offline tomorrow, Friday, January 31st, to test out our new theme. Please keep your fingers crossed that everything will go smoothly, and in the meantime, visit our Facebook site, where Jane will be giving away books… more

Jun 17, 2013

Monday News: Cute animals, invisibility cloaks, and libraries

Jane Publishing News Libraries, science

In the interest of information sharing, I bring to you three things from my inbox: Tomely is a retailer site devoted to indie books. It looks like a Smashwords competitor and is designed to work with ePub, Kindles, and even… more

Mar 22, 2013

Friday News: Google giveth and it taketh away; Also, woman love...

Jane Publishing News Elloras-Cave, Google, science

Google quietly pulls plug on Frommer’s print travel guidebooks – Google launched a new product called Keep earlier. It’s supposed to be a competitor to the popular free web and app program called Evernote. Evernote is like a trapperkeeper (everyone… more

Nov 19, 2012

Monday News: Amazon losing billions on video streaming; Your genes determine...

Jane Publishing News Amazon, science

Amazon Stops Testing $7.99 Monthly Option for Prime – About two weeks ago, Amazon announced you could join Amazon Prime on a monthly basis for $7.99. As of November 16, 2012, Amazon has discontinued this service saying that it was… more

Aug 9, 2012

Thursday News: More About Mars; Ebooks are for genre readers; Print...

Jane Publishing News Amazon, Hacking, privacy, science

I feel for you Hitler, I really do. That said, my little index finger will be hovering over the buy button on the 12th. Ebooks: is it a genre thing? Definitely… – “But I do suspect that ebooks and the nature… more

Jul 13, 2012

Friday News: Pretending to fall in love leads to actually falling...

Jane Publishing News science, sports romance

Win One of Ten Kindle Fires – Enter by July 23 for a chance to win one of 10 Kindle Fire devices, each accompanied by a $100 Amazon.com Gift Card. Use the Gift Card to load up your Kindle with… more

Romance, Historical, Contemporary, Paranormal, Young Adult, Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view

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