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Bookstores at the Big Screen

By Jane • Nov 12th, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

Picture Source: Hijas Americanas
Borders are adding 37 inch flat screen tvs to show “original programming, advertisements, news and weather.” My suggestion would be to add ESPN and football and it can be what one comedian (whose name I don’t remember) calls Daddy Daycare - the place where Dad’s can go while women are [...]



Libraries to Start Being Spammers?

By Jane • Nov 5th, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

In the UK, there is a a move toward including marketing materials with each book checked out from the library. In libraries in Essex, Somerset, Bromley, Leeds and Southend, up to 500,000 promotional flyers will be handed out to patrons. The solicitations will be placed on the inside cover [...]



There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

By Jane • Apr 3rd, 2007 • Category: Letters of Opinion, Misc

As I sit here at my Corian breakfast counter drinking my Goose Island Root Beer and munching on my Dole Peeled Mini Carrots, I can’t help but consider the renewed arguments for advertising within books. After all, authors use brand names all the times to convey a certain iconic message. What is a [...]



You Can Be Too Thin

By Jane • Dec 20th, 2006 • Category: Publishing News

Women’s Wear Daily is reporting that magazines are starting to use software to make a model look less thin because thin is out in the fashion world these days. Via Media Bistro.



Rethinking the “Model” Body

By Jane • Dec 6th, 2006 • Category: Publishing News

While not romance news per se, it is related to women. The Wall Street Journal online has a freely available article about Milan’s movement away from the super thin model. Giovanna Melandri, Italy’s minister for youth policies, and Mario Boselli, the head of the National Chamber for Italian Fashion, have led a movement [...]