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Search Results for: self-published

Tuesday News: book covers, Judy Blume’s new adult novel, trigger warnings, and a 6-year-old self-published author

December 16, 2014 by Janet

The Best Book Covers of 2014 – What goes into a great book cover? While the New York Times isn’t picking among a wide variety of genre books, they’ve chosen some very interesting images that can definitely be compared to the best covers within specific genres. Any of these covers … more >

Wednesday News: Protecting library records for digital books, sexual harassment against librarians, self-published author’s new Kickstarter campaign, and cookies gone wrong

September 24, 2014 by Janet

New Jersey Passes New Reader Privacy Act, Expanding Laws to Cover eBooks – New Jersey just became the third US state (along with California and Arizona) to pass a law that extends library patron privacy to digital books. I’m not sure how much attention those in the US paid to … more >

Tuesday News: RNA rejects self-published authors, digital book design and economic advantage, new language difficulties, and top literary put downs

June 3, 2014 by Janet

BALLOT REGARDING RNA MEMBERSHIP FOR INDEPENDENT/SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHORS – The Romantic Novelists’ Association, the UK organization for writers of romantic fiction, recently put to a vote the possibility of self-published/independent authors gaining eligibility for full membership rights within the RNA. Like the RWA, the RNA is clearly struggling to keep up … more >

Tuesday News: Keurig introduces DRM, self-published authors and 1-star reviews, fair use prevails in Harvard lawsuit, and LinkedIn looks like a media organization

March 4, 2014 by Janet

Keurig’s next generation of coffee machines will have DRM lockdown – Ugh. I love my Keurigs. Yes, that’s right; I own more than one. What a ridiculous, consumer-alienating idea it is to have a DRM-ed machine. Seriously?! For coffee?! Not only does it go against everything that makes Keurig appealing … more >

Sirius’ Best 0f 2019

December 30, 2019 by Sirius

I thought I had a decent reading year, I don’t usually have a lot of A books and this year was no exception, but I did have several B+ and for me grade between B+ and A may often end up being relative anyway. 1. “The House of the Sundering … more >

REVIEW: Sweep of the Blade (Inkeeper Chronicles #4) by Ilona Andrews

August 20, 2019 by Sirius

Maud Demille was a daughter of Innkeepers. She knew that a simple life wasn’t in the cards, but she never anticipated what Fate would throw at her. Once a wife to a powerful vampire knight, Maud and her daughter, Helen, had been exiled for the sins of her husband to … more >

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