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October 4, 2015

Blocked

IAM JSONMiscads / internet security / Privacy-issues10 Comments

I was all set to write about ad blockers in iOS. I downloaded and set up two of the top rated ones, Purify and Crystal. So far my review is short. They were both easy to set up and easy to configure to the extent there was any configuration necessary. So, ... more >

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August 20, 2010

Friday Midday Links: Leah Hultenschmidt, Don D’Auria Let Go by Dorchester; Only Keeslar Remains

JanePublishing Newsads / book prices / Dorchester-Publishing / epub / Kobo / Nook16 Comments

Last night, a Dorchester author, Brian Keene, blogged that Leah Hultenschmidt and Don D’Auria had been let go from Dorchester.   Leah Hultenschmidt was the executive editor over romance and Don was the editor who created the Leisure horror lines and oversaw the Western and Thriller lines.   Chris Keeslar is the ... more >

October 8, 2009

Thursday Midday Links: FTC, one more time

JanePublishing Newsads / Amazon / book-sales / FTC / publishing industry / transparency19 Comments

I’ve seen some people say that I should just wait and see about how the FTC decides to interpret its new regulations. I’ve seen some people reassure me that it wouldn’t apply to Dear Author or it wouldn’t apply to me commenting on other blogs or Twitter or Facebook. I’ve ... more >

January 7, 2009

Midweek Links of Interest

JaneBook Reviewsads / iPhone / Mills and Boon / sports romance27 Comments

Freedom to Tinker provides 2009 predictions which include netbook/larger iPhone at $899; civil lawsuits over violation of terms of service based on Lori Drew case; Obama administration prosecutions for large scale bittorrent abusers. Alpha Heroes wonders what is up with the animal-like genetalia.   Rhev (the hero in JR Ward’s next ... more >

June 17, 2008

Political Books Doing the Job of Congressional Oversight?

JanePublishing Newsads / political-books / politics1 Comments

Publishers’ Weekly has an article about how the publishing industry is releasing more political books such as the Scott McLellan, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception, and the Douglas Feith, War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism, ... more >

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