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October 21, 2016

Friday News: The Internet is down, are adult coloring books over, and the Nine Dots Prize

JanetPublishing Newsadult coloring books / book prize / denial of service attack / politics / technology3 Comments

This Is Probably Why Half the Internet Shut Down Today [Update: It’s Getting Worse] – If you’re having trouble connecting to any number of your favorite websites (for me it’s Try the World), it may be due to an enormous denial of service attack that has affected sites from Basecamp to People ... more >

July 20, 2016

Wednesday News: Banned books, “atomic-scale printing press,” The Chemist, and Buffy coloring book

JanetPublishing Newsadult coloring books / Banned-Books / Buffy the Vampire Slayer / data storage / Hong Kong Book Fair / Stephenie-Meyer / thrillers6 Comments

Banned books on sale here: Hong Kong book fair will openly sell politically sensitive tomes – The 2016 Hong Kong Book Fair, which is being held this month, expects more than a million visitors, and this year they will have a lot of politically sensitive books to choose from, as more ... more >

June 29, 2016

Wednesday News: Baron Franz Nopsca, power couples, collective memory, and Lisa Frank coloring book

JanetPublishing Newsadult coloring books / Baron Nopcsa / collective memory / European history / Lisa Frank / marriage / paleontology / power couples / scienceComments Off on Wednesday News: Baron Franz Nopsca, power couples, collective memory, and Lisa Frank coloring book

History Forgot This Rogue Aristocrat Who Discovered Dinosaurs and Died Penniless – Interesting chronicle of the life and career of Baron Franz Nopcsa von Felso-Szilvas, a self-taught scientist who also led a very adventurous life, even working as a spy for the Austro-Hungarian empire. It is unclear why he has only recently ... more >

Reckless Pleasures by Tori Carrington
May 23, 2016

Monday News: RIP Tony Karayianni, Izzy, taxing coloring books, and women in film

JanetPublishing Newsadult coloring books / Imzy / obituary / Tony Karayianni / Tori Carrington / VAT / women in film1 Comments

A TRIBUTE TO TONY KARAYIANNI: 1952 – 2016 – If you are familiar with longtime Harlequin author Tori Carrington, you probably know that the name actually refers to husband and wife writing team Lori and Tony Karayianni. Tony’s death at only 64 does not seem to be widely reported yet, but ... more >

April 8, 2016

Friday News: Litsy, Colombian marriage equality, global pencil shortage, and the “period skirt”

JanetPublishing Newsadult coloring books / Colombia / Litsy / marketing / marriage equality / pencils5 Comments

Litsy is a book-focused social network that goes beyond reviews – Litsy, a free app, has been developed by the founders of Out of Print, a book-themed apparel business, to combine the community building aspects of social media with book database and review sites like Goodreads. You can post reviews and hide ... more >

April 6, 2016

Wednesday News: Amazon bans bloggers, Tennessee’s Bible bill, sex coloring book, and trolls v. jesters

JanetPublishing Newsadult coloring books / Amazon / Bible / fake reviews / Tennessee / US Constitution4 Comments

Amazon, you hit like a bitch. – So apparently a number of book bloggers have become caught up in Amazon’s war against fake reviews, as this post from The Never Ending Book Basket details. This blogger was sent an email from Amazon indicating that Amazon had deleted her 300+ reviews and would no ... more >

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