Publishing 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 >
Publishing 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 >
Publishing Newsadult coloring books / animation / Book Reviews / Harry-Potter / photo stickers / Twitter8 Comments
Do You Like Stickers? Twitter Wants to Know. – As Twitter continues to barrel toward, well, who knows what they’re thinking, but whatever it is appears to include stickers for photos. The feature, which is being tested by a select number of users, is apparently aimed at making Twitter “more expressive.” ... more >
Publishing NewsAce / adult coloring books / Berkley / brain chemistry / love / Nora-Roberts / publishing lay-offs / reality television / Roc / science9 Comments
More Berkley/NAL Staffers Are Laid Off – So things are starting to look pretty grim over at Berkley Publishing Group. An unspecified number of staff have been laid off, Berkley President Leslie Gelbman has left, and Locus Magazine reports that layoffs include staff at SFF imprints Ace and Roc. In the ... more >
Publishing Newsadult coloring books / Barbie / Cold War / Jeff Bezos / journalism / Mattel / Mills & Boon / political propaganda / technology / washington post13 Comments
Bezos says Washington Post to ‘lean into future’ – So The Washington post should advance technologically but retain its “soul.” What does that mean, exactly? Under Bezos, the Post has ramped up its technology to allow its website to perform better, with improved analytics which gauge how readers are responding and ... more >
Publishing Newsadult coloring books / audience / digital publishing / grief / language / poetry / Race / Samhain27 Comments
Changes coming to Samhain Publishing- Recently Samhain revealed to its editors that there would be changes occurring to reduce overhead and become more focused. *Editor Don has been let go. *Attrition will reduce on-site staff. In May, Samhain will not renew its lease. It is the intent of the company to ... more >