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March 24, 2016

Thursday News: Twitter stickers, an animated book review cover, Harry Potter’s corporate universe, and coloring book art

JanetPublishing 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 >

Microsoft Surface
August 4, 2015

Tuesday News: Hachette, book banning, Windows, and 17th C London

JanetPublishing Newsanimation / Ebooks / History / London / Machete / Microsoft / privacy / publishing / revenue / security / windows4 Comments

Hachette Book Group Reported Revenues Down 7.8% in the First Half – Pointing to a lack of major bestsellers during the first half of 2015, Hachette has announced that revenue is down so far this year, although the publisher has made some gains back from the 12.3% revenue decline for ... more >

January 30, 2015

Friday News: Worst obituary ever?, FCC boosts broadband, new Chrome app for Oyster, and early 20th century anime

JanetPublishing Newsanimation / audiobooks / broadband / Colleen McCullough / digital books / FCC / History / Internet / Japan / Kindle / sexism / subscription service / The Thorn Birds15 Comments

Twitter reacts to The Australian’s sexist Colleen McCullough obituary – So, The Australian has apparently managed to write one of the worst obituaries ever, on Thorn Birds author Colleen McCullough, describing her as “plain of feature and certainly overweight” focusing right off on an incredibly insulting representation of her physicality, ... more >

HarperCollins
November 7, 2014

Friday News: Harlequin makes HC money, why we shouldn’t DNF, streaming Shakespeare, and Celia Bullwinkel’s “Sidewalk”

JanetPublishing Newsanimation / DNF / gender / Harlequin / Harper Collins / publishing / Shakespeare / streaming video49 Comments

Harlequin, Divergent Drive HarperCollins – So Harper Collins saw a 24% increase in the first quarter of the new fiscal year, which both Harlequin and Divergent are responsible for. The company reports that sales exclusive of Harlequin would have rise by only 6%. Now why did Torstar sell Harlequin again??? ... more >

December 14, 2012

Friday Film Review: Ziggy’s Gift and A Wish for Wings that Work

JayneFilm Reviewsanimation / Christmas Stories / Friday Film Review / holiday setting4 Comments

Ziggy’s Gift (1982) Genre: Holiday Animation Grade: B “Love is the answer.” Ziggy’s Gift is a 1982 TV special about Tom Wilson’s cartoon character Ziggy and his dog Fuzz trying to do the right thing. Ziggy wakes up one morning and while getting ready for the day, first hears a ... more >

September 28, 2012

Friday Film Review: The Triplets of Belleville

JayneFilm Reviewsanimation / France / Friday Film Review7 Comments

The Triplets of Belleville -Les triplettes de Belleville (2003) Genre: Animation dramedy Grade: B If you haven’t seen this film or any stills from it, prepare yourself for a surrealistic animation style radically different from Disney or Pixar. Not better, not worse but very different. Things are heightened, elongated, exaggerated ... more >

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