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October 5, 2016

Wednesday News: Stealing rare books, Amazon wants to settle EU investigation, and is Romance language really romantic?

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / anti-trust / book dealers / European Union / murder / rare books / Romance novel quotes / theft5 Comments

British book dealer slain for his first edition of ‘The Wind in the Willows,’ prosecutors say – A man is currently on trial in Oxford, England for stabbing and beating a book and antique dealer in his home, all for a crack at his rare books collection, especially his $64,000 copy of The Wind ... more >

September 28, 2015

Monday News: Android monopoly?, books for Syria, YA diversity, and startling satellite photos

JanetPublishing NewsAndroid / anti-trust / charity / Cherokee / diversity / Google / National Book Award / Native Americans / satellite photography / YA5 Comments

Is Android a monopoly? – There are rumblings that Google is being investigated for anti-trust violations via the Android operating system. With 59% of the US smartphone market controlled by Android, it may not seem like a monopoly on the face of it, but given the limited options for smartphone manufacturers ... more >

August 26, 2015

Wednesday News: AU v. Amazon; Wine Train apologizes to book club; Knopf editor talks editing; and a dad says yes to dolls for his son

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / anti-trust / Authors United / Book-club / Department of Justice / discrimination / editors / gender norms / micro aggression / parenting / publishing3 Comments

Is Amazon Creating a Cultural Monopoly? – As much as I admire the tenacity of the Authors United group, their singular fixation on Amazon feels more and more like publisher pressure by proxy. I remember Jon Sargent trying to make the value argument about Agency Pricing – that more valuable ... more >

July 1, 2015

Wednesday News: Scribd reduces Romance, Apple loses appeal, Tess Gerritsen abandons lawsuit, & Misty Copeland is ABT’s new principal

JanetPublishing Newsanti-trust / Apple / ballet / breach of contract / diversity / lawsuit / Romance / Scribd / subscription services / Tess Gerritsen41 Comments

Scribd Reduces Romance Catalog – From Jane: Late yesterday afternoon, news came out that Scribd was drastically reducing the number of romance books that would be available through the subscription service. I reached out to Scribd and received this message: “Over the past two years, the Scribd catalog has grown from 100,000 titles to more ... more >

June 12, 2015

Friday News: Nebula Awards, EU investigates Amazon, YouTube authors, and James McBride on To Kill A Mockingbird

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / American literature / anti-trust / book deals / EU / Harper Lee / James McBride / literary awards / Race / SFF / SFWA / YouTube7 Comments

Female Sci-Fi Writers Nearly Sweep the 2015 Nebula Awards – When the Irene Gallo story hit, there was some speculation that a certain individual who has been banned from SFWA may have orchestrated the hoopla to distract from the Nebula Awards, which were announced Tuesday night. Considering the Gallo post ... more >

May 11, 2015

Monday News: Netflix objects to AT&T deal, relocating stories, Amazon publishing’s growth, and Yahoo sues ex-employee over book

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / anti-trust / ATT / confidentiality / DirectTV / ereaders / FCC / GPS / lawsuit / Netflix / publishing / Yahoo9 Comments

Why Netflix Wants The AT&T/DirecTV Merger Killed – With the AT&T – DirectTV merger moving closer to reality, Netflix has filed a brief with the FCC, claiming that if it succeeds, the merger will give AT&T too much power over its competition (i.e. Netflix), and, more important, that AT&T will ... more >

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