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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) by George R. R. Martin
August 4, 2017

Friday News: Stories and Storytelling

JanetPublishing NewsAudible / Dream Daddy / Game of Thrones / George R.R. Martin / music video / podcast / Stan Lee / television adaptation / video games2 Comments

Book Purists, It’s Finally Time to Give Up and Start Watching Game of Thrones – It’s interesting to see that as GoT the television show chugs on, while the book series crawls toward a new book, we are seeing more arguments for the usurpation of the books by the show. Not ... more >

August 15, 2016

Monday News: This is no superhero lawsuit, Audible TOS, winning blurbs, and Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad

JanetPublishing NewsAudible / book blurbs / defamation / DNA / fencing / lawsuit / Marvel Entertainment / Olympics / terms of service6 Comments

The Marvel Chairman, a Hate-Mail Feud and Claims of Stolen DNA – This case is almost impossible to summarize, but it basically boils down to a feud between Marvel Entertainment Chairman Isaac “Ike” Perlmutter and Toronto’s Mandrake Management founder Harold Peerenboom over the contract to maintain a Florida neighborhood’s tennis courts. And that feud has ... more >

May 26, 2015

Audiobooks and the difference between books and stories

JanetLetters of OpinionAudible / audiobooks / Books / digital / format / genres / Harlequin Audio / readers / story28 Comments

Audiobooks are my new object of affection. Now that I have a commute, I can make the ride feel more productive when I listen to a book on the way to my office. And I already have my favorite narrators. Barbara Rosenblat is Amelia Peabody in my mind’s ear, and ... more >

March 11, 2015

Wednesday News: Blurred Lines verdict, original audiobooks, Australian Romance conference, and “best” Australian books

JanetPublishing NewsAudible / audio drama / audiobooks / Australia / conference / cookbooks / copyright / infringement / lawsuit / music / Rural Romance11 Comments

The ‘Blurred Lines’ Verdict Could Be Bad for Music – So a Los Angeles jury ruled that Robin Thick and Pharrell Williams engaged in unintentional copyright infringement of Marvin Gaye’s ‘Got to Give it Up,” to the tune of $7.4M. I think this is a disastrous verdict, and hope that ... more >

February 28, 2014

Friday News: Google takes over Mountain View, the real size of the online marketplace, audiobook royalties at Amazon & iTunes decrease, and RPG love becomes RL marriage

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / Audible / audiobooks / digital books / gaming / Google / iTunes / Royalties5 Comments

Welcome to Googletown – This is a pretty eye-opening piece about the relationship between Google and the city-like compound (in Mountain View, California) Google has created and continues to grow, spilling over into and even consuming a substantial portion of the surrounding communities. The company has even leased Moffett Field, ... more >

August 13, 2013

Tuesday News: Audio books are booming; 50 Shades as Intimate Partner Violence; and 500 new fairytales discovered

JanePublishing NewsAudible / audiobooks / fairytale / Fifty Shades19 Comments

Can You Hear Me Now? The New Explosion in Audio Books – WSJ.com – “The digital revolution may have dealt a heavy blow to print, but it is boosting literacy in other unexpected ways by fueling the explosive growth of audio books.” That’s what the Wall Street Journal says. Max ... more >

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