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Tom Hiddleston reads Byron
January 24, 2013

Thursday News: Women fighting on the front lines; Samsung’s exciting new phone display; Tom Hiddleston reads us poetry

JanePublishing Newsaudio-books / literary critique / war14 Comments

Samsung’s Next Smartphone Could Make Us Soon Forget The iPhone’s Retina Display – Apple’s iPhone 5 isn’t moving as many units as previous iPhones and Apple stock has dropped because of it. Apple’s competitors are cranking up the tech in their upcoming devices. Samsung’s next release has a screen that ... more >

nook is coming to the uk
August 21, 2012

Tuesday News: B&N to launch in the UK in October; Penguin and Harlequin Australia launches digital first lines; The next generation wristwatch

JanePublishing Newsaudio-books / Barnes & Noble / Harlequin / Microsoft10 Comments

Barnes & Noble to launch in the UK in October – Barnes & Noble will launch http://nook.co.uk in Mid-October and will announce partnerships with “leading UK retailers” shortly. “The first products to be available when the company begins offering its products in the UK in mid-October include Barnes & Noble’s ... more >

steve jobs apple icon
October 6, 2011

Thursday Midday Links: Steve Jobs Passed Away

JanePublishing NewsApple / Audible / audio-books / Deals / death / Reviewing / self-published20 Comments

I don’t have any beautiful eulogy to give Jobs and it’s not that I don’t believe that he deserves a beautiful eulogy. He does.  He transformed our collective lives. But I have neither the connection nor the knowledge from which to give voice to a remembrance.  I’ve read several and ... more >

March 1, 2010

Monday Midday Links: Romance News I Gathered in New York

JanePublishing Newsaudio-books / book prices / Contemporary / Conventions / Harlequin / JR-Ward / Reader Habits / Reader Opinions / Suzanne Brockmann / Toni-Blake34 Comments

Romance gossip I picked up in New York (unattributed to protect the innocent). The next hot thing appears to be the straight contemporary patterned after the Virgin River series by Robyn Carr.   Several houses are trying to capitalize on this through marketing and repackaging.   Mariah Stewart of Ballantine and Toni ... more >

April 9, 2009

Maili’s Rant on the Author’s Guild Text to Speech Position

JailiLetters of OpinionAmazon / audio-books / Authors Guild / Kindle / Text to Speech25 Comments

Earlier today I read this report Photos and Video From the National Federation of The Blind’s Kindle 2 Protest at the technology news blog, Gizmodo, about a street protest held by members of the National Federation of the Blind against the Author’s Guild. As Gizmodo reports: "Basically the story is ... more >

February 17, 2009

Federation of the Blind Pushes Back Against Authors Guild

JanePublishing Newsaudio-books / Intellectual Property Issues / Kindle6 Comments

Authors’ Guild is peeved about Kindle’s Text to Speech function and the Federation of the Blind is pushing back. "The National Federation of the Blind supports all technologies that allow blind people to have better access to the printed word, including the ability of devices like the Kindle 2 to ... more >

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