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April 6, 2015

Monday News: The Hugos in crisis, interview with Hachette Livre CEO, pleasure in reading, and profile of model Rain Dove

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / awards / digital books / gender / Hachette Livre / Hugos / publishing / reading / SFF / subscription services4 Comments

The Hugo Awards Were Always Political. But Now They’re Only Political. – So if you follow SFF closely or casually, you have probably heard that the so-called Sad Puppies slate of nominees has manages to make the ballot — not in all categories, but enough that it has substantially skewed ... more >

February 19, 2015

Thursday News: Insight into Oscar voting, trigger warnings, posthumous Dr. Seuss book, and Game of thrones Monopoly

JanetPublishing Newsawards / childrens-books / Dr. Seuss / Game of Thrones / games / Kameron Hurley / Neil Gaiman / trigger warnings9 Comments

Oscar Voter Reveals Brutally Honest Ballot: “There’s No Art to ‘Selma,'” ‘Boyhood’ “Uneven” – The Hollywood Reporter is posting daily interviews with Academy Award voters, and if you want a glimpse into the voting process of Academy members, you may want to check these interviews out. This one has garnered ... more >

May 7, 2014

Wednesday News: Beauty blogger’s work used without permission; Google Classroom debuts; Edgar Awards announced; Dear Author’s May Book Club selection

JanetPublishing Newsawards / blogging / Book-club / copyright / education / Google / mystery7 Comments

I’m A Blogger. Respect My Work. – London Beauty Queen, a blogger with more than 22,000 followers on Twitter, has had her images used without permission. We often talk about how bloggers need to be careful about using photos from sources that are not public domain, but now, with the ... more >

Verso Phosphor
October 26, 2011

Wednesday Midday Links: Liking the Unlikeable Character

JanePublishing Newsawards / booklight / character-development / Entangled Publishing / Literary Criticism36 Comments

Tribute Books has announced that beginning in 2012 it will become solely an e-book publisher young adult titles. They are looking for authors who are ready have a book published to a royalty paying press and are offering a 50% off the net retail price in royalties. They want to ... more >

Not Quite a Husband
July 31, 2010

RITA 2010 Winners

JaneNeed A Rec!awards / RITA23 Comments

The following are your 2010 RITA Winners. 2010 RITA for Best First Book Finalists * WINNER * One Scream Away by Kate Brady, Grand Central Publishing, Forever, Editor: Celia Johnson (ISBN: 978-0-446-54152-7).   Reviewed here by Jane. He Calls Her Doc by Mary Brady, Harlequin Enterprises, Harlequin Superromance, Editor: Kathryn Lye ... more >

November 25, 2009

Wednesday Publishing Links: Horizons Becomes DellArte Press

JaneFeaturesawards / book business / book prices / Harlequin / Harlequin Horizons105 Comments

The much maligned Harlequin Horizons (which authors and readers had begun to refer to as HarHo after what I presume to mean that some one is engaging in prostituting herself) has transformed into DellArte Press. It has essentially the same look and feel but there is no mention of Harlequin ... more >

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