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October 17, 2016

Monday News: UK Black History Month, Pompeii, books to travel with, and celebrity commercials

JanetPublishing NewsBlack History Month / blogging / commercials / Frankfurt Book Fair / History / Pompeii / travel1 Comments

Black History Month anthology seeks to broaden scope of African literature – October is Black History Month in the UK (in Canada and the US it’s February), and in commemoration, Bahati Books is releasing a story a day, culminating in a free digital anthology  — Black History: The Anthology — at the end ... more >

October 21, 2014

Poisoning the Well

JanetLetters of OpinionARCs / authors-behaving-badly / blogging / genre critique / harassment / Publishers-Behaving-Badly / Reader Reviews / stalking181 Comments

For better or worse, I have always been a fighter. For the people and principles I care about most, I will go to the mat, and the more unfair a situation becomes, the more energized to set things right I seem to become. I’m one of those cynical idealists who ... more >

October 14, 2014

Tuesday News: Dropbox drops files; YouTube stars getting book deals; SFF author revealed as controversial blogger; and Catherine Roach on Romance “claims”

JanetPublishing Newsblogging / cloud storage / dropbox / genre critique / genre rules / publishing / reviews / SFF / YouTube42 Comments

Heads Up: Dropbox Bug is Eating Files – So apparently Dropbox is actually deleting files, and while the company is trying to remedy the issue (and is offering a year of Dropbox Pro as compensation), they have apparently informed those they believe have thus far been affected: Hi, We’re reaching ... more >

September 29, 2014

Monday News: Update on EC v DA, NY Comic Con’s anti-harassment policy, Sheila Weller on The News Sorority, and a 20-pound Death Star Gown

JanetPublishing Newsanti-harassment policy / blogging / conference / costume / First-Amendment / Free Speech / gender norms / harassment / journalism / lawsuit / Star Wars27 Comments

Update on Ellora’s Cave v. Dear Author – First, if you haven’t yet heard, Ellora’s Cave has filed suit against Dear Author and Jane for a recent blog post on the publisher. If you have not yet heard this news, click on the title above and it will take you ... more >

July 24, 2014

Thursday News: Popular French blogger sued, authors hope to solve the Amazon-Hachette dispute, a bookmark that “reminds” readers to finish a book, and a case of real life amnesia

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / amnesia / authors / Authors United / blogging / Google / Hachette / lawsuit / readers / reviews / technology19 Comments

French blogger fined over review’s Google search placing – This is super-crazy and super-scary. A French blogger who wrote a negative restaurant review was ruled against because she had a significant blog following and because the review placed too high in the Google rankings. The French judge who made this ... more >

May 24, 2014

Auto Generate Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and more Buy Links for Your Blog Posts #bloggertip

JaneBloggerTipsblogging / book bloggers16 Comments

Note: This piece has been rewritten and updated to reflect changes in my practices as well as changes in the retailers. Introduction Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey ( A | iBooks | BN | K | ) features parents who are efficiency experts. They ... more >

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