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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 >

December 17, 2015

Thursday News: Comic book news, book blurbs, kid lit recs, and the Star Wars Kama Sutra

JanetPublishing Newsbest of list / book blurbs / children's literature / Comic books / diversity / Kama Sutra / Malcolm Gladwell / Star Wars3 Comments

10 BIGGEST COMIC BOOK NEWS STORIES OF 2015 – With all the ‘best of’ and ‘biggest of’ and ‘favorite of’ and ‘bestselling of’ lists around, here’s one for comic book news from IGN. Note that there are many spoilers in this list, so I’ll just give you number ten on the ... more >

September 29, 2015

Tuesday News: Banned Books Week, blurbs, books in the visual arts, and Neil deGrasse Tyson’s book recs

JanetPublishing NewsALA / Artists / Banned-Books / best of list / book blurbs / genre / Libraries / visual arts1 Comments

Celebrating the Freedom to Read: Sept. 27- Oct. 3, 2015 – A piece of clickbait from Slate reminded me yesterday that this week is Banned Books Week. After the few seconds during which I lamented the deterioration of Slate (and Salon – what the ever loving hell happened there?!), I found ... more >

May 21, 2014

Wednesday News: Smashwords contracts with OverDrive, menstruation’s non-effect on women, Jennifer Weiner on “blurb inflation,” and complaints about Crescent Moon Press

JanetPublishing Newsbook blurbs / Crescent Moon Press / digital publishing / gender / Jennifer Weiner / Libraries / Royalties / Self-publishing4 Comments

OverDrive and Smashwords Ink Deal to Distribute Indie Author Ebooks to Libraries – Good news for self-published authors and their readers: OverDrive has made a deal with Smashwords to allow 200,000 books to be distributed to public libraries through the OverDrive network. Smashwords will, apparently, be “curating” the titles, giving ... more >

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