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July 20, 2021

What Janine Is Reading: Book Club Edition

JanineA Reviews / A- Reviews / B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews Category#ownvoices / amateur sleuths / book clubs / Brooklyn / childhood friends / children / civil rights / families / female friendship / Historical / India / Japanese-American history / Kentucky / librarians / Los Angeles / Memoir / mystery / POC / POC author / Reading lists / South Carolina / Womens-Fiction / YA10 Comments

I run a virtual book club for seniors, volunteering for a non-profit (check it out and see if you’d like to help, or consider participating in the national village movement closer to your home), and we take turns picking out the books we read. One of the advantages this has ... more >

January 3, 2018

Wednesday News: suing RT, collecting from Joyce, reading like Bowie, and snapping readers

JanetPublishing Newsbook clubs / copyright / David Bowie / defamation / Fair Use / lawsuits / photography / privacy / pseudonyms5 Comments

Pseudonymous litigation, and alleged skulduggery in the world of romance novelists – I missed this story in September, but a DA reader kindly submitted it for the news, and it is definitely news. Author Randi Alexander and model/musician Jackson Young (both pseudonyms), are suing Kathryn Falk, Romantic Times, and Gracie ... more >

July 6, 2017

Thursday News: book clubs, more on ebooks v. print, and Michael Bond dies

JanetPublishing Newsbest of list / book clubs / children's fiction / Paddington Bear / reading research / recommendations15 Comments

Celebrity book clubs: Page turner or dust collector? – The most interesting element of this article may be the link to an April survey that claims people in the UK would like to be reading more, but are too busy, and among other things, have a difficult time picking a ... more >

eBook vs Buch, e-Reader aus einem Bücherregal ziehen
July 4, 2017

Tuesday News: Tolkien lawsuit settled, Standard Ebooks, Romance hashtags, and daylight fireworks

JanetPublishing Newsbook clubs / digital licensing / Harper Collins / Romance hashtags / Standard Ebooks / Tolkien / Warner Bros3 Comments

Warner Bros., Tolkien Estate Settle $80 Million ‘Hobbit’ Lawsuit – This is a pretty interesting lawsuit, because it focuses attention on contract language and digital rights. The Tolkien Estate, along with Harper Collins, claimed that Warner Bros. was producing digital products based on the Hobbit enterprise, when their licensing contract ... more >

June 27, 2017

Tuesday News: Hidden dangers(?!) of paper, Google (maybe)comes clean, (not) responding to reviews, and book clubs through history

JanetPublishing NewsAdvertising / airport screening / book clubs / Gmail / Google / History / inbox scanning / movie reviews / privacy7 Comments

ACLU and Academics Concerned over TSA Proposal to Inspect Travelers’ Books – I can’t figure out what news is intended to distract us from the denigration of our constitutional democracy and what truly deserves our attention and outrage. This one hits a middle ground for me, in part because it ... more >

December 6, 2016

Tuesday News: Book of the Month Club returns, Winter is coming, gift recs, and hotels for book lovers

JanetPublishing Newsbest of list / book clubs / George R.R. Martin / subscription services / travel6 Comments

It’s not your grandma’s Book of the Month Club – Despite the cringe-worthy title of the article, I had not realized that the Book of the Month Club was back in business as of late last year. Apparently they have more than 100K Instagram followers and the Club is now an ... more >

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