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March 30, 2022

CONVERSATION: More Thoughts on Anachronisms and Inaccuracies

JayneConversationsanachronisms / authenticity / author's notes / believability / book errors / contemperroneous / names / sex / vocabulary27 Comments

Janine: In our last conversation post we discussed anachronisms. Some of the offshoots in our discussion were enjoyable so we hope that you will like them too. Here they are:   Author’s Notes   Jayne: If you don’t realize something is wrong or you couldn’t care less about it, does ... more >

March 14, 2022

CONVERSATION: Where Do You Stand on Anachronisms?

JayneConversationsanachronisms / authenticity / believability / book errors / book plots / Historical Fantasy / language31 Comments

Jayne: Our next topic for discussion is “anachronisms.” Do anachronisms bother you? Or not? Are any types worse than others? Language, culture, legal stuff, character actions, titles, anything else? Can you tolerate a certain amount or is there a point beyond which you throw up your hands and say “No ... more >

March 23, 2016

Wednesday News: POD bookstore, publishing errors, Shea Serrano’s Twitter army, and girl detectives

JanetPublishing Newsbook errors / book marketing / Espresso Book Machine / France / girl detective / History / Knopf / POD bookstore / publishing / Shea Serrano / Twitter2 Comments

Famed publisher opens Paris’ first on-demand only bookshop – One of Paris’s most respected bookstores re-opened after more than fifteen years after it originally closed. Its renaissance is due to the availability of print-on-demand technology (note: Moriah Jovan had this idea eight years ago) : While the PUF’s [Les Presses Universitaires ... more >

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