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September 9, 2021

CONVERSATION: Misleading Cover Art

JanineConversationsbook marketing / false advertising / publishing trends / reader expectations18 Comments

Janine: In our recent joint review of Helen Hoang’s The Heart Principle, Jayne and I expressed our dismay over the way the book is marketed, and over missold books more generally: Jayne: I also feel that in my opinion, this is more a women’s fiction book albeit one with strong ... more >

August 12, 2016

Friday News: Streaming Star Trek, Australia’s census woes, diversity in book marketing, and cool photo of Valentijn De Hingh

JanetPublishing NewsAustralia / book marketing / cybersecurity / diversity / LGBTQIA rights / on-demand viewing / online census / Star Trek2 Comments

Hey, Sailor, Wanna See the New Star Trek? CBS All Access Has Your Ticket. – While CBS has always drawn viewers to their paid online Big Brother live feeds, the network’s “All Access” service is now more of a Netflix-style service, limited, of course, to CBS shows, past and present. For about ... 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 >

July 7, 2015

Tuesday News: The WTF Edition

JanetPublishing Newsbad dates / book marketing / Disney / gender / Greece / harassment / menstruation / Publishers / reddit / Twitter14 Comments

Book agents trying to cash in on Greek tragedy – If you’ve been paying attention to the economic crisis in Greece, you know that economist-turned-Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis resigned after his push against a financial bail-out proved successful in this weekend’s national referendum. Varoufakis has always been a controversial ... more >

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