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November 21, 2016

Monday News: Another book rec site, fake Facebook news, UK surveillance law, and “Hallelujah” in Yiddish

JanetPublishing Newsbook recommendations / Facebook / fake news / Investigatory Powers Bill / Leonard Cohen / surveillance / Yiddish1 Comments

This website recommends novels by making sure you can’t judge a book by its cover – This reminds me a little of DA’s First Page feature, except, of course, that recommendmeabook.com features already-published books. Click on the site and you will see the first page of the book without title or author, ... more >

November 14, 2016

Monday News: Post-election reading, Seuss v. Star Trek, propaganda’s long history, and Kate McKinnon’s Hallelujah

JanetPublishing Newsbook recommendations / copyright / Dr. Seuss / election / Fair Use / History / infringement / Leonard Cohen / political propaganda / Star Trek1 Comments

Post-Election Reading: Bookseller Picks – For those of us who are still reeling from/traumatized by/unable to logically process/terrified by the implications of last week’s US presidential election, reading may be a challenge. Time for comfort reading, escapism, political commentary, happy endings only? This post from Publishers Weekly consults booksellers for recommendations ... more >

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November 2, 2016

Wednesday News: Facebook=life extender; Amelia Earhart’s bones (maybe), research PTSD, and recommend one book

JanetPublishing NewsAmelia Earhart / book recommendations / Facebook / Patricia Cornwell / PTSD / research9 Comments

Facebook users live longer, study finds – Despite the way this study is being described in headlines, it’s not so much that Facebook extends your life expectancy – it’s that using Facebook to enhance sociability extends life. In other words, it’s Robert Putnam’s Bowling Alone for the online world: A new study ... more >

July 15, 2016

Friday News: Used bookstores, Hollywood censorship, “book healing,” and Dobbsland

JanetPublishing Newsamusement parks / authors of color / book recommendations / bookstores / censorship / Film / used books4 Comments

New York’s Used Book Stores Are Having a Moment – Used bookstores in New York City are having a lot of success right now, surprising even those who own them. The costs to establish a store can be relatively low (especially if owners offer store credit rather than outright buying books ... 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 / book blurbs / book recommendations / 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 >

July 17, 2015

Friday News: debut novels, anti-privacy regulations, thoughts on the confederate flag, and “letters” to an editor

JanetPublishing Newsbook recommendations / Harper Lee / Internet / Kenya / privacy / Race / Satire1 Comments

Writers to Watch: Fall 2015: Anticipated Debuts -Publishers Weekly has posted a list of debut novels for fall, and frankly some of the stories of how these books got published sound as interesting as the books themselves. Ruth Galm’s Into the Valley, for example, was published from Soho Press’ slush ... more >

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