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June 23, 2014

Monday News: Brashear reclaims helm at Samhain, a tale of digital publishing, a South African street book reviewer, and Amanda Palmer on voluntary exchange

JanetPublishing NewsBook Reviews / crowdsourcing / digital publishing / literacy / music / piracy / Royalties / Samhain / social justice / South Africa12 Comments

Christina Brashear Returns as Samhain Publisher – This is pretty interesting. Brashear, who went from Publisher to President of Samhain in 2012, is back as Publisher, with a promise to “return” Samhain “to its roots.” Lindsey Faber is not only stepping down as Publisher, but leaving Samhain entirely (there’s something ... more >

June 11, 2014

Wednesday News: HathiTrust wins against Author’s Guild, Kindle installment plan, book criticism hasn’t changed much, but thankfully love letters have

JanetPublishing NewsAuthors Guild / Book Reviews / copyright / digital access / digital publishing / disability / Fair Use / HathiTrust / Literary Criticism / love letters6 Comments

Fair Use Victory in HathiTrust Litigation – So this is the one about how the Author’s Guild sued the HathiTrust and lost. The HathiTrust — comprised of more than 80 academic and research institutions — created a digital library (the HathiTrust Digital Library) and then digitized more than ten million ... more >

March 24, 2014

Monday News: Memorial fund for Jackie Barbosa’s son, Buzzfeed’s new film critic, the Vatican Library’s digitization project, and a cool, rare book

JanetPublishing NewsBook Reviews / critique / digital books / film reviews / Library / rare books10 Comments

Memorial Fund for Jackie Barbosa’s Son – As many of you already know, Romance author Jackie Barbosa’s 17-year old son, Julian, was killed in a head-on collision while driving to school on Thursday, March 20th. In response to this tragedy a memorial fund has been established, and there are plans ... more >

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January 10, 2014

Friday News: Another author goes self-pub; Yelp must unmask anonymous reviewers; the strange case of a $5m painting; paid books reviews redux; and the first US all-digital public library

JanetPublishing NewsBook Reviews / copyright / digital publishing / First-Amendment / intellectual property / Libraries / Self-publishing17 Comments

GF Newman on self-publishing: ‘There are huge changes coming’ – Beyond the giddy optimism some traditionally published authors bring to self-publishing, I think it’s interesting to see how different authors approach the business of becoming their own publisher. GF Newman, who lays claim to creating Law and Order in 1978 ... more >

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July 9, 2012

Monday News: Debates over fee access to digital lending; DIY bookshelves; Avon to increase brand awareness

JanePublishing NewsAmazon / Avon / Book Reviews / Bookshelf / digital lending / Literary Agents14 Comments

Public Libraries News: Should Library ebooks be charged for? – “Against free library e-book accessible at home (Justin Tomlinson) Most publishers do not want e-book lending in libraries (DJ) therefore it’s better to charge to get them on board otherwise libraries are going to be left behind (JT)  This would ... more >

September 1, 2010

Tuesday Midday Links: New Readers, New Prices

JanePublishing NewsBook Reviews / book-sales / Borders / ereader device / genre critique / Random-House / Sony Reader / Urban-Fantasy20 Comments

Sony quietly launched its new ereaders with a strategy designed to capture a more global market.   The three models have been revamped to all feature touch screens.   The readers have the same Pearl Ink screen as the Kindle which means better, clearer, crisper text.   They all have touch screens which ... more >

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