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December 16, 2015

Wednesday News: Dallas Buyers Club’s legal setback, Shelfie, misused words, and Shea Serrano’s holiday cheer

JanetPublishing Newsaudiobooks / charity / Dallas Buyers Club / digital books / language / marketing / piracy / privacy / Shelfie12 Comments

Dallas Buyers Club: iiNet case thrown out in landmark ruling on piracy in Australia – When an Australian federal court held that the Dallas Buyers Club could pursue the IP addresses of some 5,000 Australians who allegedly shared the DBC film illegally, the judge put very specific provisions in place, including a ... more >

November 18, 2015

Wednesday News: Instagram, copyright, #GiveaBook, and Murakami vending machine

JanetPublishing Newsbook vending machines / charity / copyright / Facebook / GiveaBook / Instagram / Penguin Random House / Promotion / public domain / Twitter1 Comments

How Instagram Became the New Oprah’s Book Club – Forget Twitter – Instagram is now the best, most influential platform for books. The fact that you can see a book in a pretty little picture is apparently far superior to the 140-character Twitter blurb (even though you can have pictures on ... more >

October 14, 2015

Wednesday News: annotations, book clubs, libraries, and hot dog princesses

JanetPublishing NewsAlice in Wonderland / Book-club / censorship / charity / children's literature / crafts / Disney princesses / Libraries / literary annotations / parody / Saudi ArabiaComments Off on Wednesday News: annotations, book clubs, libraries, and hot dog princesses

Down the Rabbit Hole: The rise, and rise, of literary annotation – An interesting article on literary annotations, particularly their recent re-popularization, especially for children’s literature. Evan Kindley points to the success of the website Genius, which began with annotations to rap songs, as part of the movement, and he uses the ... more >

September 28, 2015

Monday News: Android monopoly?, books for Syria, YA diversity, and startling satellite photos

JanetPublishing NewsAndroid / anti-trust / charity / Cherokee / diversity / Google / National Book Award / Native Americans / satellite photography / YA5 Comments

Is Android a monopoly? – There are rumblings that Google is being investigated for anti-trust violations via the Android operating system. With 59% of the US smartphone market controlled by Android, it may not seem like a monopoly on the face of it, but given the limited options for smartphone manufacturers ... more >

November 10, 2014

Monday News Harper Collins fails to crush Open Road, Ed Park leaves Amazon for Penguin, oligopoly in the music industry, and hand-annotated books for charity

JanetPublishing NewsAgency pricing / Amazon / Art / charity / competition / copyright / Ebooks / editors / Harper Collins / Literary fiction / music industry / Open Road / Penguin8 Comments

Open Road Dodges $1 Million Bullet in Copyright Case – In its bid to be awarded attorneys fees of more than $1M dollars, Harper Collins argued that Open Road’s contract to publish Julie of The Wolves as an ebook was “objectively unreasonable” — that is, so clearly wrong that Harper ... more >

February 13, 2014

Thursday News: A look at happy couples, a book for a good cause, two authors talk about publishing, and an economist’s adventures in online dating

JanetPublishing Newscharity / economics / Loveumentary / online dating / real-life romance / Self-publishing / traditional publishing3 Comments

The Loveumentary: True love exists . . . you just need to listen – Have nine of ten days you want to blow? Check out The Loveumentary, an ambitious project by Nate Bagley and Melissa Joy Kong to find successful and happy real life relationships (including polyamorous relationships) to better ... more >

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