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September 8, 2015

Tuesday News: Book banning, ad blocking, spam, and piracy

JanetPublishing Newsad blocking / censorship / Chrome / copyright / intellectual property / New Zealand / piracy / spam / YouTube6 Comments

Book banned after Christian complaint -New Zealand now has its first banned book in more than 20 years, Ted Dawe’s Into the River, which was named Book of the Year in 2013 at the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards. The ban is particularly troubling because the main character in ... more >

July 29, 2015

Wednesday News: Book in a Box, limiting IP use, Chrome privacy extension, and discussion with Jacqueline Woodson and Jimmy Carter

JanetPublishing Newsbook packaging / browser extensions / Chrome / copyright / dmca / intellectual property / international law / Jacqueline Woodson / Jimmy Carter / privacy / Race / startup3 Comments

The 4 Steps a Startup Used to ‘Book’ $200K in 2 Months – Tucker Max, author of I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, has created what seems to be a very successful new venture called Book in a Box, which claims to help people write a book in 12 ... more >

May 21, 2015

Thursday News: Simon Pegg on social infantilization, Chrome extension for Amazon.uk, faked paper on political canvassing, and David Letterman’s innovations

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon.uk / Chrome / cultural critique / David Letterman / false data / Fantasy / independent bookstores / political science / Science Fiction / televison2 Comments

Simon Pegg Worries The Love Of Science Fiction Is Making Us “Childish” – You may be following the very interesting conversation between Simon Pegg and i09, which began when Pegg gave an interview to Radio Times, in which he discussed what he sees as the “infantalization” of society, in part ... more >

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