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March 11, 2015

Wednesday News: Blurred Lines verdict, original audiobooks, Australian Romance conference, and “best” Australian books

JanetPublishing NewsAudible / audio drama / audiobooks / Australia / conference / cookbooks / copyright / infringement / lawsuit / music / Rural Romance11 Comments

The ‘Blurred Lines’ Verdict Could Be Bad for Music – So a Los Angeles jury ruled that Robin Thick and Pharrell Williams engaged in unintentional copyright infringement of Marvin Gaye’s ‘Got to Give it Up,” to the tune of $7.4M. I think this is a disastrous verdict, and hope that ... more >

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January 16, 2015

Friday News: upcoming romance conference, fake memoir pulled, sexist internet comments, and Kickstarter’s trends

JanetPublishing Newsautobiography / conference / crowdfunding / fake memoir / gender / genre critique / Kickstarter / Literary Criticism / Romance / sexism7 Comments

Library to Host Conference, “What Is Love? Romance Fiction in the Digital Age,” Feb. 10-11 – Next month Harlequin will be sponsoring a conference on Romance at the Library of Congress. Conference program and registration information can be found here. It looks like the Popular Romance Project is also a ... more >

September 29, 2014

Monday News: Update on EC v DA, NY Comic Con’s anti-harassment policy, Sheila Weller on The News Sorority, and a 20-pound Death Star Gown

JanetPublishing Newsanti-harassment policy / blogging / conference / costume / First-Amendment / Free Speech / gender norms / harassment / journalism / lawsuit / Star Wars27 Comments

Update on Ellora’s Cave v. Dear Author – First, if you haven’t yet heard, Ellora’s Cave has filed suit against Dear Author and Jane for a recent blog post on the publisher. If you have not yet heard this news, click on the title above and it will take you ... more >

September 22, 2014

Monday News: Amazon’s Campfire, sound technology at new David Bowie exhibition, new reader & author conference, and real-life inspired superhero c

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / authors / Comics / conference / David Bowie / Hachette / Jeff Bezos / museum / Superhero / technology18 Comments

A Writerly Chill at Jeff Bezos’ Fire – There’s some real crap in this article (the swat at Ayelet Waldman is particularly sexist and offensive), but I also thought it was worth posting, if you haven’t already seen it, because it sheds some light on a little of the relationships ... more >

July 23, 2014

Wednesday News: WisCon fails women, Michelle Phan sued for infringement, North Carolina Poet Laureate resigns, and cute coverage of New Zealand Romance Writers conference

JanetPublishing Newsconference / copyright infringement / harassment / New Zealand / poetry / rugby / Science Fiction / WisCon / YouTube6 Comments

WisCon’s flaky response to harassment incident sparks Internet uproar – You may have read about the sexual harassment allegations against former Tor editor Jim Frenkel last year on John Scalzi’s blog. Despite the widespread attention the allegations got, Frenkel was back at WisCon this year, and it was only afterward ... more >

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