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September 25, 2012

Tuesday links: The Rise of Gonorrhea; the fall of book covers (aka digital killing everything good in literature)

JanePublishing Newsbranding / cover-art / fan-fiction / genre critique64 Comments

Fanfiction – Deb sent me a link to this video. It’s a rather fun look at fan fiction including a historical aspect. Did you know that someone published a sequel to Don Quixote? Unauthorized?Know Your Meme Hold the front page: cover art is going out of fashion – James Bridle ... more >

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July 16, 2012

Monday News: Tilt Shift Photography; Changes in Romance Covers; YA Self Censorship

JaneCovers / Publishing NewsComics / cover-art / digital publishing / Intellectual Property Issues / self-published / Young-Adult26 Comments

30 Tremendous Examples of Tilt-Shift Photography – “Tilt-Shift photography is an amazing part of talent in which photographer utilizes his skills and technique of photography that develops tilt-shift lenses to beat the boundaries of strength of ground and outlook that normal lenses present” Bloggs 74 Let’s start the day out with ... more >

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April 24, 2012

Tuesday Midday Links:Least Helpful Amazon Reviews; Pub Exec Admits to Stripping DRM

JanePublishing NewsAgency pricing / cover-art / lawsuits27 Comments

  Jim C. Hines – Posing Like a Man – Jim Hines recreates a series of mantitty covers and comes to some interesting conclusions about the objectification of men on covers (it’s almost always positive). Karen Knows Best – “It hasn’t passed my attention that within romance, enhanced breasts are ... more >

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November 14, 2011

Monday Midday News: Kindle Touch and Fire Reviews; Black Friday eReader Deals

JanePublishing Newsbook-sales / cover-art / Kindle / Kindle Fire / Multifunction-Device / Simon & Schuster50 Comments

The Kindle devices have been released to the media and there are a few reviews.  Of the Fire, reviewers say the it is easy to access Amazon content and if all you want to do is consume media rather than create, the Fire is probably the right kind of device ... more >

LK Rigel Spiderwork
August 18, 2011

Thursday Midday Links: What’s a Little Cover Art Copying Between Friends?

JanePublishing Newscover-art / Intellectual Property Issues109 Comments

Author LK Rigel’s self published book, Spiderwork, has a gorgeous cover. So gorgeous that HarperCollins contacted the artist to purchase it from her. The artist refused. No matter, thinks HarperCollins.  (Updated: the cover art for Bewitching will now be changed) In an email, Nathalie Suellen, the artist, shared she was ... more >

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June 3, 2011

Friday Midday Links: eBook Quality Issues and Borders eBooks Alerts

JanePublishing NewsAmazon / Borders / cover-art / Kobo / Promotion / quality control31 Comments

On Tuesday (I think it was Tuesday), I downloaded the teaser chapters of Connie Brockway’s Amazon Montlake book.  Amazon Montlake, you’ll recall, is Amazon’s romance imprint.  The teaser chapters are designed to promote Brockway’s book and encourage you to buy the title when it is released in November.  I am ... more >

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