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Wuthering Heights Bantam Classics
February 25, 2015

Wednesday News: Google censors Blogger, comics derided at the Oscars, Pink Floyd comic book, and limericks of Victorian Writers

JanetPublishing Newsadult content / Blogger / censorship / Comic books / criticism / films / Google / Pink Floyd / poetry / Victorian literature24 Comments

ETA: Twitter was ablaze last night with the news that Bertrice Small has died. Although I could not find any formal announcement online, I wanted to include mention of this in the news this morning and let you know that I will post an obituary in the news, once some are published. ... more >

July 18, 2014

Friday News: Conan Doyle estate smacked by SCOTUS, Rupert Murdoch pursuing Time Warner, future-world Archie dies, and new Emily Giffin review drama

JanetPublishing NewsArchie / Book Reviews / cable / Comics / copyright / criticism / Fair Use / public domain / SCOTUS6 Comments

Sherlock Holmes and the mystery of copyright – So the Conan Doyle estate has asked the US Supreme Court to stay the 7th Circuit’s recent decision. Fortunately, SCOTUS has already rejected the motion.  There is a case to be made for the aggressive protection of an author’s intellectual property rights ... more >

Borders ebooks
July 18, 2010

Sunday Midday News: Publisher Behaving Badly

JanePublishing NewsBarnes & Noble / Books on Board / Borders / criticism / Oprah / RITA / social media22 Comments

The Romance Reviews has a great big giveaway going on until August 31, 2010.   Check them out. **** Barnes and Noble is advertising free digital books.   Except these are books that are in the public domain so its a pretty lame promotion, if you ask me.   I did a post ... more >

April 1, 2008

Dr. Seuss: The Marriage of Entertainment and Morality

JaneLetters of Opinioncriticism / criticism-of-romance27 Comments

Today’s topic is a follow up on last week’s wherein I wished for two things a) for grittier romance books and b) for those romance books that include gritty elements, to treat those elements seriously. One of the responses that I heard was that readers like to be entertained and ... more >

March 25, 2008

Romance’s Trivialization of Issues

JaneLetters of Opinioncriticism / genre critique / PTSD105 Comments

see more crazy cat pics A legitimate criticism of romance as serious literature is it’s often cavalier treatment of important life topics. Too often, war, separation, human indignity, are treated as plot devices, conflict mechanisms, and not given the attention and treatment those important issues deserve. How many romance books ... more >

February 26, 2008

Coming Out of the Closet

JanineLetters of OpinionAuthor Reader Relationship / blogging / criticism / Ethics in Reviewing / reviews143 Comments

The question of whether there is a divide between authors and reader/blogger/reviewers has been discussed and debated here and elsewhere. To me it seems clear that it does, at least in some quarters. Some reader/blogger/reviewers, including some of my fellow bloggers here on Dear Author, have called out some authors ... more >

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