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February 28, 2018

Wednesday News: Digital books, crossing genres, cover artists, and the “book lady”

JanetPublishing Newscover artists / digital books / Dolly Parton / literacy / recommendations2 Comments

Ebooks are not ‘stupid’ – they’re a revolution – I’ve been thinking a lot about the excellent comments to Monday’s news post, and in particular the interview with Hachette CEO   Arnaud Nourry, and I think this response from author Erin Kelly echoes a lot of the points you all ... more >

February 26, 2018

Monday News: Terry not so Goodkind, ebooks and hardcovers, sexist new video game

JanetPublishing Newsbook-covers / cover artists / digital books / Hachette / hardcovers / video games21 Comments

Terry Goodkind Apologizes to Artist After Trashing Cover to Own Book – When Terry Goodkind called his new book cover “laughably bad,” he was in no way insulting the cover artist. Of course he wasn’t! Who would ever think that?! If you believe his lame “apology,” he was really criticizing ... more >

November 13, 2017

Monday News: free books, Netflix & franchising, ‘raising happy girls,’ and book-inspired beers

JanetPublishing NewsComic books / consent / copyright / digital books / Internet Archive / literary inspiration / Netflix / sexual-assault3 Comments

The Internet Archive “Liberates” Books Published Between 1923 and 1941, and Will Put 10,000 Digitized Books Online – Utilizing a section of copyright law that allows libraries to   digitize works published between 1923 and 1941 that are “not being actively sold,” the Internet Archive is working with a Tulane ... more >

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April 14, 2017

Friday News: Books & the brain, digital sharing, comic book sales data, and sex in space

JanetPublishing NewsComic books / digital books / digital reading / digital rights / sales data / sex in space3 Comments

What If We Could Upload Books to Our Brains? – This article, along with this piece about “mentally owning books,”  basically represent two versions of having books bond with the human brain. One article promotes “mentally owning” a book via manual rituals like taking notes while reading and putting the book down for ... more >

May 17, 2016

Tuesday News: digital book subscriptions, B&N cosmetics, Tuberculosis & Victorian fashion, and “bad” mothers

JanetPublishing NewsB&N / book subscriptions / bookstores / digital books / disease / History / literary archetypes / mothers / Victorian fashion5 Comments

Should You Consider an E-Book Subscription? – Consumer Reports reviews digital book services, a clear sign of mainstream acceptance (?). And they manage to reach beyond the usual suspects Kindle Unlimited and Scribd: Playster: Price: $9.95 per month. Here, you’ll find about 250,000 e-books available. The service also provides unlimited access to millions ... more >

April 19, 2016

Tuesday News: 100th Pulitzer Prizes, wine train book club settles suit, SCOTUS turns down Authors Guild, and Russia’s “womanhood schools”

JanetPublishing NewsAuthors Guild / Book-club / digital books / discrimination / Google / lawsuit / marriage / Pulitzer-Prize / Russia7 Comments

100th Pulitzer prizes announced – Journalism awards, in particular, stood out this year, with the Los Angeles Times winning for their breaking coverage of the San Bernadino shooting, and digital media ProPublica and the Marshall Project’s collaborative win for explanatory reporting. The full list of winners can be found here, and ... more >

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