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May 29, 2017

Monday News: Amazon, ownership, Decoration Day, and RIP Chris Cornell

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / choir / Chris Cornell / Decoration Day / digital ownership / DRM / Memorial Day4 Comments

Amazon Just Opened Another Brick and Mortar Book Store . The World Shrugged – So this article from Inc. points out that Amazon’s new bookstore isn’t a whole lot of new. And yet, Amazon’s alleged mission of trying to rule the commerce world may still be moving forward. Publishers Weekly reports ... more >

March 13, 2017

Monday News: Indie audiobooks, kids’ subscription services, Harlem Hellfighters, and book art

JanetPublishing Newsaudiobooks / book art / DRM / graphic novels / History / kid lit / subscription servicesComments Off on Monday News: Indie audiobooks, kids’ subscription services, Harlem Hellfighters, and book art

Libro.fm Launches Audiobook Subscriptions – Libro.fm is now offering a DRM-free audiobook subscription service for the same price as Audible’s Gold level ($15 a month). With more than 70,000 books and the possibility of listening on iOS and Android, let’s hope we see a viable alternative to the current DRM-ed audio monopoly. ... more >

November 4, 2016

Friday News: Building an Indian bestseller, copyright wrongs, breakaway brides, and Edwardian photos

JanetPublishing Newsautochromes / bestselling books / copyright / dmca / DRM / Edwardian-era / India / weddings3 Comments

This is how a bestselling book is made in India today – Interesting article by literary agent Kanishka Gupta about Ajay K Pandey’s debut bestseller, You Are The Best Wife, as he seems to follow in Ravinder Singh’s footsteps (including the fact that they both write “misery-lit”). Pandey’s book has sold about 50,000 copies ... more >

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
October 4, 2016

Tuesday News: Anonymity and Elena Ferrante, is HP backing down, Amazon’s problems in Japan, and the time it takes to write a book

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / anonymity / DRM / Elena Ferrante / HP / infographic / Japan / Kindle Unlimited / privacy / security2 Comments

We May Know Who Ferrante Is, But Have We Learned Anything? – You may be aware of an article in the New York Review of Books that purports to identify Elena Ferrante, despite her clearly and strongly stated desire to remain anonymous. I refuse to send traffic to that particular article, ... more >

May 10, 2016

Tuesday News: Let’s Pretend it’s Monday!

JanetPublishing Newsadapting books / DRM / Ebooks / Game of Thrones / Kobo / obituaries / Roberta Gellis / writing diversity12 Comments

Sorry about the news yesterday, folks. I finished a two-year long work project (not exaggerating) on Friday and pretty much collapsed after that. Roberta Gellis dies – Thank you to the DA reader who sent me a link to this obituary, because although I had heard of Gellis’s death, her obit ... more >

March 17, 2016

Thursday News: DRM, Apple News, Michael Mann Books, and the Wellcome Book Prize

JanetPublishing NewsApple News / book imprints / DRM / EFF / literary prizes / medicine / Michael Mann / publishing2 Comments

Tell Us Your DRM Horror Stories about Ebooks, Games, Music, Movies and the Internet of Things! – The Electronic Frontier Foundation continues its work on behalf of consumers looking for transparency and fairness in copyright law. According to this article by Cory Doctorow (which includes a form you can fill out ... more >

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