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April 14, 2013

Is there an answer to Scott Turow’s lament

JaneEbooksdigital lending / ebook-v.-print-publishing22 Comments

Scott Turow has taken his lumps around the internet for his bombatic lengthy editorial on the NYTimes. Turow targeted everyone from readers and libraries to search engines as contributing to the death of the American author. But Turow’s lament offers no solutions, only complaints. The main crux of his argument ... more >

Nook Tablet
September 27, 2012

Thursday News: B&N unveils 2 new tablets; A look at print innovations;

JaneUncategorizedAcademic-Issues / Barnes & Noble / ebook-v.-print-publishing / Nook / YouTube2 Comments

B&N announced two new tablets yesterday.  One is a 7″ and the other is a 9″ tablet. Their features don’t vary a great deal from the Kindle Fire or Google’s Nexus tablet but there is one stand out feature.  The new Nooks have profiles so that the family can share ... more >

Dan Savage, It Gets Better
May 4, 2011

My Saturday at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

JanineConventionsebook-v.-print-publishing / Fantasy Romance / LGBTQIA+ / Megan-Whalen-Turner / Young-Adult42 Comments

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books was held over two days this past weekend, Saturday, April 30th and Sunday, May 1st. Although I was disappointed that the romance genre was not represented at the festival, I made plans to attend some interesting events and panels on Saturday, April 30th, ... more >

June 23, 2009

The Case for #RWAChange

JanePublishing NewsConventions / ebook-v.-print-publishing171 Comments

Perhaps Diane Pershing misread the temperature of the membership when she said that those who didn’t like what RWA is doing should leave because her comments have spurred those who do not want to leave the organization but would rather stay and change it. Others within publishing are beginning to ... more >

June 23, 2009

University Presses Look to Digital Publishing to Save Themselves

JanePublishing NewsAcademic-Issues / digital publishing / ebook-v.-print-publishingComments Off on University Presses Look to Digital Publishing to Save Themselves

University presses are facing closures and lack of funding in these difficult economic times. Michael Jensen, director of strategic Web communications for the National Academies Press urged university presses to rethink publication and scholarship: Scholarship must be “de-linked from print publication,” such that books are “the exception” and no longer ... more >

May 19, 2007

Ebook to Print: Does it matter to you?

JaneEbooks / Interviewsdigital publishing / ebook-v.-print-publishing / Elloras-Cave / Epublisher / Loose-Id / Samhain-publishing65 Comments

Jaid Black, owner of Ellora’s Cave, mentioned in her previous interview that she thought the NY move into e-publishing would have difficulties because authors want to see themselves in print. In the Triskelion drama of the past week, one thing was clear and that was Triskelion appeared to over extend ... more >

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