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January 29, 2014

Wednesday News: New children’s lit subscription service, new women’s lifestyle site, trans-Atlantic book cover comparisons, and HarperCollins makes piracy claims against its own content

JanetPublishing Newsbook-covers / children's ebooks / Epic / HarperCollins / Pan Macmillan / piracy / Womens-Fiction2 Comments

Epic! Debuts Kids’ Subscription E-book Venture – Created by game developers and focused on children’s literature, Epic! is starting a $9.99 per month digital book subscription service. At this point, the company is not creating original content, but will be working with a variety of publishers to furnish content for ... more >

That does put a damper
August 19, 2013

Monday News: Reporters beware, computers are writing your news now; Big books are back; Why I hate the strong heroine and more.

JanePublishing NewsEpic / feminism / Humor / podcast11 Comments

What I’m thinking about … why big books are back – Kirsty Gunn at The Guardian says that big novels are back and that for publishers it means that they can ask more from the reader – more pages, more value. But Gunn cautions that it isn’t just money that ... more >

The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicle, Day One by Patrick Rothfuss
March 9, 2011

REVIEW: The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicle, Day One by Patrick Rothfuss

JanineA Reviews / A- Reviewsdemons / Epic / Fantasy Romance / good worldbuilding / Good-Dialogue / good-narration / Magic / musician46 Comments

Dear Mr. Rothfuss, By February I had heard enough people mention how eagerly they were awaiting the sequel to your first novel, 2007's The Name of the Wind, that I was intrigued and decided to pick up the first book in the series. The Name of the Wind begins this ... more >

Crown of Crystal Flame
October 26, 2010

REVIEW: Crown of Crystal Flame by C.L. Wilson

JaneBook ReviewsCL-Wilson / Epic / Fantasy Romance / fated mates6 Comments

Dear Ms. Wilson: This is a tough book to review because it is the fifth book in an epic romance fantasy story and this story brings to conclusion plot arcs that began in book 1.   For that reason, the measure by which I have judged this book is how satisfying ... more >

October 29, 2008

REVIEW: Broken Wing by Judith James

JanetB Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book ReviewsEpic / Judith James / Medallion-Press / pirate / privateer38 Comments

Dear Ms. James: Kristie J. emailed me not too long ago and asked me if I had read your debut release, Broken Wing.   She was so enthusiastic about the book that even though I hadn’t yet read it, I made sure I did ASAP.   And it is a very promising ... more >

March 23, 2008

Where the hell is EPIC?

JaneEbooks / Letters of OpinionEpic / Epublisher104 Comments

I’ve read about RWA getting alot of grief this past week for discriminating against small presses however, I think it is patently clear that the reason for the 2007 change in RWA policy regarding recognized publishers (making it more author focused) is to protect its authors from unscrupulous small presses ... more >

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