Publishing Newsadult coloring books / Ethics / female sexuality / Game of Thrones / gender / LGBTQ / literary awards / Race / technologyComments Off on Tuesday News: Game of Thrones coloring book, literary prizes for women, artificial intelligence and morality, and “manifesting prostitution”
George R.R. Martin overseeing “Game of Thrones” coloring book – So Game of Thrones fans may not be getting a new novel anytime soon, but you can join the adult coloring club and buy the soon-to-be-released Game of Thrones adult coloring book! Speaking as an adult who loves to color, ... more >
Publishing NewsApple / cloud storage / Ethics / gender / iPad / iPhone / lawsuit / power / Romance / Science Fiction / Science-Fiction-Romance / sexuality / social equality / storage space / Violence5 Comments
Apple sued for shrinking storage space on 16GB devices thanks to iOS 8 – Two Florida residents have filed suit in California against Apple, alleging that they have misrepresented the amount of storage space available on their 16GB iPhones and iPads, which is further limited in the upgrade from iOS7 ... more >
Publishing Newscrowdsourcing / cultural criticism / Dear Author / defense fund / Ethics / Facebook / Free Speech / Jane Litte / research / Roxane Gay / security57 Comments
Dear Author/Jane Litte Defense Fund – Many people have been asking if and how they can contribute to Dear Author and Jane Litte’s legal defense. Consequently, this campaign was created. The Dear Author Jane Litte Legal Defense Fund will be run through Go Fund Me. Any donations made to this ... more >
Letters of OpinionAuthor Promotion / Ethics / marketing64 Comments
In 2006, a billboard appeared in New York City which announced that Emily knew all about her husband, Steve’s, cheating ways. The news of this spread through websites and emails faster than you could read the text of the billboard. The whole thing turned out to be an advertisement for ... more >
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William Shatner calls out Reddit for racism and hate mongering – Reddit is a site that is full of the cutest cat and dog pictures, viral videos at their inception, and interesting question and answer sessions with famous people. Bill Gates was on the site yesterday during an Ask Me ... more >
Publishing Newsbook prices / book-sales / ebook sales / Ethics / GBKS / piracy / shame32 Comments
RWA President Michelle Monkou is fielding questions today on blog talk radio. The start time is at noon CST. I wish someone would call in and ask what RWA’s stance is on the change in pricing and Google Book Settlement. Link here.. I would call but I don’t think they ... more >