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September 8, 2022

REVIEW: Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth Century by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews20th century / 21st century / fashion / History / non-fiction / women's rightsComments Off on REVIEW: Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth Century by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell

In a sparkling, beautifully illustrated social history, Skirts traces the shifting roles of women over the twentieth century through the era’s most iconic and influential dresses. While the story of women’s liberation has often been framed by the growing acceptance of pants over the twentieth century, the most important and ... more >

June 27, 2016

Monday News: Brexit & books, Twitter, iClassics, and fashion of the future

JanetPublishing Newsbook market / Brexit / fashion / future / iClassics / iOS / social media / Twitter2 Comments

Brexit: what next? – Neill Denny’s pro and con consideration of Brexit’s likely effect on the book industry. Some of his pros are a little dicey (the ‘we’re masters of the English-speaking world’ angle, for example), but certainly it’s true that disruption makes room for change, both positive and negative. Still, ... more >

May 16, 2016

Monday News: Nebula winners, Yen Press, POWer Reader Group, and crinolines

JanetPublishing NewsComic books / fashion / History / independent bookstores / literacy / Manga / Nebula Awards / Yen Press2 Comments

Women Swept The 2015 Nebula Awards – So women took almost all the major Nebula Awards, including Novel (Naomi Novik), Novella (Nnedi Okorafor), Novelette (Sarah Pinsker), Short Story (Alyssa Wong), and YA (Fran Wilde). Take that, Puppies? The science fiction world has had its share of drama with the Hugo Awards ... more >

December 21, 2015

Monday News: The state of print, Austen unboxed, Tracy Norman, and the sight of sound

JanetPublishing Newscomedy of manners / digital books / fashion / Jane Austen / print books / sound waves / transgender1 Comments

Against all odds, print books are on the rise again in the US – I’m starting to think that most of the surprise around the persistence of print books is coming from those who are most afraid of its demise, and this Quartz article is a good example of that. What’s ... more >

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November 10, 2015

Tuesday News: Online privacy, history & fiction, language & smell, and McDonald’s couture

JanetPublishing NewsAdvertising / fashion / Historical fiction / History / language / McDonald's / online tracking / privacy / smell5 Comments

Think you’re reading the news for free? New research shows you’re likely paying with your privacy – Two University of Pennsylvania scholars tracked the online trackers to demonstrate the extent to which we are subject to the kind of tracking that allows you to see the items you were viewing on Amazon that ... more >

November 4, 2015

Wednesday News: Ars on Amazon, new Rowling, Best of Baileys’, and book of clothes

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / Baileys Prize / bookstores / children's fiction / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie / fashion / JK-Rowling / Renaissance1 Comments

Amazon’s first brick-and-mortar store: One big ad for the Amazon app – Contrary to the piece in the Seattle Times I posted yesterday on the new Amazon Bookstore, Ars Technica’s coverage suggests that this isn’t just a bookstore, as Amazon apparently wants its customers to believe. There are a lot of photos ... more >

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