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May 22, 2015

Friday News: Godzilla v. Dallas Buyers Club, lots of people v. Zuckerberg, Oxford’s Inklings, and a cool book map

JanetPublishing Newscopyright / Facebook / Fantasy / Film / fraud / Goodreads / History / infringement / maps / Oxford / religion / trademark7 Comments

Dallas Buyers Club studio suing Australians faces its own monster lawsuit involving Godzilla – After aggressively pursuing alleged copyright infringers in Australia via internet service providers, the Dallas Buyers Club is now facing a lawsuit from Toho, the Japanese company that owns the rights to Godzilla, for shopping around a ... more >

May 14, 2015

Thursday News: Simon & Schuster experiments with free content; why Verizon bought AOL; sexist protests against new Mad Max movie; and cool steampunk sculptures

JanetPublishing NewsAdvertising / AOL / Art / Film / Foli / gender / mobile content / Simon & Schuster / steampunk / Verizon3 Comments

S&S Tries Geo-Targeting in New Marketing Outreach – Foli is a mobile content delivery service that will allow certain Simon & Schuster books to be viewed and read – for free – in a number of airports, museums, and hotels. Although users have to download the Foli app first, they ... more >

March 26, 2015

Thursday News: Facebook to host articles directly, technology and art, Harper Lee’s new book cover, and Fifty Shades director quits sequels

JanetPublishing NewsArt / book cover / director / Facebook / Fifty Shades / Film / Harper Lee / news / technology5 Comments

Facebook May Host News Sites’ Content – I think I reported on this a while ago, but since then the plan seems to have taken a substantial step forward. Facebook, in its quest to take over the world, will be partnering with news providers and hosting their content right on ... more >

March 16, 2015

Monday News: Romance in the academy, 74 “essential books,” filmmaking and women of color, and SxSW proposal video

JanetPublishing Newsbest of list / diversity / Film / LGBTQIAP+ / marriage proposal / Romance criticism / scholarship / women in film / women of color4 Comments

Why Can’t Romance Novels Get Any Love? – A good introductory piece in Smithsonian on the slow infiltration of genre Romance into the academy. Featuring a number of the Teach Me Tonight folks, the article surveys some of the work currently being done to promote the genre as both study-able ... more >

February 18, 2015

Wednesday News: Two lawsuits, an author oversteps, and classic LGBT children’s books

JanetPublishing News50 Shades / children's literature / copyright / diversity / E. L. James / Film / LGBTQIAP+ / music / piracy / privacy / readers8 Comments

iiNet versus Dallas Buyers Club case starts with a reference to The Castle – A very interesting Australian privacy case involving Dallas Buyers Club, LLC, which owns the rights to the Dallas Buyers Club film, and their attempt to force iiNet to turn over identifying information on thousands of their ... more >

February 11, 2015

Wednesday News: Scribd offers unlimited comics, Samsung TVs are listening, the Hugo Award & gender bias, and rare TV interview with E.L. James

JanetPublishing Newsbias / Comics / E. L. James / fan-fiction / Fifty Shades / Film / gender / Hugo Award / privacy / Samsung / Scribd / smart tvs / subscription service / voice recognition5 Comments

Scribe Unlimited Comics – The latest development in the battle between subscription services is Scribd’s offering of more than 10,000 comic books. This one might finally push me over the edge and into signing up. Check out the launch page for more details, and per the press release, features include: ... more >

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