• Home
  • Commenting Policy
  • Advanced Search
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Email
  • Feed

Dear Author

Romance, Historical, Contemporary, Paranormal, Young Adult, Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view

  • Blog
  • New Releases
  • Deals
  • Reviews
    • List of Authors Reviewed
    • Reading Lists
    • A Review Category
      • A Reviews
      • A- Reviews
    • B Reviews Category
      • B+ Reviews
      • B Reviews
      • B- Reviews
    • C Reviews Category
      • C+ Reviews
      • C Reviews
      • C- Reviews
    • D Reviews
    • F Reviews
    • Film Reviews
    • Guest Submitted Review
    • Haiku
  • Ebooks
    • 10 tips for your new ebook reader
    • Android Reading Apps
    • Using Calibre to Create a Print Book Library
    • Dear Jane
    • Ebooks Posts
  • Essays
    • Essays
    • First Sale
    • Interviews
    • Letters of Opinion
  • Need A Rec!
    • Top 100 Romances
    • Bestseller List
    • Book Club
    • If You Like
    • Recommended Reads
  • Contact Us
    • Contact Us
    • For Readers
March 21, 2016

Monday News: Gawker verdict, controversial Israeli book law, another troubling trope, and unconventional book club

JanetPublishing Newsbook clubs / book market / Book pricing / First-Amendment / Gawker / genre tropes / Israel / law / lawsuit27 Comments

$115 million verdict in Hulk Hogan sex-tape lawsuit could wipe out Gawker – In a stunning victory, Hulk Hogan, aka Terry Bollea, won more than he sued Gawker for — $115 million (he sued for $100 million). And that doesn’t count punitive damages the jury will be considering this week. All for ... more >

Apple
March 7, 2016

Monday News: DABWAHA, Apple, and Google Posts

JanetPublishing NewsDABWAHA / First-Amendment / Google Posts / privacy / security / social mediaComments Off on Monday News: DABWAHA, Apple, and Google Posts

DABWAHA is here! –  It’s that time of the year again! The annual DABWAHA tourney. In celebration of books and my love of the NCAA basketball tournament, Dear Author and Smart Bitches have teamed up to bring you the DABWAHA competition. Step one involves nominating your own favorite book published ... more >

August 18, 2015

Tuesday News: Online spying, speech, censorship, and piracy

JanetPublishing NewsATT / censorship / defamation / domestic surveillance / email / First-Amendment / national security / NSA / piracy / social privilege / speech rights6 Comments

What We Know About the NSA and AT&T’s Spying Pact – We talk about mergers like the AT&T + DirectTV deal from an anti-trust standpoint, but new information about AT&T’s “highly collaborative” relationship with the NSA provides a new level of concern about the consolidation of companies with control over a ... more >

June 30, 2015

Tuesday News: From comics to shoes, with a couple of stops in between

JanetPublishing NewsComics / Ebooks / First-Amendment / infographic / literary history / Marvel / museum / Science Fiction / shoes / terrorism / video games6 Comments

Marvel’s Contest of Champions leaps from video game to comic book – In yet another sign that entertainment genres are simultaneously and paradoxically diversifying and merging, Marvel has announced that they will be creating a comic based on the video game Contest of Champions, which features kidnapped superheroes forced by ... more >

June 4, 2015

Thursday News: Lambda Literary Awards, ghostwriting the Hardy Boys, self-expression v. high school graduation, and coffee art

JanetPublishing Newschildren's lit / coffee art / First-Amendment / ghostwriting / Hardy Boys / LGBTQ literature / literary awards / Nancy Drew / self-expression / YA litComments Off on Thursday News: Lambda Literary Awards, ghostwriting the Hardy Boys, self-expression v. high school graduation, and coffee art

Lambda Literary Awards laud best gay, lesbian and transgender books – Monday night marked the 27th Lambda Literary Awards ceremony, hosted by Kate Clinton. The awards are divided into a wide range of categories, honoring genres such as poetry, memoir, graphic novel, mystery, romance, and genera fiction and nonfiction. Specific ... more >

June 3, 2015

Wednesday News: SCOTUS on criminal threats, Google Photos, whitewashing Hawaii, and a history of the tampon

JanetPublishing Newscriminal law / diversity / films / First-Amendment / Google / harassment / Hawaii / intent / menstruation / photos / speech / Supreme Court / taboos / threats / women's health7 Comments

Supreme Court Overturns Conviction in Online Threats Case, Citing Intent – Although this opinion was released on Monday, I wanted the chance to skim the opinion before reporting on it, in part because the decision was being received as failing victims of online harassment. I disagree with that statement, at ... more >

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 6
  • Next Page »

Recent Comments

  • Jayne on Jayne’s Best of 2020@Random Michelle: Book happiness! Yay!
  • Sirius on Sirius’ Best of 2020 list@Random Michelle: Just want to make absolutely clear - I con...
  • MaryK on Open Thread for Readers for February 2021Amazon is doing one of their spend $s get $s free deals on e...
  • Jennie on REVIEW: The Book of Koli by M.R. Carey@Random Michelle: It's a hard world, but the characters aren...
  • Kareni on Open Thread for Readers for February 2021If you are a fan of the original Star Trek series, @Darlynne...

Help DA Out

DA is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for website owners to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com, audible.com, and any other website that may be affiliated with Amazon Service LLC Associates Program.

Tweets

Tweets by @dearauthor

Copyright

© Dear Author Media Network, LLC. This basically means you shouldn't copy our content without permission. We are very liberal with our permission. Just ask us!

FTC Disclaimer

We do not purchase all the books we review here. Some we receive from the authors, some we receive from the publisher, and some we receive through a third party service like Net Galley. Some books we purchase ourselves. Login

Copyright © 2021 · DearAuthor 2015 Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

  • Home
  • Commenting Policy