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September 17, 2016

REVIEW: Coins in the Fountain by Judith Works

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsautobiography / food / Italy / non-fiction / Rome / travel5 Comments

With middle age looming, Judith Works decided it was time for a change. But after graduating from law school at the age of forty-seven, she still faced the question “What now?” Casual conversations about far-off travels with husband Glenn became a reality with the offer of a dream job at ... more >

September 5, 2016

Monday News: Pew reading survey, DC Comics resurgence, and Great British Bake Off coloring book

JanetBook Reviewscoloring books / Comics / DC / food / Marvel / Pew Internet Research / reading habits7 Comments

Book Reading 2016 – As Sunita noted on Friday, the new Pew US reading survey results have been released, and one of the most interesting things about them may be their consistency over the past five years. Almost three-quarters of USians have read a book within the last twelve months. And ... more >

April 25, 2016

Monday News: World Book Day, Apple stops services in China, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and American hypocrisy with “ethnic food”

JanetPublishing NewsApple / censorship / China / culture / food / India / Libraries / Viet Thanh Nguyen / World Book Day12 Comments

World Book Day: century-old library distributes 50,000 books – World Book and Copyright Day was created by UNESCO is held on April 23rd (the birth and death date for some prominent authors including Shakespeare and Maurice Druon). The day is designed as a tribute to books and authors, and aims to ... more >

June 1, 2015

Monday News: BEA & diversity, fair use for filmmakers, a brief history of educational tv, and “weird” American food

JanetPublishing NewsBEA / copyright / diversity / education / Fair Use / Film / food / infringement / NASA / publishing / television15 Comments

A Year Later, #WeNeedDiverseBooks Has Left Its Mark On BookCon – So compared to last year, the organizers of BEA feel like they’ve come a long way, with the help of the #weneeddiversebooks campaign. The international element of this year’s event may have been part of that, too. You can ... more >

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April 23, 2015

Thursday News: Ode to the DMCA; food and social class; an “ibreakup;” and Julia Rothman’s “Nature Anatomy”

JanetPublishing NewsAmerica / class / copyright / dmca / Earth Day / food / infringement / nature / Race / technology / YouTube5 Comments

How the DMCA made YouTube – A really interesting piece on the way the DMCA, which was enacted in 1998, and in particular the safe harbor provision, has allowed services like YouTube to flourish. Given the onerous provisions of the DMCA, and with all of the changes at YouTube (and ... more >

July 2, 2011

REVIEW: Rhapsody for Piano and Ghost by Z.A. Maxfield

SarahFB- Reviewsfood / ghosts / Loose-Id / musician / Paranormal10 Comments

Dear Ms. Maxfield: This was a fascinating novel. I’m still not sure what to make of it, but I couldn’t put it down and enjoyed reading it. Fitz is a musical prodigy — a pianist since he was six. But he’s been utterly sheltered his whole life. His mother marries ... more >

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