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May 10, 2017

Wednesday News: British Book Awards, the art of shutting up, FTC warns celebrity endorsers, and female pirates

JanetPublishing Newsauthor "rules" / British Book Awards / endorsements / FTC / gender equality / pirates7 Comments

These are officially the 6 best books of the past year – The British Book Awards (aka the “Nibbies”) honor booksellers and libraries, publishers, publishing professionals, and books in six categories, including Fiction Book of the Year, Debut Book of the Year, Crime & Thriller Book of the Year, Non-Fiction Narrative ... more >

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July 31, 2014

Thursday News: Amazon weighs in on ebook pricing, sale of Harlequin nearly complete, OkCupid lies to daters, and Turkish women are defiantly laughing

JanetPublishing Newsdating service / digital publishing / Ebooks / FTC / gender / Harlequin / Harper Collins / pricing / profits / Turkey23 Comments

Amazon Speaks: We Want Lower eBook Prices from Hachette – Amazon explains why it wants lower ebook prices, and why, in Amazon’s opinion, that’s good for everyone. The analysis involves arithmetic and an admission that not all ebooks should be priced at $9.99. Let the games begin! Keep in mind ... more >

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July 10, 2014

Thursday News: Pixar & Lucasfilm started wage-fixing cartel, Apple tells on Google, profits down at Samsung, and bookstore shelving

JanetPublishing NewsApple / FTC / Google / in-app purchasing / independent bookstores / Samsung / smartphones / technology / Techtopus / wage-fixing6 Comments

REVEALED: Court docs show role of Pixar and Dreamworks Animation in Silicon Valley wage-fixing cartel – Remember the revelations of artificial wage suppression by Google and Apple? Well, that, it turns out, was just the beginning of the conspiracy, and now, with a $324 million settlement at risk, revelations about ... more >

Google Privacy
July 4, 2014

Friday News: Google’s ‘right to be forgotten,’ Amazon v. the FTC, the death of the novel (again, still), and the NSFW asymmetric man thong

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / applications / defamation / digital books / FTC / Google / journalism / Literary fiction / right to be forgotten / swimwear10 Comments

For Google, the ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Is an Unforgettable Fiasco – An interesting — and troubling — piece on the European Union’s “right to be forgotten” ruling that contemplates the absolute mess this decision may have on the world’s largest search engine. Part of this emanates from the difficult ... more >

March 20, 2014

Thursday News: Sony Reader Store closes today in US & Canada, new Sony reader for sale, author Kevin Trudeau sentenced for fraud, and the genius of goggly eye books

JanetPublishing NewsEbooks / ereader / fraud / FTC / Kobo / Sony6 Comments

The Future of Reader Store in the US & Canada – Just a reminder that for US and Canadian customers, the Sony Reader Store closes permanently today, March 20, at 6 pm EST. If you have a Reader Store account, it will automatically transferred to Kobo, unless you choose to ... more >

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November 29, 2012

Thursday News: B&N DRM troubles; FTC gone fishing; Bowker’s sad and wrong self publishing stats

JanePublishing NewsBarnes & Noble / DRM / FTC / self-published16 Comments

The stars are liars: how Twitter outs celebrity smartphone shills | The Verge – Remember back a couple of years ago when the FTC got a flea up its butt about blogger endorsements of products? The book community became concerned and believed initially they were a target (they weren’t according ... more >

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