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January 6, 2023

Review: The Inheritance Games (books 1-3) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

SiriusB Reviews Category / Book Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ Reviewsgames / mind puzzles / thriller/suspence / Young-Adult2 Comments

Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why — or even who Tobias Hawthorne ... more >

November 3, 2016

Thursday News: ebooks v. games, DOJ sues DirecTV, Facebook’s growth, and Bono as ‘woman of the year’

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / antitrust / ATT / DirecTV / Ebooks / Facebook / games / Paypal / Women of the YearComments Off on Thursday News: ebooks v. games, DOJ sues DirecTV, Facebook’s growth, and Bono as ‘woman of the year’

Paypal’s New eBook Report: Consumers Are More Willing to Pay for eBooks Than Video Games – Nate Hoffelder’s take on a new report from Paypal that looks at international ebook and game buying patterns. Beyond the not-really-news that Amazon still leads in the sale of ebooks (surprise!), it seems that games ... more >

September 1, 2015

Tuesday News: Book club lawsuit; millennial sex and romance; National Book Festival; unusual sex euphemisms

JanetPublishing Newsbook festival / Book-club / discrimination / euphemisms / games / millennials / Race / Romance / sex9 Comments

Lawyer for booted book club says women considering lawsuit against Napa Valley Wine Train – The Sistahs of the Reading Edge Book Club are considering a lawsuit for racial discrimination against the Napa Valley Wine train, and have hired an attorney (Waukeen McCoy) to investigate their options. As it turns ... more >

February 24, 2015

Tuesday News: New Sherlock Holmes story, emoji diversity, 50 Shades v. Secretary, and undelivered Kickstarters

JanetPublishing NewsApple. emojis / BDSM / crowdfunding / diversity / Fifty Shades / games / gender / Kickstarter / sexual fantasy / Sherlock Holmes8 Comments

Lost Sherlock Holmes story discovered in man’s attic – Arthur Conan Doyle contributed a short story to a small book produced to support the building of an iron bridge in Selkirk, Scotland, after the original wood bridge was destroyed. Conan Doyle was apparently a frequent visitor to Selkirk and a ... more >

February 19, 2015

Thursday News: Insight into Oscar voting, trigger warnings, posthumous Dr. Seuss book, and Game of thrones Monopoly

JanetPublishing Newsawards / childrens-books / Dr. Seuss / Game of Thrones / games / Kameron Hurley / Neil Gaiman / trigger warnings9 Comments

Oscar Voter Reveals Brutally Honest Ballot: “There’s No Art to ‘Selma,'” ‘Boyhood’ “Uneven” – The Hollywood Reporter is posting daily interviews with Academy Award voters, and if you want a glimpse into the voting process of Academy members, you may want to check these interviews out. This one has garnered ... more >

November 5, 2014

Wednesday News: Cell phones and supercookies, EFF’s plan for abandoned games, infringement suit against Jay Z, and PW’s best books for 2014

JanetPublishing Newsbest of list / cell phones / copyright / Fair Use / games / infringement / music / privacy / supercookies / tracking4 Comments

Verizon, AT&T tracking their users with ‘supercookies’ – Soooo, it turns out that companies like AT&T and Verizon have been using something called “supercookies” to basically track everything their customers do on the internet with their cell phones. Isn’t that special? Of course they claim that only *they* have access ... more >

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