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March 27, 2017

Monday News: Women writing for Broadway, orc romance, and choosing stories to read and write

JanetPublishing NewsBroadway / gaming / Lynn Nottage / orc romance / Paula Vogel / playwrights1 Comments

Two Female Playwrights Arrive on Broadway. What Took So Long? – A lovely and sometimes understandably plaintive profile of Lynn Nottage and Paula Vogel (their careers and their work), both of whom have plays on Broadway this season, their first, despite Pulitzer prizes, Ivy League teaching jobs, international fame and recognition, and decades of work behind ... more >

October 7, 2016

Friday News: Book prize season, suing for bad reviews, and great tv couples

JanetPublishing NewsBook Awards / gaming / lawsuit / Mann Booker Prize / National Book Award / negative reviews / Nobel Prize / racial inequity / Steam / television / television couples2 Comments

Reader’s Guide to This Fall’s Big Book Awards – The next couple of months are filled with award announcements, including the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Man Booker Prize (October 25th), and the National Book Award (November 16th – the full list of finalists can be found here; this article was ... more >

July 26, 2016

REVIEW: Arena by Holly Jennings

SiriusB Reviewsadventure / f/f romance / Fantasy / gaming3 Comments

A fast-paced and gripping near-future science fiction debut about the gritty world of competitive gaming…   Every week, Kali Ling fights to the death on national TV. She’s died hundreds of times. And it never gets easier…   The RAGE tournaments—the Virtual Gaming League’s elite competition where the best gamers ... more >

March 31, 2016

Thursday News: gender and book coverage, Nintendo, fatphobia in YA, and one-book wonders

JanetPublishing Newsbook lists / fatphobia / gaming / gender / Nintendo / online harassment / VIDA / YA1 Comments

New study shows gender gap narrowing in book coverage – VIDA’s latest study demonstrates that strides are being made in the representation of both men and women, although they are not consistently large or equally distributed across publications. VIDA, otherwise known as Women in Literary Arts, told The Associated Press on ... more >

March 9, 2016

Wednesday News: Apple settlement, forgotten books, “hard fun” in gaming, and the first NYC “supermodel”

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / Apple / Audrey Munson / forgotten books / gaming / hard fun / History / intrinsic motivation / settlement2 Comments

Apple expected to pay $450M in e-book case – On the heels of the Supreme Court’s rejection of Apple’s  request for review, it appears that the only option now is making good on their $450 million settlement deal. It’s a hefty amount, especially compared to the $166 million settlement distributed by ... more >

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August 6, 2015

Thursday News: Writers and community, DRM, color-coding books, and what would Pemberley cost today?

JanetPublishing NewsBooks / community / DRM / gaming / intellectual property / Pride-and-Prejudice / publishing / social media / writing4 Comments

An Introverted Writer’s Lament – Reading this article reminded me of a great conversation I had with friends lately about how much more engaged and vocal the community of Romance authors seems to be now than, say, five years ago. I suggested that perhaps self-publishing has allowed authors to talk ... more >

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