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December 2, 2016

Friday News: Scrap poetry, tablets & readers, soundtracks, and love letters

JanetPublishing Newse-readers / Emily Dickinson / gift guide / love letters / movie soundtracks / poetry / Tablets2 Comments

EMILY DICKINSON’S SINGULAR SCRAP POETRY – A lovely meditation on Emily Dickinson’s habit of writing poems and pieces of poems on all sorts of paper items, including chocolate wrappers (genius). There is still a good deal of curiosity and speculation around Dickinson, and thinking about the relationship between the writing and ... more >

December 8, 2015

Tuesday News: E-book borrowing, new Shakespeare exhibit, Georgian gift guide, and revealing new photo book

JanetPublishing Newsdigital books / e-book lending / Georgian Era / gift guide / Libraries / museum exhibits / photography / Shakespeare16 Comments

New Study Finds Low Levels of Digital Library Borrowing – According to this summary of the latest Book Industry Study Group findings, libraries are not doing a great job of appealing to patrons who read digital books (you can download the executive summary for free here). Of library patrons surveyed, more ... more >

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November 30, 2014

Dear Author’s 2014 Holiday Buying Guide – The Subscription Box

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I’m a little late putting this together. The holidays rushed through October and was here before I realized it. I can’t believe I’m thirty one days away from 2015. 2014 sped by faster than any year in recent memory. I’m not sure if that’s a good or bad. I’m leaning toward ... more >

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December 25, 2013

Wednesday News: Kohn appeals ebook settlements; book banning attempts were up this year; more gifts for book lovers; Matt Walsh chooses his blog over radio; and Hulu is sued for blabbing to Facebook

JanetPublishing Newscensorship / ebook settlement / Facebook / gift guide / Hulu5 Comments

Kohn Appeals Penguin, Macmillan E-book Settlements – Despite a warning from Judge Cote that his arguments were unlikely to prevail, RoyaltyShare founder Bob Kohn has formally appealed the approved e-book settlements with Penguin and Macmillan. As I noted earlier, Kohn’s argument is especially interesting, because he doesn’t assert that the ... more >

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December 23, 2013

Monday News: More self-publishing and subscription news, holiday gifts, publishing insights, intellectual property data, and opinions about women

JanetPublishing Newsfeminism / gift guide / intellectual property / Penguin / publishing / Scribd / Smashwords / subscription12 Comments

Smashwords Website Revamp And Scribd Deal – Not only did Smashwords dramatically update and revise its website, but it has also entered into a distribution deal with Scribd, including Scribd’s new $8.99/month subscription service. According to Smashwords founder Mark Coker: “For Scribd’s subscription ebook service, authors will earn 60% of the list ... more >

December 6, 2013

Friday News: An author’s writing process, DBW survey results, fan fiction makes the NYT, a blast from your reading past, and some clever bookish gifts

JanetPublishing Newsdigital publishing / fan-fiction / gift guide / New-York-Times25 Comments

How I Write: James McBride, The New National Book Award Winner For Fiction – This is a really interesting interview with National Book Award winner James McBride (for his novel, The Good Lord Bird), about his writing process. Because McBride is a musician, he finds it “work” to listen to ... more >

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