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October 19, 2015

Monday News: Google, Facebook, Addyi, and Love

JanetPublishing Newsaddiction / Addyi / Authors Guild / brain chemistry / copyright / Facebook / Google / Hacking / intellectual property / love / public good / research / security / sexual dysfunction2 Comments

Google’s victory in book-scanning case is a huge win for fair use – Huzzah! Google’s book scanning has been found to be both fair use and transformative in nature by the Second Circuit. The Author’s Guild’s protracted litigation against Google (nearly ten years now!) had numerous problems along the way, but ... more >

September 28, 2015

Monday News: Android monopoly?, books for Syria, YA diversity, and startling satellite photos

JanetPublishing NewsAndroid / anti-trust / charity / Cherokee / diversity / Google / National Book Award / Native Americans / satellite photography / YA5 Comments

Is Android a monopoly? – There are rumblings that Google is being investigated for anti-trust violations via the Android operating system. With 59% of the US smartphone market controlled by Android, it may not seem like a monopoly on the face of it, but given the limited options for smartphone manufacturers ... more >

September 22, 2015

Tuesday News: Oyster, Apple, book covers, and desert romance

JanetPublishing Newsad blocking / Apple / book-covers / Google / imperialism / Oyster / sheiks / subscription services14 Comments

Oyster, a Netflix for Books, Is Shutting Down. But Most of Its Team Is Heading to Google. -Oyster announced yesterday that is going to be shutting down its subscription service “over the next several months.” News spread quickly that Google had purchased Oyster, although Google apparently does not want the ... more >

June 3, 2015

Wednesday News: SCOTUS on criminal threats, Google Photos, whitewashing Hawaii, and a history of the tampon

JanetPublishing Newscriminal law / diversity / films / First-Amendment / Google / harassment / Hawaii / intent / menstruation / photos / speech / Supreme Court / taboos / threats / women's health7 Comments

Supreme Court Overturns Conviction in Online Threats Case, Citing Intent – Although this opinion was released on Monday, I wanted the chance to skim the opinion before reporting on it, in part because the decision was being received as failing victims of online harassment. I disagree with that statement, at ... more >

May 26, 2015

Tuesday News: Advice from the Authors Guild; the state of scientific research; movie, tv, and book adaptations

JanetPublishing Newsadaptations / Amazon / Authors Guild / fandoms / films / Google / research / television series4 Comments

Authors Guild warns authors over contributing online articles for free – So does each new president of the Author’s Guild undergo some kind of organizational mind-meld program? Because the main tune seems to be eerily similar from year to year (and president to president). Google is evil, Amazon is evil, ... more >

March 3, 2015

Tuesday News: print books, Google cell phone service, early 20th C women, and zombie-defeating vehicles

JanetPublishing Newscell phones / cell service / Google / politics / print books / publishing / women / zombies3 Comments

A Thousand Hands Will Grasp You with Warm Desire: On the Persistence of Physical Books – This is really a lovely essay on the virtues of printed books and on the issue of creativity more generally, and despite the eye rolling nature of assertions like ‘we learn better in print ... more >

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