August 14, 2014

Thursday News: Bookstore sales down, Should Twitter users police themselves, reproductive justice and anti-black violence, and screen adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time

JanetPublishing Newsbooksellers / children's literature / film adaptation / Free Speech / gender / harassment / Race / sexuality / Twitter5 Comments

Bookstore Sales Fell 7.9% in First Half of 2014 – For the first half of 2014, retail sales of books fell 7.9% over last year’s first half book sales ($5.10B to $5.54B). This trend is in contrast to retail sales in general, which increased by 3.6%. It also persisted over ... more >

August 1, 2014

Friday News: Twitter tolerates harassment, animated films and the ‘fun father,’ Christian Romance goes up against 50 Shades, and Mac releases “Novel Romance” makeup collection

JanetPublishing Newschildren's literature / films / gender / genre Romance / harassment / inspirational romance / MAC / makeup / parents / Twitter11 Comments

Twitter can fix its harassment problem, but why mess with success? – A very interesting post by Ben Kuchera on how Twitter capitalizes off of harassment and the outrage it generates, both of which heighten the type of engagement that keep people invested in the platform. Game developer Brendan Vance ... more >

July 23, 2014

Wednesday News: WisCon fails women, Michelle Phan sued for infringement, North Carolina Poet Laureate resigns, and cute coverage of New Zealand Romance Writers conference

JanetPublishing Newsconference / copyright infringement / harassment / New Zealand / poetry / rugby / Science Fiction / WisCon / YouTube6 Comments

WisCon’s flaky response to harassment incident sparks Internet uproar – You may have read about the sexual harassment allegations against former Tor editor Jim Frenkel last year on John Scalzi’s blog. Despite the widespread attention the allegations got, Frenkel was back at WisCon this year, and it was only afterward ... more >