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August 17, 2016

Wednesday News: B&N fires CEO, Harper Collins launches new website, NK Jemisin on SF diversity, and American Book Award winners

JanetPublishing NewsAmerican Book Award / Barnes & Noble / booksellers / diversity / HarperCollins / N.K. Jemisin / SFFComments Off on Wednesday News: B&N fires CEO, Harper Collins launches new website, NK Jemisin on SF diversity, and American Book Award winners

Barnes & Noble Fires CEO, Calls Him a Poor Fit – Ron Boire, who previously served as CEO of Sears Canada and Brookstone, was hired less than a year ago to head Barnes & Noble, and while it is unclear what went wrong, publicly stating that he was “not a good ... more >

November 27, 2015

Friday News: A bunch of unrelated stuff

JanetPublishing Newsbook exchanges / Harper Lee / HarperCollins / Libraries / publishing / sex / signed books / technology / writing advice3 Comments

On Sex in Fiction – So let’s start with the good. Yes, it’s another one of those author-written semi-promotional pieces, but it also happens to be a nice little companion piece to the several pieces on writing sex we’ve been discussing in recent news posts (and I can’t remember the last ... more >

June 19, 2015

Tired of being sleek and mobile? Carry a typewriter around.

JanetPublishing NewsHarlequin / HarperCollins / Hipsters / In Memoriam / Typewriters10 Comments

In the wake of the terrible tragedy in South Carolina, a pastor’s words are worth remembering – A 2013 speech given by Charleston’s Reverend Clementa Pinckney on the history of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church has been posted on Upworthy, and in the wake of the racially-motivated shooting in the church this ... more >

May 27, 2014

Tuesday News: HarperCollins v. Open Road redux, the conundrum of hashtag activism, sharing and creative production, and First Books on diversity in kid’s lit

JanetPublishing Newschildren's lit / contract terms / copyright / digital publishing / diversity / HarperCollins / hashtags / intellectual property / Open Road / public domain / social activism2 Comments

Harper Seeks Injunction in Dispute with Open Road – HarperCollins has just upped the ante in their lawsuit against Open Road, filing for a permanent injunction to block the publication of the digital version of Julie of the Wolves, as well as monetary damages for “willful infringement” of HarperCollins’ alleged ... more >

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May 4, 2014

HarperCollins acquisition of Harlequin and what it means for readers

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Let’s start out with gathering the information that has been put out there publicly. HarperCollins has acquired Harlequin Enterprises from Torstar for $455 million. Harlequin will be a division of HC (as opposed to the Random Penguin which was a merger). According to one report, Harlequin will remain in Toronto ... more >

January 29, 2014

Wednesday News: New children’s lit subscription service, new women’s lifestyle site, trans-Atlantic book cover comparisons, and HarperCollins makes piracy claims against its own content

JanetPublishing Newsbook-covers / children's ebooks / Epic / HarperCollins / Pan Macmillan / piracy / Womens-Fiction2 Comments

Epic! Debuts Kids’ Subscription E-book Venture – Created by game developers and focused on children’s literature, Epic! is starting a $9.99 per month digital book subscription service. At this point, the company is not creating original content, but will be working with a variety of publishers to furnish content for ... more >

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