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Shadow Fall by Seressia Glass
January 29, 2018

Monday News: Romance WOC, Walmart + Kobo, magazine archive, and Harry Potter in Scots

JanetPublishing NewsApple / archives / Ebooks / Harry-Potter / Jasmine Guillory / Kobo / magazines / translation / Walmart / women of color in Romance3 Comments

WOMEN OF COLOR AND MAJOR PUBLISHING HOUSE DEALS – So Bitch Media’s Evette Dionne published an interview with Jasmine Guillory on her upcoming debut, The Wedding Date, a Romance published by Berkley. Unfortunately, in their enthusiastic promotion of Guillory and her book, a lot of incorrect assertions about the status of ... more >

January 13, 2017

Friday News: Hidden Figures, Apple-flix, Vijayawada Book Festival, and HP restaurant

JanetPublishing NewsApple / book festivals / Harry-Potter / Hidden Figures / India / scripted television / used books1 Comments

“Hidden Figures” author discusses book, film at ODU Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance – Brief but nice coverage of Margot Lee Shetterly’s address at Virginia’s Old Dominion University this week, in honor of MLK Day (January 16th). Shetterly’s father was a researcher at Langley and knew the women depicted in ... more >

August 18, 2016

Thursday News: New Potter-world ebooks, Rolling Stone lawsuit, Wattpad + ads, and early photo retouching

JanetPublishing NewsAdvertising / beauty standards / defamation lawsuit / Harry-Potter / History / photography / retouching / Rolling Stone / wattpad5 Comments

And the New Harry Potter Books Keep Coming – Those of you who interpreted Rowling’s comments about the end of Harry Potter books narrowly were clearly right to do so, since just yesterday, three new Potter-world ebooks were announced. Apparently the cash cow is still making regular deliveries. As per an ... more >

August 4, 2016

Thursday News: Trolls, reading & life expectancy, scandal slams book sales, and Cursed is selling (out) fast

JanetPublishing Newsbook-sales / Harry-Potter / life expectancy / reading / research / Scandal / trolling4 Comments

Study: Trolls Are Even Worse When Using Real Names – A new study published in PLOS ONE claims a counterintuitive conclusion: trolls outside the cloak of anonymity can actually be more aggressive. According to the abstract, this “effect is reinforced if selective incentives are present and if aggressors are intrinsically motivated.” ... more >

August 1, 2016

Monday News: End(?) of Harry Potter, listening v. reading, and the OMG history of home pregnancy tests

JanetPublishing Newsaudiobooks / birth control / Harry-Potter / J.K. Rowling / pregnancy tests4 Comments

J.K. Rowling Says Harry Potter’s Story Is Done With The Release Of ‘Cursed Child’ – Although I don’t follow this franchise very closely, I seem to remember Rowling declaring the end of Potter before Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. But apparently now it’s really done. Whatever that means. After, you know, all ... more >

June 15, 2016

Wednesday News: Hogwarts honors Orlando victims, “girl” books, women & concussions, and Tumblog

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / book titles / concussions / domestic violence / Harry-Potter / Orlando / Tumblr1 Comments

Hogwarts held the most heartbreaking memorial for the Orlando shooting – After discovering that one of the victims of the Orlando massacre worked at the Harry Potter park in Florida, employees held a moving vigil, which was chronicled in photos at the above link and caught on video here. CNN has ... more >

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