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September 2, 2015

Wednesday News: Project Implicit, the Hugos are finally over, Australian Romance Readers Survey, and “Judgey” book cover game

JanetPublishing NewsAustralia / book game / book-covers / hidden bias / Hugos / literary awards / readers survey / Romance / SFF8 Comments

Project Implicit – All of the discussion around the Wine Train incident made me wonder how many people have taken the Harvard Implicit Association Test. It measures that unconscious bias that all of us have about any number of people, ideas, behaviors, etc. One of the things that makes the ... more >

August 31, 2015

Monday News: puppies, books, and other stuff

JanetPublishing Newsaudiobook / harassment / Hugos / John Scalzi / music / parody / Stephen-King / Worldcon4 Comments

SASQUAN, EXIT STAGE LEFT – You may have been following the situation with Lou Antonelli, who had written a letter to the Spokane, Washington police about David Gerrold, who was being honored at the upcoming Worldcon. Antonelli indicated that he thought Gerrold was dangerous and other inflammatory things, an action ... more >

April 20, 2015

Monday News: Did Sony pirate books on hacking; some history on the Hugos; comics and “casual” fans; and a bigger market for manga

JanetPublishing NewsComics / copyright / fandoms / Hacking / Hugos / infringement / intellectual property / Manga / privacy / SFF / social media / Sony / Tumblr1 Comments

Sony pirated ebooks on hacking – Several site, including Boing Boing, are reporting that copies of two O’Reilly books available in PDF form on Sony’s internal servers, and part of The Hack, are pirated (which is ironic, since they’re books on hacking). The books are availably via Wikileaks, and recently ... more >

April 15, 2015

Wednesday News: Harper Collins makes nice with Amazon, Rakuten wants to buy PopSugar, David Gerrod brings it, and Rand Paul gets his own comic book

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / Comic books / David Gerrod / digital publishing / Harper Collins / Hugos / politics / PopSugar / Rakuten13 Comments

HarperCollins and Amazon in Multiyear Publishing Deal – Although the terms of the agreement are still private, Harper Collins has signed a new contract with Amazon, forestalling the possibility of a public conflict or the absence of HC books for sale via Amazon. One thing I find interesting is that ... more >

April 14, 2015

Tuesday News: The SFF and Speech Edition

JanetPublishing News"hard" SF / Free Speech / gender / harassment / hate speech / Hugos / online speech / SFF / stalking / writing10 Comments

To the Hard Members of the Truthy SF Club – I readily admit that I am an outsider to the SFF community, although I have read within the genre since graduate school. I have read many discussions of the difference between so-called “hard” and “soft” SF, but I especially enjoyed ... more >

April 6, 2015

Monday News: The Hugos in crisis, interview with Hachette Livre CEO, pleasure in reading, and profile of model Rain Dove

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / awards / digital books / gender / Hachette Livre / Hugos / publishing / reading / SFF / subscription services4 Comments

The Hugo Awards Were Always Political. But Now They’re Only Political. – So if you follow SFF closely or casually, you have probably heard that the so-called Sad Puppies slate of nominees has manages to make the ballot — not in all categories, but enough that it has substantially skewed ... more >

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