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November 22, 2016

Tuesday News: Zadie Smith, defending banned books, Chinese subway book project, and “how the world reads”

JanetPublishing NewsBanned-Books / book sharing / China / effects of reading / infographic / politics of fiction / Zadie Smith2 Comments

Zadie Smith on the Politics of Fiction – Interesting interview with Zadie Smith on how much of today’s fiction provides readers with the opportunity to both escape and be “immersed” in current social and political realities. When asked if fiction writers can make readers see things from a different perspective, she ... more >

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
October 4, 2016

Tuesday News: Anonymity and Elena Ferrante, is HP backing down, Amazon’s problems in Japan, and the time it takes to write a book

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / anonymity / DRM / Elena Ferrante / HP / infographic / Japan / Kindle Unlimited / privacy / security2 Comments

We May Know Who Ferrante Is, But Have We Learned Anything? – You may be aware of an article in the New York Review of Books that purports to identify Elena Ferrante, despite her clearly and strongly stated desire to remain anonymous. I refuse to send traffic to that particular article, ... more >

December 24, 2015

Thursday News: publishing, piracy, English grammar, and the Bible

JanetPublishing NewsChristmas / English grammar / films / infographic / piracy / publishing / the Bible / year in review1 Comments

Looking Back at 2015 in Book Publishing – A review of some of 2015’s publishing notable moments, from the rise of audiobooks to the phenomenon of Go Set A Watchman, to all the books that were published but did not blow the roof off their publishing house: At the outset, 2015 ... more >

October 21, 2015

Wednesday News: Reading, publishing, listening, and speaking

JanetPublishing Newsclassical music / digital books / diversity / industry statistics / infographic / languages / listening / Pew / print books / publishing / reading / research / Star Wars4 Comments

28% of Americans Have Not Read a Book in the Past Year – They announce this headline like it’s a scandal, but I don’t think it’s all that bad. Especially if we admit that cultural literacy (and basic literacy) don’t necessarily require the consumption of books. Of course, if you’re a ... more >

June 30, 2015

Tuesday News: From comics to shoes, with a couple of stops in between

JanetPublishing NewsComics / Ebooks / First-Amendment / infographic / literary history / Marvel / museum / Science Fiction / shoes / terrorism / video games6 Comments

Marvel’s Contest of Champions leaps from video game to comic book – In yet another sign that entertainment genres are simultaneously and paradoxically diversifying and merging, Marvel has announced that they will be creating a comic based on the video game Contest of Champions, which features kidnapped superheroes forced by ... more >

November 17, 2014

Monday News: Agency pricing redux; how we choose movies; Bad Sex in Fiction Awards shortlist; and self-auto-correcting

JanetPublishing NewsAgency pricing / Ebooks / films / infographic / literary awards / publishing / Self-publishing / video2 Comments

Agency returned – Now that Hachette v. Amazon seems to be resolves, let the Monday morning quarterbacking begin! Actually, this seems to be a pretty good — and relatively brief — analysis from The Bookseller on how Hachette’s desire to return to Agency pricing is now in tension with a ... more >

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