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January 15, 2014

Wednesday News: Net neutrality ruling, James Frey is back, a Pride and Prejudice proposal, BBC Map series, and an author attends his own book’s discussion

JanetPublishing NewsBarnes & Noble / Book-club / broadband access / FCC / Hunger Games / James-Frey / maps / medieval / net neutrality9 Comments

Appeals court strikes down FCC’s Net neutrality rules – In this long-awaited — and some say disastrous —  ruling on a case filed by Verizon against the FCC, the federal appeals court has ruled that the FCC does not have authority under the so-called Open Internet rules rules to tell ... more >

November 12, 2010

Friday Midday Links: Authors as the new imprint

JanePublishing NewsJames-Frey / Janet Evanovich / Nook / Samhain-publishing35 Comments

Samhain freebies: Pack Challenge is a very fun book and while I thought that Holiday Bound was a bit too short for the story, it’s a worthy freebie. 11/1/2010 11/14/2010 The Matchmakers Jennifer Colgan 11/15/2010 11/28/2010 Pack Challenge Shelly Laurenston 11/15/2010 12/15/2010 Snowy Night Seduction Arianna Hart 11/15/2010 12/15/2010 My ... more >

April 8, 2008

More Publishers Think Readers Are Dumb Asses

JanePublishing NewsJames-Frey / Memoirs11 Comments

It’s 90 percent true if you count things that happened to anyone,” he says. “It’s only about half true if you define it as actual things happening to the actual people they happened to.” So says one of the characters in Ben Mezrich’s book, Bringing Down the House. Bringing Down ... more >

January 22, 2008

Ishmael Beah’s Memoir Facing Frey-like Scrutiny

JanePublishing NewsJames-Frey / Literary Criticism / Memoirs12 Comments

As if the Cassie Edwards’ copying scandal hasn’t demoralized your faith in the publishing industry enough, Ishmael Beah’s bestselling memoir, A Long Way Gone, is the subject of two investigative pieces by The Australian. The first article was published on January 19, 2008, and tells the story about a couple ... more >

November 5, 2007

Random House to Settle James Frey Class Action Suit

JanePublishing NewsJames-Frey / lawsuits / Random-House2 Comments

A class action lawsuit was brought on behalf of the readers who purchased James Frey’s A Million Little Pieces. A settlement has been approved reimbursing readers who bought the book before it was revealed that the memoir was fictionalized. Only 1729 purchasers have availed themselves of the refund opportunity. Random ... more >

September 13, 2007

Author of Fabricated Memoir, James Frey, Signs with HarperCollins for His Next Memoir. No details as to wether it’s made up.

JanePublishing NewsHarperCollins / James-Frey1 Comments

According to the NY Times, James Frey has sold his second memoir to Harper Collins for an undisclosed sum of money. I would think that HarperCollins would fact check the heck out of the second memoir, “Bright Shiny Morning”, but whether the public will buy it remains to be seen. ... more >

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