Publishing NewsAmazon / Baileys Prize / bookstores / children's fiction / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie / fashion / JK-Rowling / Renaissance1 Comments
Amazon’s first brick-and-mortar store: One big ad for the Amazon app – Contrary to the piece in the Seattle Times I posted yesterday on the new Amazon Bookstore, Ars Technica’s coverage suggests that this isn’t just a bookstore, as Amazon apparently wants its customers to believe. There are a lot of photos ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / Big Five / gaming / JK-Rowling / Macmillan / mystery / Nail Gaiman4 Comments
CHEAP WORDS: Amazon is good for customers. But is it good for books? – An ambitious look at Amazon and the extent to which its presence as the “Everything Store” may — in Packer’s view — ultimately devalue the book by sacrificing it to an omnipresent focus on selling rather ... more >
Publishing Newsbook reviewing / JK-Rowling / Literary Criticism16 Comments
J.K. Rowling announces new movie franchise set in wizarding world – If you aren’t ready to say goodbye to Harry Potter series, then this will be the best news ever. Rowling is going to adapt “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” a Hogwarts textbook into a movie featuring the ... more >
Publishing Newscriticism-of-romance / JK-Rowling25 Comments
Law Firm Admits Leaking Rowling’s Alter Ego – Lay down your anti publisher, conspiracy theory pitchforks. It was the lawyer in the boardroom with the pen. “But law firm Russells said Thursday that one of its partners, Chris Gossage, had let the information slip to his wife’s best friend, Judith ... more >
Publishing Newsauthors / feminism / JK-Rowling26 Comments
Plagiarism in self publishing again – Yesterday an LGTBQ author by the name of JP Barnaby announced that his book “Aaron” had been copied and uploaded on Amazon under the title “Shane” by one Michael Wagner. Even the dedication was the same with the names changed. Upon further investigation, it ... more >
Publishing NewsJK-Rowling / mystery / sports romance28 Comments
Primeval Underwater Forest Discovered in Gulf of Mexico – The owner of a Gulf of Mexico dive shop learned about an underwater forest after being told by a local fisherman that there was some unusual fish and wildlife activity. Experts suggest that this forest was uncovered by Hurricane Katrina. The ... more >