November 4, 2015

Wednesday News: Ars on Amazon, new Rowling, Best of Baileys’, and book of clothes

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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 >

February 19, 2014

Wednesday News: Amazon’s endgame, creativity considered, Rowling’s new Galbraith mystery, and Candy Crush tries to crush its competition

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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 >

September 13, 2013

Friday News: Rowling to pen Hogwart’s screenplay; Holy Crap method of selection; Mark Twain on writing

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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 >

July 19, 2013

Friday News: Rowling’s lawyer is revealed as the loose lipped douchebag; romance readers are risk takers; Mary Sherman Morgan, first US female rocket scientist

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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 >

July 17, 2013

Wednesday News: Fraudster uses self publishing platform to sell plagiarised books; Penn student authors a rebuttal to the NYT; and some facts and musings on Rowling’s secret indentity

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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 >

July 15, 2013

Monday News: JK Rowling attempts incognito publishing; Underwater forest discovered in Gulf of Mexico; Some musicians are taking longer to release albums

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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 >