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August 20, 2014

Wednesday News: Samsung Nook releases, broad anti-piracy injunction, Kensington to sell trade paperbacks via BAM, and Colombian student faces jail for copyright infringement

JanetPublishing NewsBAM / Barnes and Noble / Colombia / copyright / digital publishing / intellectual property / kensington / Nook / piracy / trade paperback11 Comments

Exclusive: New Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook to be in Stores Wednesday, Will Cost $179 – Nate Hoffelder compares the new Samsung Nook Tablet — releasing today! — to other tablets and e-readers on the market. For the sake of Barnes & Noble and its digital customers, I do hope ... more >

January 6, 2014

Monday News: Comic artistry, library stories, publisher acquisitions, the lack of professional reviewers, and a movie trailer mashup

JanetPublishing Newsbest of list / book reviewing / digital publishing / kensington / Literary Criticism / Lyrical Press / Movies / Yumi Sakugawa2 Comments

Comic Artist Yumi Sakugawa On Friend-Love, Identity And Art – Although not publishing news, per se, this is a really lovely interview with Yumi Sakugawa, whose work investigates, among other things, the kinds of relationships we have with people who are not romantic partners, but who, nonetheless, contribute substantially to ... more >

August 16, 2012

REVIEW: Naked Games by Anne Rainey

JaneD ReviewsContemporary / Erotic-Romance / kensington7 Comments

Dear Ms. Rainey: I am a logical person ergo I like my books to make sense. When characters do something, I want to understand them, see the path of their motivations. If they are confused, then I want to see them acknowledge their confusion, not blunder onward as if they ... more >

hearts of darkness kira brady
August 7, 2012

REVIEW: Hearts of Darkness by Kira Brady

JaneA- Reviewsalternate universe / kensington / Paranormal / Recommended Reads / Shapeshifter / steampunk / Urban-Fantasy12 Comments

Dear Ms. Brady: I picked this book up randomly from my pile of paper ARCs. I had no preconception of the story. The ARC had a plain blue paper cover and while it may have had a cover flat attached to it at one time, it was nowhere to be ... more >

June 11, 2012

Monday Midday Links: Agents can increase the dollars earn as a self published author but less than half reach $500 in royalties

JanePublishing Newskensington / Reviewers / self-published37 Comments

Self-publishing: ‘under 10% of authors earn living’ – “Self-published writers who have an agent, or who use the DIY route to get a traditional deal, earn much more than the average self-published writer, according to a survey of more than 1,000 self-published writers. But only a minority (less than 10%) make enough to ... more >

Fever by Joan Swan
March 3, 2012

REVIEW: Fever by Joan Swan

JaneD ReviewsContemporary / Doctor / kensington / paranormal romance / racism53 Comments

Dear Ms. Swan: I had not planned to read this book. I kind of recoil from the blend of paranormal mysticism and romantic suspense. For some reason these blends don’t appeal to me even though I have read and enjoyed them in the past (Dream Man and Now You See ... more >

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