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July 21, 2014

Monday News: Kindle Unlimited, the local value of libraries, Japanese artist arrested for obscenity, and the ‘sassy black sidekick’ stereotype

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / Art / artistic expression / diversity / Kindle / lending / Library / obscenity / Race / stereotypes6 Comments

With Kindle Unlimited, Amazon Makes Bid for Amazon Prime Customers – Well, it’s a few days into Kindle Unlimited, and the world still seems to be more or less intact. Slate has an interesting perspective on the service, which is that it’s a strategy for Amazon to get more money ... more >

June 16, 2013

Sharing a Kindle account with a friend

JaneEbookslending / reader communities / Reader Habits26 Comments

I have a friend whose tastes in books are somewhat similar to mine. She would frequently ask me what I purchased and I found so many times that our tastes overlapped. Why not share an ebook account, I proposed. We both have multiple Kindle devices and so I signed us ... more >

June 10, 2012

The biggest threat to publishing isn’t Amazon; it’s Angry Birds (why publishers should invest in libraries)

JaneEbooks / Essaysdigital lending / lending / Libraries46 Comments

My nephew plays for an elite high school basketball club. I know it is elite because it is one of a few high school teams in the state that is sponsored by Nike. Yes, sponsored. Kids in our state from the ages of about 14 and through 18 can play ... more >

February 25, 2011

Friday Alert: HarperCollins in cagematch with Macmillan to see who can alienate readers better

JanePublishing Newsdigital publishing / HarperCollins / lending / Library119 Comments

Macmillan is famously known for two things among savvy digital readers. First, it led the charge for Agency pricing inserting themselves between the reader and the retailer and dictating to the retailer what prices should be charged for books. Macmillan prices its ebooks at the same level as its print ... more >

January 19, 2011

Wednesday Midday Links: BN lending features are disappearing

JanePublishing Newsdigital lending / India / lending / Nook22 Comments

Apparently publishers really don’t like digital lending even though they want to keep charging us print prices without giving digital readers corresponding print rights for the digital books. In other words, charge the consumer the same price but don’t allow her to trade, resell, or loan the book out. Barnes ... more >

Twitter conversation between Moira Rogers and Mel Schroeder
January 1, 2011

Saturday News Roundup: Borders having liquidity issues

JanePublishing NewsAmazon / Barnes & Noble / book business / Borders / Kobo / lending / self-published15 Comments

Samhain freebies: 1/1/2011 to   1/31/2011 Oleander House by Ally Blue 1/1/2011 to 1/14/2011 Rough Cut by  Mari Carr 1/15/2011 to 1/28/2011 Big Girls Don’t Die by  Crystal Jordan 12/15/2010 to 1/15/2011 Going All In by  Jess Dee 12/15/2010 to 1/15/2011 Make Mine Midnight by Annmarie McKenna 12/15/2010 to 1/15/2011 The Bite of Silence ... more >

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