Publishing Newscopyright / crowdfunding / genre fiction / intellectual property / LGBTQIA books / Literary fiction / reading / vision technology9 Comments
The Key to Rereading – An interesting piece on re-reading that raises a lot of interesting issues related to the way the mind engages and re-engages with text. Until the article’s author, Tim Parks, falls right into the trap of distinguishing genre fiction as basically non-intellectual, in that he leaves no ... more >
C ReviewsLiterary fiction / Montreal / non-romance3 Comments
Dear Ms. Mandel: After reading the excellent Station Eleven, prompted by Janine’s review, I was very happy to see that your debut novel was being reissued and was available for review. Like Station Eleven, Last Night in Montreal weaves back and forth in time, presenting the varying perspectives of interconnected ... more >
A Reviews / A- Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Readsactors / executives / Great Lakes / Literary fiction / paramedic / Post apocalytpic / Toronto16 Comments
Dear Ms. Mandel, I first heard of Station Eleven, your post-apocalyptic literary novel, when my friend, author Meredith Duran recommended it to me. I was a bit hesitant to read it — literary fiction can be emotionally hard on me — but it turned out that this novel, for all ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / commenting / crowdfunding / EU / fan-fiction / fandoms / Literary fiction / Patreon / paywall / reviews / social media / trolling / VAT13 Comments
Join the Conversation on Tablet – Although I think this is a disastrous move, I’m really curious to see how Tablet Magazine’s decision to charge its readers to comment will play out. That’s right – for a mere $2 a day, $18 a month, and $180 a year, you can ... more >
Publishing Newsbest of lists / classics / cult books / digital technology / Literary fiction / Macmillan / Scribd / subscription service12 Comments
We’ve added more than a thousand new titles from Macmillan – For $8.99 a month, you can have access to more than 500k eBooks and 30k audiobooks from three of the big 5 publishers. The newest publisher to join the Scribd service is Macmillan, and below you can read some ... more >
Publishing NewsAfrica / children's lit / literacy / Literary fiction / non-profits / online retailers / Orwell / recipes / shopping2 Comments
How the e-retailers keep us spending – With another big US shopping day ahead of us (New Year’s Day), this is an interesting piece on how online retailers have been moving in the direction of globalizing local celebrations, holidays, or traditional spending days (e.g. Black Friday) to capture the global ... more >