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September 7, 2016

Wednesday News: No winds this winter, sexual assault at Dragon Con, Twitter’s white supremacists, and History of Literature podcast

JanetPublishing NewsDragon Con / Game of Thrones / literary history / podcasts / racism / sexual-assault / TwitterComments Off on Wednesday News: No winds this winter, sexual assault at Dragon Con, Twitter’s white supremacists, and History of Literature podcast

Game of Thrones Publisher Denies Winds of Winter Release Date Rumor – There is a distinct possibility that the HBO series Game of Thrones will end before Winds of Winter even releases. A placeholder release date of March 2017 on Amazon France’s website created international anticipation, but neither George R.R. Martin nor Random House ... more >

August 13, 2015

Thursday News: Looking for Shakespeare, Comcast acquires digital media, book challenge in Florida school district, and historic collection returned to Plains nations

JanetPublishing Newscensorship / Comcast / digital media / History / literary history / Native American art / Shakespeare3 Comments

Hide Your Fires: On Shakespeare and the ‘Noted Weed’ – The piece I posted yesterday on Elena Ferrante has something in common with this Atlantic article on Shakespeare – namely the way in which texts so often exist beyond the identity of the author, even if people become somewhat fixated on ... more >

June 30, 2015

Tuesday News: From comics to shoes, with a couple of stops in between

JanetPublishing NewsComics / Ebooks / First-Amendment / infographic / literary history / Marvel / museum / Science Fiction / shoes / terrorism / video games6 Comments

Marvel’s Contest of Champions leaps from video game to comic book – In yet another sign that entertainment genres are simultaneously and paradoxically diversifying and merging, Marvel has announced that they will be creating a comic based on the video game Contest of Champions, which features kidnapped superheroes forced by ... more >

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April 13, 2015

Monday News: More piracy for Game of Thrones, recent book acquisitions, Rowling on more Harry Potter, and literary insults

JanetPublishing Newsbook acquisitions / Game of Thrones / Harry-Potter / HBO / literary history / piracy4 Comments

WHO NEEDS HBO NOW? FIRST 4 EPISODES OF “GAME OF THRONES” SEASON 5 LEAK ONLINE – Surprise! The first four episodes of Game of Thrones Season 5 landed on piracy sites in advance of its official release, with rough estimates that the video (which was likely an advanced screening copy) ... more >

January 6, 2015

Romance is not a feminist genre – and that’s okay

JanetLetters of OpinionAmerican literature / diversity / feminism / gender / genre critique / Literary Criticism / literary history / patriarchy15 Comments

As a genre celebrating love and largely written by and for women, I think it’s easy to view Romance as an inherently feminist genre. I have felt this way myself at times, and I’ve seen many other readers and authors make similar assertions. But what I’m going to propose today ... more >

October 22, 2014

Wednesday News: Antitrust concerns for Comcast merger, China’s book banning, Publishers Weekly talks about diversity with publishers, and Walt Whitman’s advice to Oscar Wilde

JanetPublishing Newsantitrust / author branding / cable / censorship / China / Comcast / diversity / literary history / Oscar Wilde / publishing / Time Warner / Walt Whitman4 Comments

Antitrust experts slam Comcast merger plan, warn of threats to Netflix and Amazon Prime – As the FCC considers whether to green light the pending merger between Time Warner and Comcast, more than 36 antitrust experts from the fields of economics and law wrote a long objection to the merger, ... more >

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