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July 16, 2018

Happy News – “Guy Plans Epic Disneyland Proposal, Fiancée 1-Ups Him With an Impeccably Timed Space Mountain Photo”

JayneMisc / Publishing Newsmarriage proposal / wedding dresses2 Comments

And more happy news for today. Disney Proposal – Jordan Williams proposed to his fiancée in the place she loves best – Disneyland. Sure, Jordan planned an epic proposal at one of his annual passholder-fiancée’s favorite places, but Sonni wasn’t about to give up the spotlight that quick. Having an ... more >

October 25, 2017

Wednesday News: #Me Too, Oh Canada, Fiona helps a proposal

JaynePublishing NewsCanada / marriage proposal / sexual harassment3 Comments

BBC report on sexual harassment – Well, this is depressing. It’s not just the US and not just women. Horrible Bosses are everywhere. I’ve heard Canada is nice … – So if the above makes you want to move to Canada, these might be good cities for working women to ... more >

March 16, 2015

Monday News: Romance in the academy, 74 “essential books,” filmmaking and women of color, and SxSW proposal video

JanetPublishing Newsbook lists / diversity / Film / LGBTQ / marriage proposal / Romance criticism / scholarship / women in film / women of color4 Comments

Why Can’t Romance Novels Get Any Love? – A good introductory piece in Smithsonian on the slow infiltration of genre Romance into the academy. Featuring a number of the Teach Me Tonight folks, the article surveys some of the work currently being done to promote the genre as both study-able ... more >

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December 26, 2014

Friday News: Facebook faces new lawsuit, new view of a marriage proposal, rules for creative success, the evolving e-book universe

JanetPublishing Newsbusiness advice / class action lawsuit / digital publishing / E-books / Facebook / graphs / marriage proposal / privacy / publishing / security1 Comments

Facebook facing class-action lawsuit over unauthorized message scanning – Sent or received a private message in Facebook over the past two years? Then you may very well be part of the class that is now allowed to proceed with a claim against the social network for scanning private messages, supposedly ... more >

December 15, 2014

Monday News: Cormoran Strike-TV detective, doxxing debate, Tsu social network scheme, and a high impact proposal

JanetPublishing Newsdetective fiction / doxxing / harassment / marriage proposal / monetizing content / mystery / privacy / social network / television series14 Comments

JK Rowling ‘to collaborate’ with BBC on Cormoran Strike TV adaptation – The stories of Robert Galbraith, aka JK Rowling, will be adapted by the BBC to television in collaboration with the author. Television will definitely provide the opportunity to keep the stories going for a significant length of time. ... more >

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September 30, 2014

Tuesday News: Dangers of corporate copyright infringement, when gender and religion collide, 1930s Harlem map, and cute proposal story

JanetPublishing Newscopyright / Cotton Club / gender / Harlem / infringement / marriage proposal / New York City / piracy / religion / sexism1 Comments

Bugging out: How rampant online piracy squashed one insect photographer – An interesting article about how widespread corporate copyright infringement has imperiled the professional life of a nature photographer. In other words, the opposite of how many people perceive piracy, despite the rampant violations of copyright and trademark by corporate ... more >

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