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November 16, 2016

Wednesday News: Amazon’s best books list, adapting comics characters, is adolescence obsolete, and snail love

JanetPublishing Newsadapting characters / adolescence / Amazon / best of lists / Marvel Comics / snails8 Comments

The 10 best books of the year, according to Amazon – Not the bestselling books, but their “best of” list. It’s actually an interesting list, with Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad taking the number one spot, and Zadie Smith’s Swing Time rounding out the list at number ten. And it reminds me that I ... more >

February 12, 2016

Friday News: Dallas Buyers Club, Marvel Comics, Danielle Steel, and more on kissing

JanetPublishing NewsAustralia / author interview / Dallas Buyers Club / Daniel Steel / diversity / Guardians of Infinity / Marvel Comics / piracy / research / Taíno / Taíno cultureComments Off on Friday News: Dallas Buyers Club, Marvel Comics, Danielle Steel, and more on kissing

Dallas Buyers Club abandons piracy court case – So once an Australian judge blocked the Dallas Buyers Club from pursuing major bucks from alleged infringers, the DBC announced that “it has better things to do for now,” thereby ending the case. If you’ve been following this case, you know that there ... more >

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September 23, 2015

Wednesday News: Comics, ebooks, big data, and motherhood

JanetPublishing NewsBlack Panther / children / digital books / diversity / History / Internet Archive / Libraries / marriage / Marvel Comics / metadata / print books / publishing / Ta-Nehisi Coates / Virginia Woolf12 Comments

Ta-Nehisi Coates To Write New Black Panther Comic Book Series For Marvel – So this is pretty exciting. It turns out that Ta-Nehisi Coates, “Marvel superfan,” is writing a new Black Panther series for the comics company. Although there is no release date in the article, Marvel has already produced a ... more >

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January 1, 2014

Wednesday News: Happy Birthday to the Crossword Puzzle, Baidu buys up another competitor, Counting American novelists, Online book editing, and Marvel holiday covers

JanetPublishing NewsBaidu / crossword puzzle / Marvel Comics / reader feedback / Walter Isaacson2 Comments

Google doodles a crossword puzzle for 100th anniversary – So apparently the crossword puzzle made the century mark on December 20th, and Google created an interactive crossword puzzle to celebrate (there’s a link in the post). Publisher’s Weekly has a copy of the very first crossword puzzle, as well. There ... more >

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