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March 11, 2015

Wednesday News: Blurred Lines verdict, original audiobooks, Australian Romance conference, and “best” Australian books

JanetPublishing NewsAudible / audio drama / audiobooks / Australia / conference / cookbooks / copyright / infringement / lawsuit / music / Rural Romance11 Comments

The ‘Blurred Lines’ Verdict Could Be Bad for Music – So a Los Angeles jury ruled that Robin Thick and Pharrell Williams engaged in unintentional copyright infringement of Marvin Gaye’s ‘Got to Give it Up,” to the tune of $7.4M. I think this is a disastrous verdict, and hope that ... more >

March 4, 2015

Wednesday News: Kindle Scout releases 10 books, NBC to try video subscription service, Manga literary classics, and sheet music’s demise

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / classic literature / Comedy / digital publishing / indie publishing / Kindle Scout / Manga / music / NBC / print publishing / sheet music / video subscription service7 Comments

Will Amazon’s Kindle Scout democratize publishing? – Well, the first ten books chosen for publication through Kindle Scout were released yesterday. Three of the ten are classified as Romance: Royal Date by Sariah Wilson – Romance A Highland Knight’s Desire by Amy Jarecki – Romance Eddie & Sunny by Stacey ... more >

February 25, 2015

REVIEW: The Deal by Elle Kennedy

KaetrinA Reviews / Recommended Readscollege / Contemporary / hockey / music / New Adult20 Comments

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Dear Elle Kennedy, I saw some buzz on Twitter about The Deal and immediately sent an email off to Jane begging for a copy.  I loved this book so hard. The characters grabbed me from the start and didn’t let me go. Trigger Warning: (off page) rape and domestic violence. ... more >

February 18, 2015

Wednesday News: Two lawsuits, an author oversteps, and classic LGBT children’s books

JanetPublishing News50 Shades / children's literature / copyright / diversity / E. L. James / Film / LGBTQ / music / piracy / privacy / readers8 Comments

iiNet versus Dallas Buyers Club case starts with a reference to The Castle – A very interesting Australian privacy case involving Dallas Buyers Club, LLC, which owns the rights to the Dallas Buyers Club film, and their attempt to force iiNet to turn over identifying information on thousands of their ... more >

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December 22, 2014

Monday News: Facebook is tracking you, Pandora sues the Turtles, amazing urban photos, and Abe’s most expensive book

JanetPublishing NewsArt / censorship / copyright / Facebook / Free Speech / music / photography / privacy / public domain / rare books / security / SLAPP / used books2 Comments

Facebook can see what users type even if status is not posted – And here we go again. Facebook conducted another study on its users, this time to determine how often they self-censor. This was measured by tracking anything more than five characters long, even if it was not published. ... more >

November 5, 2014

Wednesday News: Cell phones and supercookies, EFF’s plan for abandoned games, infringement suit against Jay Z, and PW’s best books for 2014

JanetPublishing Newsbest of list / cell phones / copyright / Fair Use / games / infringement / music / privacy / supercookies / tracking4 Comments

Verizon, AT&T tracking their users with ‘supercookies’ – Soooo, it turns out that companies like AT&T and Verizon have been using something called “supercookies” to basically track everything their customers do on the internet with their cell phones. Isn’t that special? Of course they claim that only *they* have access ... more >

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