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October 7, 2016

Friday News: Book prize season, suing for bad reviews, and great tv couples

JanetPublishing NewsBook Awards / gaming / lawsuit / Mann Booker Prize / National Book Award / negative reviews / Nobel Prize / racial inequity / Steam / television / television couples2 Comments

Reader’s Guide to This Fall’s Big Book Awards – The next couple of months are filled with award announcements, including the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Man Booker Prize (October 25th), and the National Book Award (November 16th – the full list of finalists can be found here; this article was ... more >

September 16, 2016

Friday News: Galaxy Note recall, NBA long lists, banned books scavenger hunt, and The Little Virtues

JanetPublishing NewsBanned-Books / Natalia Ginzburg / National Book Award / safety recall / Samsung6 Comments

How Samsung Botched Its Galaxy Note 7 Recall – By now you’ve probably heard that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a mandatory recall on all Galaxy Note 7 phones, after 92 reports of overheated batteries (including 26 instances of human burns). However, apparently the recall was delayed due to ... more >

September 14, 2016

Wednesday News: Paradox of Roald Dahl, longevity of historical fiction, husband eBays wife, and NBA noms continue

JanetPublishing NewseBay / Historical fiction / marriage / National Book Award / Roald Dahl4 Comments

ROALD DAHL TURNS A HUNDRED – So yesterday would have been Roald Dahl’s 100th birthday, and his estate has supervised publication of a collection of letters between Dahl and his mother. Despite – or perhaps because of – the almost loving perversity of his storytelling, Dahl’s work continues to appeal to ... more >

September 13, 2016

Tuesday News: Man Booker shortlist, Norwegian Facebook censorship, YA National Book Award, Soar with Reading

JanetPublishing NewsBook Awards / book vending machines / censorship / Facebook / Man Booker Prize / National Book Award / Norway / YA2 Comments

The Man Booker Prize 2016 Shortlist – If you want to catch up on the Man Booker nominees, check out Rosario and Liz’s blogs, as both are working their way through the longlist. The list is disappointingly narrow in its geographical scope, but overall, what do you think? Paul Beatty (US) The ... more >

September 28, 2015

Monday News: Android monopoly?, books for Syria, YA diversity, and startling satellite photos

JanetPublishing NewsAndroid / anti-trust / charity / Cherokee / diversity / Google / National Book Award / Native Americans / satellite photography / YA5 Comments

Is Android a monopoly? – There are rumblings that Google is being investigated for anti-trust violations via the Android operating system. With 59% of the US smartphone market controlled by Android, it may not seem like a monopoly on the face of it, but given the limited options for smartphone manufacturers ... more >

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