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December 15, 2017

Friday News: author websites, net neutrality, book covers, and motherhood in the flesh

JanetPublishing Newsauthor websites / best of list / book-covers / FCC / Liz-Carlyle / motherhood / net neutrality / Netflix / photography4 Comments

Liz Carlyle kills her website – An astute reader noticed that Liz Carlyle shut down her website this week, leaving a short note referencing her retirement and sending readers to Amazon. There is a sense of finality to this move, of course, but also a deprivation of potential resources to ... more >

November 13, 2017

Monday News: free books, Netflix & franchising, ‘raising happy girls,’ and book-inspired beers

JanetPublishing NewsComic books / consent / copyright / digital books / Internet Archive / literary inspiration / Netflix / sexual-assault3 Comments

The Internet Archive “Liberates” Books Published Between 1923 and 1941, and Will Put 10,000 Digitized Books Online – Utilizing a section of copyright law that allows libraries to   digitize works published between 1923 and 1941 that are “not being actively sold,” the Internet Archive is working with a Tulane ... more >

June 20, 2017

Tuesday News: Amazon, Apple, Netflix, comics, and princesses

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / Comics / interactive narratives / Muslim comic book characters / Netflix / princess / wedding photos / Whole Foods1 Comments

Millions of Americans Have Free Amazon Credits. Here’s How to Check Yours – A friendly reminder that if you have unused Apple settlement credits, they will expire Saturday, June 24th, 2017. I’m not sure that mainstream publishing even remembers the trouble they faced, given current e-book prices (or maybe because they ... more >

February 17, 2017

Friday News: Disrupting the book, Netflix & theaters, short films, and the world turns through GoT

JanetPublishing Newsdigital media / disruptive technologies / filmmaking / Game of Thrones / History / Netflix1 Comments

Disrupting the book: Serialization, new formats, and AR – We continue to see stories evolve, including their format, and as Ja Ja Liao points out in this post, technologies continue to evolve. Tablets and dedicated e-readers were not the end of the road, nor are smartphones. And now we’re seeing more serialized ... more >

October 25, 2016

Tuesday News: BBC v Netflix, the “romance delusion,” the Last Bookstore, and life-saving books

JanetPublishing NewsBBC / best of list / bookstores / Netflix / romantic love / streaming9 Comments

BBC may become victim of its own success, Netflix exec suggests – Netflix’s Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos predicts that in building such a robust storytelling culture in Britain the BBC may be “doomed.” Not only are younger generations unused to (and uninterested in) paying for television, but other services can ... more >

June 16, 2016

Thursday News: Netflix Juicers, Chicago Library giveaway, and Marie Stopes

JanetPublishing Newsclass action lawsuit / female sexuality / literacy / Netflix / public libraries / UK historyComments Off on Thursday News: Netflix Juicers, Chicago Library giveaway, and Marie Stopes

Meet Netflix’s “Juicers”: People Who Get Paid to Watch TV – It shouldn’t be a surprise that Netflix utilizes people to help them understand what paying viewers want, but it may be surprising to learn that some of these folks – referred to as “juicers,” are suing Netflix in two separate class ... more >

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