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January 25, 2018

Thursday News: RIP Ursula Le Guin, the print sales crawl, NBCC finalists, and a deadly book

JanetPublishing Newsarsenic / Book Awards / book-sales / History / NBCC / obituaries / publishing / Ursula Le Guin6 Comments

Ursula K Le Guin, by Margaret Atwood: ‘One of the literary greats of the 20th century’ – I’m sure you know by now that Ursula Le Guin died earlier this week, and there are a ton of obituaries and articles on her life and her work. I have chosen to ... more >

January 1, 2018

Monday News: Happy New Year!

JanetPublishing Newsarchive / Library of Congress / New Year's resolutions / obituaries / real-life romance / Sue Grafton / Twitter2 Comments

Sue Grafton: Alphabet crime author dies aged 77 – 2017 ended on a sad note for fans of Sue Grafton’s alphabet series, which – “as far as the family is concerned” – is now eternally paused at Y is for Yesterday. According to the author’s daughter, Jamie Clark, Grafton’s wishes ... more >

May 10, 2016

Tuesday News: Let’s Pretend it’s Monday!

JanetPublishing Newsadapting books / DRM / Ebooks / Game of Thrones / Kobo / obituaries / Roberta Gellis / writing diversity12 Comments

Sorry about the news yesterday, folks. I finished a two-year long work project (not exaggerating) on Friday and pretty much collapsed after that. Roberta Gellis dies – Thank you to the DA reader who sent me a link to this obituary, because although I had heard of Gellis’s death, her obit ... more >

February 22, 2016

Monday News: Harper Lee, Umberto Eco, and Antonin Scalia

JanetPublishing NewsAmerican literature / Antonin Scalia / Harper Lee / law / Legacies / Literary Criticism / obituaries / Race / semiotics / The Name of the Rose / To Kill a Mockingbird / Umberto Eco9 Comments

Go Set a Legacy: The Fate of Harper Lee – Harper Lee’s death on Friday has generated a number of excellent chronicles of her life (like this one from AL.com). It has also spurred several inevitable discussions about her literary legacy, especially because of the cloudy circumstances around last year’s publication ... more >

June 19, 2014

Thursday News: Fire phone, spying increases demand for cloud services, Daniel Keyes dies, and hilarious First Moon Party video

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / cloud / Daniel Keyes / Fire / NSA / obituaries / Satire / security / SFF / Smartphone / YouTube2 Comments

Amazon’s Fire phone has average looks and high aspirations (hands-on) – Well, some of the reviews are in, and they’re not exactly glowing. If the Amazon Fire phone were a serious contender to overthrow the iPhone, I might consider it. But a phone that doesn’t even have Bluetooth (It has Bluetooth ... more >

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