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September 11, 2019

REVIEW: Grobblechops by Elizabeth Laird

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewschildren's fiction / childrens-books / parenting / picture booksNo Comments

Amir is worried about the little monster lurking under the bed. What if it tries to eat him up?! And what if that monster has a dad and a mom too? As Amir’s dad tucks him in, Amir wonders if the monster might just become a friend instead… This classic ... more >

September 15, 2016

Thursday News: Twitter streaming, on not reading, WSJ bookclub, and favoring sons

JanetPublishing Newsbook clubs / gender bias / parenting / reading / Twitter6 Comments

Twitter app brings free NFL games to Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and the Xbox One – Twitter is branching out (and trying to cash in) by having a version of its app on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Microsoft’s Xbox One, where it’s all about live streaming (although you can ... more >

August 26, 2015

Wednesday News: AU v. Amazon; Wine Train apologizes to book club; Knopf editor talks editing; and a dad says yes to dolls for his son

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / anti-trust / Authors United / Book-club / Department of Justice / discrimination / editors / gender norms / micro aggression / parenting / publishing3 Comments

Is Amazon Creating a Cultural Monopoly? – As much as I admire the tenacity of the Authors United group, their singular fixation on Amazon feels more and more like publisher pressure by proxy. I remember Jon Sargent trying to make the value argument about Agency Pricing – that more valuable ... more >

Smashwords
January 7, 2015

Wednesday News: Smashwords’ year in review, NPR’s best books, role of clichés, and parenting parody

JanetPublishing Newsbest of list / cliche / digital publishing / Ebooks / parenting / sexism / Smashwords17 Comments

Mark Coker Reviews ‘Exciting’ 2014 at Smashwords – So according to Mark Coker, 2014 was a pretty good year for Smashwords authors, despite the overall slowing of the digital book market and the alleged drop in sales some Amazon authors claimed due to Kindle Unlimited. The site itself gained about ... more >

Minecraft marriage proposal
September 17, 2014

Wednesday News: Harper Collins doubles down on DRM, Canada may tax Netflix and iTunes, Microsoft buys Minecraft, and the habits of high tech parents

JanetPublishing NewsCanada / digital books / DRM / gaming / Harper Collins / iTunes / Microsoft / Minecraft / Netflix / parenting / social media / Steve Jobs / tax / technology12 Comments

HarperCollins Adds Digital Watermarks to E-books – I read this whole article shaking my head at the idea that Harper Collins actually thinks it’s a good idea to add MORE DRM to their digital books. Why, you may ask? According to Harper Collins’ CDO Chantal Restivo-Alessi, the goal is “to ... more >

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