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September 2, 2016

Friday News: PRH earnings down, you can still complain on Yelp, Amalgam Comics, and a robotic vagina

JanetPublishing Newsdiverse comics / lawsuit / negative reviews / Penguin Random House / women's medicine8 Comments

Sales, Earnings Fell by Double-Digits at PRH – Wow, Penguin Random House has experienced a more than 10% decrease in both sales and earnings over last year (first six months). Apparently declining ebook sales and currency exchange rates have contributed to the decline. I wonder how the massive downsizing and decimation of ... more >

January 19, 2016

REVIEW: Midnight Taxi Tango by Daniel José Older

JiaB Reviews / Book ReviewsACE-ROC / diversity / ghosts / LGBTQ / New York City / Penguin Random House / POC / POC author / Urban-FantasyComments Off on REVIEW: Midnight Taxi Tango by Daniel José Older

Dear Mr. Older, Last year, I read your debut novel Half-Resurrection Blues and loved it. For me, it was a refreshing take on urban fantasy – and long-time Dear Author readers will know how I feel about that subgenre! The narrative voice was beautiful. It was like music captured in ... more >

January 15, 2016

Friday News: RIP Alan Rickman, Mills & Boon “man of the year,” the Ladybird parodies, and Star Wars meets Winnie the Pooh

JanetPublishing NewsAlan Rickman / cover model / Harry-Potter / mashups / Mills & Boon / obituary / parodies / Penguin Random House / science / Self-publishing / Star Wars / voice / Winnie the Pooh9 Comments

Alan Rickman dead: Harry Potter actor had the most perfect voice, according to science – Like David Bowie, Alan Rickman died at 69 from cancer. Eerie and sad, to say the least. While there are many wonderful tributes to the actor online (I love this one on Rickman as a “working ... more >

January 13, 2016

Wednesday News: Berkley Books, Newberry Medal, Amazon’s data centers, and book acknowledgements

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / Berkeley / book acknowledgement / cloud storage / Latin@ literature / Newberry Medal / Penguin Random House2 Comments

Penguin Merges Berkley Into Putnam/Dutton – Attributed to “declining mass market sales,” the Berkley imprint will now be part of the Putnam and Dutton group. This news is especially noteworthy, since Berkeley publishes a good deal of PRH’s Romance fiction.  According to Madeline McIntosh, president of the Penguin Publishing Group, the ... more >

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January 7, 2016

Thursday News, Amber Quill, Samhain, Penguin, and paper art

JanetPublishing NewsAmber Quill Publishing / Art / Author Solutions / Penguin Random House / publishing / Samhain-publishing / sculpture / Self-publishing / vanity publishing11 Comments

Amber Quill Closing – Emily Veinglory reports on the imminent closure of Amber Quill, which opened in 2002. According to a thread on Absolute Write, the digital publisher will be shutting its doors as of March 31, 2016, at which point all rights will revert back to authors. As Veinglory notes, ... more >

November 18, 2015

Wednesday News: Instagram, copyright, #GiveaBook, and Murakami vending machine

JanetPublishing Newsbook vending machines / charity / copyright / Facebook / GiveaBook / Instagram / Penguin Random House / Promotion / public domain / Twitter1 Comments

How Instagram Became the New Oprah’s Book Club – Forget Twitter – Instagram is now the best, most influential platform for books. The fact that you can see a book in a pretty little picture is apparently far superior to the 140-character Twitter blurb (even though you can have pictures on ... more >

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