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June 8, 2015

Monday News: Carina’s 5th Anniversary, Scammy book sites, RNA award for best new writer, and unrealistic Hollywood heroes

JanetPublishing NewsCarina / Ebooks / Harlequin / heroes / Hollywood / literary award / piracy / RNA / scams4 Comments

Carina Press Celebrates Fifth Anniversary -Carina is five years old today, and to celebrate, they’re having a sale!  Until 11:59 p.m. EDT, June 8th, you can get 55% of all titles on CarinaPress.com with coupon code HAPPY5. Carina’s milestones include: Sold more than six million books At the end of June 2015, 848 ... more >

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April 13, 2015

Monday News: More piracy for Game of Thrones, recent book acquisitions, Rowling on more Harry Potter, and literary insults

JanetPublishing Newsbook acquisitions / Game of Thrones / Harry-Potter / HBO / literary history / piracy4 Comments

WHO NEEDS HBO NOW? FIRST 4 EPISODES OF “GAME OF THRONES” SEASON 5 LEAK ONLINE – Surprise! The first four episodes of Game of Thrones Season 5 landed on piracy sites in advance of its official release, with rough estimates that the video (which was likely an advanced screening copy) ... more >

April 8, 2015

Wednesday News: Dallas Buyers Club, piracy, and copyright trolling; the Canadian book market; and hilarious Beyoncé boyfriend test

JanetPublishing NewsAustralia / Beyoncé / book-sales / Canada / copyright / digital books / infringement / piracy / publishing12 Comments

‘Dallas Buyers Club’ wins access to pirates’ information in iiNet case – There has been a significant ruling in the ongoing Dallas Buyers Club piracy case in Australia. The DBC has been trying to acquire from iiNet customer information associated with ISPs linked to torrenting the movie. This week, the ... more >

March 12, 2015

Thursday News: publishing profits down, piracy gone wild, return of the Star Wars franchise, and logical fallacies 101

JanetPublishing Newscopyright / dmca / infringement / logical fallacies / Machete / piracy / profits / publishing / Star Wars6 Comments

Profits Fell 12% at Lagardere Publishing in 2014 – So I’m putting this together from somewhere the wi-fi sucks, so it’s going to be short and sweet: profits at the parent company of Hachette are down, and they claim it’s due to a “weaker. . . lineup” and the battle ... more >

February 18, 2015

Wednesday News: Two lawsuits, an author oversteps, and classic LGBT children’s books

JanetPublishing News50 Shades / children's literature / copyright / diversity / E. L. James / Film / LGBTQIA+ / music / piracy / privacy / readers8 Comments

iiNet versus Dallas Buyers Club case starts with a reference to The Castle – A very interesting Australian privacy case involving Dallas Buyers Club, LLC, which owns the rights to the Dallas Buyers Club film, and their attempt to force iiNet to turn over identifying information on thousands of their ... more >

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January 28, 2015

Wednesday News: Kobo rescues Blinkbox, how to eliminate file-sharing, Chipotle’s new author campaign, and the Rescued Film Project

JanetPublishing NewsAuthor Promotion / Blinkbox / digital books / file-sharing / Film / History / Kobo / music industry / piracy / World War II3 Comments

Kobo Steps in at the Eleventh Hour, Will be Taking Over Blinkbox Books Customer Lists – Blnkbox, the UK digital download business, has been in the process of trying to offload both the video and book download services since last year. While the video portion was successfully transferred, it looked ... more >

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