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May 22, 2019

JOINT REVIEW: Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

JanineD Reviews / DNF Reviewsbisexual hero / campaign / diversity / England / joint review / LGBTQIA+ / m/m / NA / politics / prince / publicity / Washington DC32 Comments

Sirius and I both read accolades for Casey McQuiston’s debut, Red, White and Royal Blue, an m/m New Adult romance. We decided to review it together. – Janine What happens when America’s First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales? When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was ... more >

August 12, 2015

Wednesday News: books and their authors

JanetPublishing Newsanonymity / Arab-American Book Award / authors / book art / Man Booker Prize / marketing / publicity1 Comments

“Promotion is expensive”: Elena Ferrante on anonymity – Last year I posted a news link to an interview with Elena Ferrante, in which she talked about her refusal to do promotional work for her own books. This 1991 letter, published in the London Review of Books expounds on that position, as ... more >

April 18, 2014

Friday News: Amazon’s wacky algorithms, Fandom and corporate publicity, writers v. copyists, and a real life interracial historical romance

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / diversity / fandom / historical romance / privacy / publicity22 Comments

The (Unintentional) Amazon Guide to Dealing Drugs – For those of you who routinely give the side eye to Amazon’s algorithms, here’s a true story that is both absurd and frightening. It seems that a pattern of purchases for a certain scale has resulted in a recommended buying list that ... more >

September 17, 2013

Tuesday News: Marry a girl who reads or don’t; The cult of angry young men and the power of the internet; NZ publishing prospects

JanePublishing NewsAuthor Reader Relationship / New Zealand / publicity12 Comments

The end of kindness: weev and the cult of the angry young man –  Have you heard of the Free Weev movement. Weev is a famed internet hacker who decided a woman on the internet displeased him. In response he released photoshopped pictures of her children in obscene poses. He ... more >

Must Like Kids by Jackie Braun
March 25, 2013

REVIEW: Must Like Kids by Jackie Braun

JayneB+ Reviews / Recommended Readschildren / Contemporary / family relationships / Harlequin / KISS / publicity / Recommended Reads6 Comments

Recommended Read

“Children have a place and it’s anywhere I’m not!” It was one off-the-cuff remark. But when it goes viral, Alec McAvoy is labeled the playboy CEO of Best for Baby–who hates kids! Enter Julia Stillwell, image consultant extraordinaire. The widowed mom of two has a knack for changing public opinion, ... more >

Samhain
February 1, 2013

Friday News: Samhain and Books on Board break up; Candlewick puts real money behind middle grade debut; wacky Ph.D. disseration to study happiness of romance authors

JanePublishing NewsBooks on Board / publicity / Samhain-publishing37 Comments

Doctoral Dissertation  – Um, what the ever loving heck is this? A doctoral student, working on her dissertation for Capella University’s Department of Psychology wants to mine the psyche of RWA members for a “happiness project.”  The title of her dissertation?  “A grounded theory study of the female members of ... more >

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