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August 22, 2012

Wednesday News: Weird Tales weird shifts on Revealing Eden; Newsweek doesn’t fact check!!; and Nook sales flat

JanePublishing NewsElloras-Cave / racism in literature18 Comments

Niall Ferguson’s Obama story, fact-checked – Politics aside, I found this kind of fascinating. Newsweek, a magazine with a circulation of over 1.5 million, does not have a fact checking department “Krugman is correct — the magazine, like many others, does not have a fact-checking department. “We, like other news organisations ... more >

August 7, 2012

Tuesday News: LendInk killed by false accusations of piracy; Criticisms of Victoria Foyt’s racist story; Supporting agency by Simon Lipskar

JanePublishing Newsdigital lending / piracy / racism / racism in literature38 Comments

Racist Issues in Victoria Foyt’s Save the Pearls: Revealing Eden – “White people as the lowest race are called “pearls,” Asian’s are called “ambers,” Latinos are called “Tiger’s Eyes,” and blacks are called, well, we never actually learn what they prefer to call themselves. Even though in press and in defenses ... more >

January 19, 2010

Is Bloomsbury Hanging Out the “Whites Only” Sign?

JaneBook ReviewsBloomsbury / racism / racism in literature170 Comments

Last year,    Bloomsbury published a book called Liar by Justine Larbalestier. The narrator of the story is Micah, a bi racial “nappy headed” tomboy. The first cover featured a white girl. After much controversy driven by the YA blogs, the cover was eventually changed. No real apology was issued ... more >

May 20, 2008

Solutions for Greater Equality in the Romance Market or We Can Haz Help?

JaneBook Reviews / Letters of OpinionAuthor Reader Relationship / Race / racism in literature57 Comments

more cat pictures During the past couple of weeks, the Smart Bitches and Karen Scott’s blog hosted heated debates regarding the state of African American romance fiction. For the most part and with few exceptions, romance books written by African Americans are shelved with African American books. To some authors, ... more >

November 7, 2007

Seattle Weekly Explores the Ethnic Divide in Romances

JanePublishing NewsRace / racism in literature8 Comments

An article in Seattle Weekly today explores the lack of a multi cultural presence in the billion dollar romance industry. Author Edwina Martin-Arnold relates her experiences with Greater Seattle chapter of the Romance Writers of America, “I went to one [GSRWA] meeting, and it was extremely uncomfortable. It was a ... more >

October 8, 2007

Racist Children’s Book Not to be Included in Collection

JanePublishing NewsBanned-Books / racism in literature5 Comments

Last week was banned book week so it is a provocative time for Little, Brown Books for Young Readers to pull Tintin in the Congo from its fall list. Tintin in the Congo has been widely criticized for its racist depiction of Colonial-era Africans. The “in the Cong” book will ... more >

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