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October 14, 2021

CONVERSATION: Don’t Mess with a Past HEA

JanineConversationsbad outcome / bodice rippers / breakup / character death / HEA / reader expectations / reader response26 Comments

There was recently a hullabaloo about Devil in Disguise, Lisa Kleypas’ historical romance, around the time of its release in July. Here’s what one Goodreads reviewer said in her review: Fourteen years ago, I drove like a madwoman an hour away to my nearest B&N with a cranky teething baby ... more >

September 9, 2021

CONVERSATION: Misleading Cover Art

JanineConversationsbook marketing / false advertising / publishing trends / reader expectations18 Comments

Janine: In our recent joint review of Helen Hoang’s The Heart Principle, Jayne and I expressed our dismay over the way the book is marketed, and over missold books more generally: Jayne: I also feel that in my opinion, this is more a women’s fiction book albeit one with strong ... more >

December 18, 2017

Monday News: “Literary necrophilia,” octopi, history of book covers, and bad holiday cards

JanetPublishing Newsauthorial persona / book-covers / cover-art / holiday cards / octopus / reader expectations / Satire / social mediaComments Off on Monday News: “Literary necrophilia,” octopi, history of book covers, and bad holiday cards

Book Lovers: Literary Necrophilia in the 21st Century – A very interesting piece from Joanna Walsh on the continually evolving relationship between author and text. The necrophilia in the title relates in part to the conceptual “death of the author,” and the reader’s attempt to mark their relationship to the ... more >

April 7, 2015

Genre Exploitation or Unreasonable Reader Expectations?

JanetLetters of Opiniongenre critique / genre definition / reader expectations / Romance52 Comments

Last week I linked to an essay by Remittance Girl for the DA news, in which she argued extensively against the Clean Reader application, which replaces so-called “dirty” words with “clean” versions. Remittance Girl’s post covers a great deal of terrain, from the moral rights of authors to her frustration with what she ... more >

April 2, 2015

Thursday News: Three’s Company parody prevails, authorial agency and commercialism, Fresh Romance Kickstarter, and Nature’s April Fool’s joke

JanetPublishing NewsApril Fools Day / authors' moral rights / Clean Reader / copyright / crowdfunding / diversity / dragons / Fair Use / genre / infringement / parody / reader expectations / Romance18 Comments

Play Reimagining ‘Three’s Company’ Wins Case – This is sort of a good news/bad news situation. The good news is that the play “3C,” which parodies the television series “Three’s Company,” has prevailed in federal court as transformative and therefore not infringing on DLT Entertainment’s copyright over the television show. ... more >

September 4, 2014

Thursday News: The Author Edition

JanetPublishing Newsauthors / copyright / damages / federal law / fraud / harassment / infringement / journalism / mental health / plagiarism / reader expectations / reviews / rumors / sock puppets19 Comments

Update on the STM Plagiarism Case – You may remember Rachel Ann Nunes’s post about being plagiarized and then harassed by the person who allegedly plagiarized her book, A Bid for Love. In this case, plagiarism also amounts to an infringement of copyright. I am so excited to report that ... more >

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