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January 20, 2022

CONVERSATION: What’s Important to You in a Review?

JanineConversationsAmazon / book buying / book pimping / book reviewing / Book Reviews / critique / differences of opinion / fake reviews / Goodreads / honesty / Humor / mini reviews / negative reviews / online reviewing / reader response / recommendations / review blogs / review grades / spoilers / transparency30 Comments

Janine: As a reviewer I think a lot about what I want to see in reviews. I try to notice what kind of information I appreciate most or least in other people’s reviews because it helps me craft my own. I think that what we value in reviews is a ... more >

January 6, 2022

CONVERSATION: Enemies to Lovers

JanineConversationsContemporary / enemies to lovers / enemies with benefits / Fantasy / genre history / genre tropes / historical romance / mystery / Paranormal / recommendations / rivals to lovers22 Comments

Janine: In our conversation about our reading in 2021, the enemies-to-lovers trope came up. I loved some of what you said and thought we could have a wider and deeper conversation about it. Here are some questions to start us off: Do you enjoy the enemies-to-lovers trope? Why or why ... more >

eBook vs Buch, e-Reader aus einem Bücherregal ziehen
February 28, 2018

Wednesday News: Digital books, crossing genres, cover artists, and the “book lady”

JanetPublishing Newscover artists / digital books / Dolly Parton / literacy / recommendations2 Comments

Ebooks are not ‘stupid’ – they’re a revolution – I’ve been thinking a lot about the excellent comments to Monday’s news post, and in particular the interview with Hachette CEO   Arnaud Nourry, and I think this response from author Erin Kelly echoes a lot of the points you all ... more >

July 6, 2017

Thursday News: book clubs, more on ebooks v. print, and Michael Bond dies

JanetPublishing Newsbest of list / book clubs / children's fiction / Paddington Bear / reading research / recommendations15 Comments

Celebrity book clubs: Page turner or dust collector? – The most interesting element of this article may be the link to an April survey that claims people in the UK would like to be reading more, but are too busy, and among other things, have a difficult time picking a ... more >

June 13, 2017

Tuesday News: recommending books, 50 years post-Loving, Outlander season 3, and Kondo comics

JanetPublishing Newsinterracial marriage / Loving v. Virginia / Manga / Marie Kondo / Outlander / recommendations / television adaptation2 Comments

Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover—Judge It by Its First Page  – I think we posted something about Recommendmeabook.com a while back, but I’m glad to see it’s still going (and hopefully the library of available books has increased). This is the kind of rabbit hole I could spend hours ... more >

January 17, 2017

Tuesday News: Obama on books, chatbots, Ladybird climate change book, and new Marilyn Monroe video

JanetPublishing NewsBarack Obama / chatbots / Ladybird books / Marilyn Monroe / Prince Charles / recommendations3 Comments

Transcript: President Obama on What Books Mean to Him – If you can’t (or don’t want to) get this article from the New York Times website, Quartz has a partial summary – in particular Obama’s book recommendations to his daughter, Malia. The full interview contains a number of interesting exchanges with Michio Kakutani, ... more >

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