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December 1, 2016

Thursday News: China’s child lit market, new Reddit filters, advising Poldark, and black-footed ferrets

JanetPublishing Newsblack-footed ferret / children's lit / China / filtering / historical research / Poldark / reddit4 Comments

The Booming Rights Scene for Children’s Books in China – The Chinese publishing industry and literary marketplace is getting more and more interesting. Publishers Weekly continues to give the market good press, as this article on the growing number of children’s books, many from Western publishers, are being acquired and sold. ... more >

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November 25, 2016

Friday News: Publishing and politics

JanetPublishing Newscensorship / election / fake news / news / politics / publishing / reddit / social media9 Comments

Book Publishers Scramble to Make Sense of Trump’s Rise to Victory – We talk a lot about what direction publishers are taking, especially traditional publishers, and for the next months, at least, one significant focus may be politics. This isn’t surprising, of course, because commercial publishers are always engaged in capitalizing on ... more >

January 22, 2016

Friday News: Google & Apple, digital ownership, Internet predictions, and angry redditors

JanetPublishing NewsAMA / Apple / copyright infringement / digital books / future predictions DMCA / Google / Internet / license / Oracle / reddit8 Comments

Google Paid Apple $1 Billion to Keep Search Bar on iPhone – When I read this headline, I hear Dr. Evil in my head, repeating “one billion dollars” over and over. Whereas Oracle, in their suit against Google for infringement of copyright over their Java software, likely doesn’t think it’s ... more >

January 6, 2016

Wednesday News: more on the Hong Kong mystery, ads and the Internet, books by robots, and book of Reddit AMA’s

JanetPublishing Newsad blockers / censorship / China / freedom of speech / Hong Kong / online ads / publishing / reddit / robots7 Comments

A book linked to the disappearance of Hong Kong booksellers focuses on Xi Jinping’s “six women” – More information has emerged related to the disappearance of five men linked to Causeway Bay Bookstore and its publisher-owner, Mighty Current, which has been preparing for publication a manuscript on Xi Jinping’s love life. ... more >

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July 15, 2015

Wednesday News: Reddit v. Ellen Pao, Penguin Random House’s bottom line, Amazon sides with Ted Cruz, and U.S. family size growing

JanetPublishing Newsbestsellers / demographic data / Free Speech / gender / harassment / Race / reddit / traditional publishingComments Off on Wednesday News: Reddit v. Ellen Pao, Penguin Random House’s bottom line, Amazon sides with Ted Cruz, and U.S. family size growing

How Reddit shoved former CEO Ellen Pao off the glass cliff – If you’ve been following the imminent self-destruction turmoil at Reddit, you may have seen the myriad news and opinion pieces blaming Ellen Pao for taking the position of CEO and being a “bad” leader, and more. She’s even been ... more >

July 13, 2015

Monday News: Voat, Authors Guild, Go Set A Watchman, and Comic-Con

JanetPublishing NewsAuthors Guild / censorship / Comic-Con / digital royalties / Free Speech / publishing / reddit / Voat17 Comments

Welcome to Voat: Reddit killer, troll haven, and the strange face of internet free speech -With the recent trouble at Reddit — from charges of corporate-minded censorship (the platform is owned by Conde Nast) to the controversy over Ellen Pao’s termination (both from those who protested her position and those ... more >

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