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December 1, 2017

Friday News: Career Romances, women’s work, Goodreads rules, and dogs v. cats

JanetPublishing Newscareer romances / dogs and cats / economic development / farming / giveaways / Goodreads / labor / research9 Comments

In Praise of the ‘Career Romance’ – A great tribute to Romance novels of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s that highlighted women in different career paths, from private secretary to actress to architect to copywriter. That they were often written to provide an educational theme does not necessarily eclipse their ... more >

April 6, 2017

Wednesday News: Book-buying bias, YouTube TV, Native American superheroes, and donating books

JanetPublishing Newsbook buying habits / Comic books / donating books / Google / Native American superheroes / research / YouTube TV2 Comments

How to judge a book by its network – A group of researchers from Cornell (representing Sociology, Information Science, and Computer Science) have published an analysis claiming that consumers tend to buy books along partisan lines, even when the books are not overtly political. Moreover, they have allegedly discerned certain patterns among book ... more >

December 12, 2016

Monday News: Romance survey, Adblock Plus unblocked in Germany, history of women composers, and bookish kid gifts

JanetPublishing Newsad-blocker / children / female composers / Germany / gifts / lawsuits / research / Romance survey2 Comments

Survey Time! – Donna Marie Hanson has asked us to post the link to two surveys she has put together as part of her dissertation research (at the University of Canberra) on popular Romance novels. I have not looked at either survey myself, yet, so I cannot provide any details beyond what ... more >

November 29, 2016

Tuesday News: Free book by Mei Fong, German & Irish router flaw, research behind Moana, and happy birthday Louisa May Alcott

JanetPublishing NewsChinese language publishing / Disney / Google Doodle / Little Women / Louisa May Alcott / malware / Moana / research2 Comments

A Pulitzer winner is giving away her book in Chinese because the topic scared off publishers – Although Mei Fong’s One Child was published almost a year ago in the U.S. by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, she hasn’t been able to sell the book to a Chinese language publisher in Hong Kong, China, ... more >

November 28, 2016

Monday News: Book deals, 2016 notable books, women in television, and ‘sexism sucks for everybody’

JanetPublishing Newsbook deals / book recommendations / masculinity / research / sexism / televisionComments Off on Monday News: Book deals, 2016 notable books, women in television, and ‘sexism sucks for everybody’

The best Black Friday book deals from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and more – Even though it’s now technically Cyber Monday, most of these deals are still valid (Barnes & Noble has changed their discount to 15% for Cyber Monday), and with the holidays coming… While most people tend to focus ... more >

November 11, 2016

Friday News: Reading & empathy, Books on the Underground, every literary plot, and typewriters

JanetPublishing NewsBooks on the Subway / Books on the Underground / Emma Watson / empathy / literary plots / Maya Angelou / research / Typewriters2 Comments

Empathy by the Book: How Fiction Affects Behavior – According to studies by University of Toronto researchers, books can inspire feelings of empathy in their readers, but the response depends on the type of genre and story. Interestingly, Romance novels are not on the empathy-producing genres, but literary fiction is, perhaps because ... more >

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