December 5, 2014

Friday News: Pew’s Web IQ quiz and report, Barnes & Noble divorces Microsoft, Slate’s best books, and William Gibson reads Neuromancer

JanetPublishing Newsaudiobooks / Barnes & Noble / Female Authors / Internet / Nook / research / Science Fiction / technology / top ten list19 Comments

What Internet Users Know about Technology and the Web – A very interesting Web IQ of Americans report from Pew Internet, which includes a quiz to test your own Web IQ. The results from the report sample suggest that while the majority of respondents could identify terms associated with daily ... more >

December 4, 2014

Thursday News: Authors Guild v. Google redux, the pitfalls of social media research, and two fantabulous articles on cultural representation

JanetPublishing Newscopyright / diversity / Fair Use / Google / lawsuit / Race / representation / research / SFF / social media / Speculative-Fiction3 Comments

Second Circuit Hears Google Books Case – Yesterday was the day for oral arguments in the appeals case Authors Guild has brought in the hopes of reversing the lower court’s summary judgment against them. Arguments apparently went to 90 minutes, 60 over the allotted time, but the fact that the ... more >

October 3, 2014

Friday News: The Dear Author Defense Fund, Facebook promises circumspection, JP Morgan Chase breach ubiquitous, and Roxane Gay to write for The Toast

JanetPublishing Newscrowdsourcing / cultural criticism / Dear Author / defense fund / Ethics / Facebook / Free Speech / Jane Litte / research / Roxane Gay / security57 Comments

Dear Author/Jane Litte Defense Fund – Many people have been asking if and how they can contribute to Dear Author and Jane Litte’s legal defense. Consequently, this campaign was created. The Dear Author Jane Litte Legal Defense Fund will be run through Go Fund Me. Any donations made to this ... more >

October 2, 2014

Thursday News: Facebook apologizes for “fake name” snafu, E-books and research libraries, global gender bias in film, and the DA ad book is open

JanetPublishing Newsdiscrimination / Ebooks / Facebook / Film / gender / LGBTQ / Libraries / privacy / research / sexual identity / sexual orientation4 Comments

Facebook’s chief product officer apologizes to the LGBTQ community – Facebook CPO Chris Cox penned what appears to be a pretty earnest and humble apology for discriminating against LGBTQ users by flagging their user names as fake. Although Facebook does not require birth names for its users, it does apparently ... more >

September 12, 2014

Friday News: Vook buys Byliner, reading habits of Millennials, banishing U2 from your iPhone, and Tahari’s low-tech, high-tech fashion

JanetPublishing Newsdata / digital publishing / Ebooks / fashion / iPhone / iTunes / Libraries / reading / research3 Comments

Failed e-singles startup Byliner acquired by digital publisher Vook – Digital publishing service Vook has purchased Byliner, which was aimed at selling long form journalism in a digital format. There is still a lot of uncertainty around how authors contracted for projects through Byliner will be paid, but those whose ... more >

August 19, 2014

Tuesday News: Changes at Ellora’s Cave, Pew research on libraries and reading, research on e-reading and cognition, and a tribute to women on bikes

JanetPublishing Newsdigital publishing / e-readers / Ebooks / Erotic-Romance / gender / History / Libraries / research40 Comments

Big Changes at Ellora’s Cave – On Monday, an anonymous person posted on Absolute Write the full email Patty Marks sent to the Ellora’s Cave authors. Before the post was taken down, we managed to copy and paste the letter, and Jane put together the following news item: To All ... more >