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June 23, 2014

Monday News: Brashear reclaims helm at Samhain, a tale of digital publishing, a South African street book reviewer, and Amanda Palmer on voluntary exchange

JanetPublishing NewsBook Reviews / crowdsourcing / digital publishing / literacy / music / piracy / Royalties / Samhain / social justice / South Africa12 Comments

Christina Brashear Returns as Samhain Publisher – This is pretty interesting. Brashear, who went from Publisher to President of Samhain in 2012, is back as Publisher, with a promise to “return” Samhain “to its roots.” Lindsey Faber is not only stepping down as Publisher, but leaving Samhain entirely (there’s something ... more >

June 4, 2014

Wednesday News: The FCC invites comments on Net Neutrality, Apple disappoints (again), alleged plagiarism in 1D fan fiction, and Writer’s Coffee Shop owner is sued for millions

JanetPublishing News50 Shades / Apple / fan-fiction / FCC / lawsuit / net neutrality / plagiarism / real person fiction / Royalties / software16 Comments

John Oliver’s Net neutrality response swamps FCC – I’m posting this story to serve as a reminder that the public comment period for the FCC’s new Net Neutrality proposal is open until July 15th. It’s also a pretty funny anecdote about how comedian John Oliver directed people to the FCC ... more >

May 21, 2014

Wednesday News: Smashwords contracts with OverDrive, menstruation’s non-effect on women, Jennifer Weiner on “blurb inflation,” and complaints about Crescent Moon Press

JanetPublishing Newsbook blurbs / Crescent Moon Press / digital publishing / gender / Jennifer Weiner / Libraries / Royalties / Self-publishing4 Comments

OverDrive and Smashwords Ink Deal to Distribute Indie Author Ebooks to Libraries – Good news for self-published authors and their readers: OverDrive has made a deal with Smashwords to allow 200,000 books to be distributed to public libraries through the OverDrive network. Smashwords will, apparently, be “curating” the titles, giving ... more >

May 2, 2014

Friday News: Harlequin authors win some and lose some, Toronto Public Library releases proposed banning list, Free Comic Book Day is this Saturday, and win $1000 for deciphering margin notes

JanetPublishing Newscensorship / Comic books / contests / Harlequin / lawsuit / Libraries / Royalties / translation31 Comments

Updated by Jane to add: This morning it was announced that News Corp. will buy Harlequin for close to a half billion dollars and that Harlequin will become a division of HarperCollins. The “Harlequin as a division of HC” is worrisome to me. When Penguin and Random House merged, each ... more >

February 28, 2014

Friday News: Google takes over Mountain View, the real size of the online marketplace, audiobook royalties at Amazon & iTunes decrease, and RPG love becomes RL marriage

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / Audible / audiobooks / digital books / gaming / Google / iTunes / Royalties5 Comments

Welcome to Googletown – This is a pretty eye-opening piece about the relationship between Google and the city-like compound (in Mountain View, California) Google has created and continues to grow, spilling over into and even consuming a substantial portion of the surrounding communities. The company has even leased Moffett Field, ... more >

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January 14, 2014

Tuesday News: Kickstarter, Harper Lee’s enduring royalties, Big Data, wedding jumpsuits, and Leafmarks

JanetPublishing Newsbig data / fashion / Goodreads / Kickstarter / Leafmarks / Royalties / To Kill a Mockingbird16 Comments

Publishing Projects Find Success on Kickstarter – I’m not sure how I feel about this, frankly, but apparently Kickstarter has become quite the launching pad for book projects. The article provides a list of some of the standouts, but in all, “More than 6,000 publishing campaigns were launched on Kickstarter ... more >

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