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February 13, 2017

Monday News: Rare book heist, African American SF, digital v(?) print, and Fifty Shades Darker adaptation

JanetPublishing NewsFifty Shades / film adaptations / print v digital / rare books / Samhain-publishing / theft13 Comments

Mission: Impossible-style raiders ‘cut through skylights and abseiled into warehouse to steal antique books worth £2m’  – Dropping into a Heathrow warehouse, thieves stole books so rare that they are “impossible to fence” and therefore likely targeted by at least one collector. A theft of this scope and style is apparently unprecedented in ... more >

February 10, 2017

Friday News: Samhain closing (again), unpublished black history, presidential book club, and Legion’s backstory

JanetPublishing NewsBlack History Month / book trends / Comics / Legion / Samhain-publishing5 Comments

Samhain to close February 28th – Although the website does not, as of this point, reflect the news, apparently emails have been going out to alert readers to the imminent closing of Samhain. Given the past history of back-and-forth on this issue, I’m not calling it over yet. There are ... more >

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June 23, 2016

Thursday News: Samhain stays open (for now), YouTuber books, Bravo! imprint, and Hisham Matar

JanetPublishing Newsbook imprints / digital publishing / Samhain-publishing / writing / YouTube5 Comments

Samhain tells its authors that the doors will stay open: Chris Brashear informed Samhain authors that expense cutting strategies are keeping the publisher afloat, and they hope to re-open submissions (internally at first) by fall. They’ve also enlisted a PR service to market and promote their titles, so hopefully they ... more >

February 28, 2016

REVIEW: Notes of Temptation by Rebecca Halsey

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews / C- Reviews1920s / American historical / Historical / Los Angeles / Musicians / Samhain-publishingComments Off on REVIEW: Notes of Temptation by Rebecca Halsey

Together they take the stage. Together they must defend it to the death. Hollywood Jazz, Book 1 When Carrie Cooper leaves her small gold-mining town to seek her fortune, it’s not until she arrives in L.A. that she learns her college certificate is a fraud. The only work available is ... more >

January 26, 2016

REVIEW: A Treasure of Gold by Piper Huguley

JanineB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1920s / African American / gangsters / historical romance / inspirational / Pennsylvania / POC / POC author / Samhain-publishing3 Comments

Recommended Read

The following review contains some spoilers. – Janine Dear Ms. Huguley, After reading your novella in The Brightest Day, I knew I wanted to read more of your work. The cover of book three in your Migrations of the Heart series, A Treasure of Gold, caught my attention and I ... more >

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January 7, 2016

Thursday News, Amber Quill, Samhain, Penguin, and paper art

JanetPublishing NewsArt / Author Solutions / Penguin Random House / publishing / Samhain-publishing / sculpture / Self-publishing / vanity publishing11 Comments

Amber Quill Closing – Emily Veinglory reports on the imminent closure of Amber Quill, which opened in 2002. According to a thread on Absolute Write, the digital publisher will be shutting its doors as of March 31, 2016, at which point all rights will revert back to authors. As Veinglory notes, ... more >

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