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November 8, 2017

Wednesday News: Pronoun, periods, bestsellers, and magic

JanetPublishing Newsadolescence / bestseller lists / Comics / data and analytics / Macmillan / Mark Millar / Netflix / periods / Pronoun / Self-publishing / sex ed2 Comments

Macmillan’s Pronoun Self-Publishing Platform Signs Off – If you’ve never heard of Pronoun, you may know the company by its former name, Vook. Pronoun’s closure announcement is somewhat vague (“Macmillan is unable to continue Pronoun’s operation in its current form”) and they seem to be retaining the data and analytics ... more >

May 22, 2017

Monday News: age & publishing, Marvel’s Black Panther, self-publishing non-fiction, and translating Dracula

JanetPublishing NewsBlack Panther / Comics / Dracula / Hachette / Marvel / non-fiction / Self-publishing / translation / UK publishing / US publishing1 Comments

Hachette’s new order – An interesting piece in The Bookseller on the way in which UK publishing appears to be trending downward in the age of its executives, while US publishing continues to trend older. Why the difference, and what does it mean? Does age necessitate experience, or does it signal ... more >

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February 8, 2017

Wednesday News: Crowdsourced books, bad apps, domestic inventions, and the ‘crazy ex-girlfriend’

JanetPublishing NewsAfrican American history / apps / Crazy Ex-Girldfriend / crowdsourcing / inventors / Rachel Bloom / Self-publishing3 Comments

Kickstarter Hits $100 Million Mark for Publishing, Adds New Countries, New Tools in 2016 – Like much of self/independent publishing, crowdsourced publishing has been robustly growing, with $100 million in fundraising since 2009. Did you know that Kickstarter even has a director of publishing? Margot Atwell believes that Kickstarter has a ... more >

April 15, 2016

Friday News: The dynamic conditions of publishing and reading

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / Banned-Books / book clubs / digital publishing / Kobo / print books / Self-publishing / traditional publishing1 Comments

Book publishing is a resilient business: Kobo CEO – An interview with Kobo’s CEO Michael Tambyln, who argues that “every year [the publishing industry] finds a new driver for growth,” and this year it is the dynamic between print and digital books. Despite the digital slowdown, Tambyln notes the continuing growth ... more >

Samhain
February 29, 2016

Monday News: Samhain is closing and other news

JanetPublishing Newsaudiobooks / Bangkok / digital publishing / Samhain / Self-publishing / standards of female beauty / The Martian / zines7 Comments

The Long Goodbye – On late Friday news broke on the internet that Samhain was “winding down.” We suspected that this would be the end but are sorry to see it happen. Samhain was an innovator and an important part of the digital landscape for many years. Many of your favorite ... more >

February 26, 2016

Friday News: Challenging the status quo

JanetPublishing News#1000blackgirlbooks / diversity / Islam / Nigeria / publishing / Self-publishing / Simon & Schuster2 Comments

The Subversive Women Who Self-Publish Novels Amid Jihadist War – For almost thirty years now, Kano market literature has been a force in northern Nigeria’s cultural marketplace, and its most popular books are written by Hausa women. Some even feature adultery and other taboo subjects, and authors are now utilizing self-publishing technologies to produce ... more >

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