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May 15, 2015

Friday News: Apple fights sale of Radio Shack data, news sharing and social media, 3-D printers in libraries, and boxing’s contributions to English

JanetPublishing News3D Printing / Apple / Bankruptcy / boxing / copyright / data / etymology / journalism / Libraries / patent / privacy / social media3 Comments

Apple asks court to block the sale of some RadioShack data – Part of the process for Radio Shack’s bankruptcy is the sale of the company’s assets, which include customer data. Remember when Barnes and Noble acquired all of the Borders customer lists? Well, Apple is now attempting to prevent ... more >

May 5, 2015

Tuesday News: Twitter in Trouble?, why cover art matters, sexism in science, and Chipotle’s essay contest

JanetPublishing Newsbook banning / censorship / cover-art / gender / institutional sexism / science / social media / teens / Twitter / writing contests7 Comments

Twitter at the Crossroads – According to David Auerbach’s article at Slate, Twitter is in big trouble. Not only is it failing to acquire enough users, but earnings are apparently bleak. In the meantime Twitter has acquired TellApart, which is described as “a leading marketing technology company providing retailers and ... more >

April 20, 2015

Monday News: Did Sony pirate books on hacking; some history on the Hugos; comics and “casual” fans; and a bigger market for manga

JanetPublishing NewsComics / copyright / fandoms / Hacking / Hugos / infringement / intellectual property / Manga / privacy / SFF / social media / Sony / Tumblr1 Comments

Sony pirated ebooks on hacking – Several site, including Boing Boing, are reporting that copies of two O’Reilly books available in PDF form on Sony’s internal servers, and part of The Hack, are pirated (which is ironic, since they’re books on hacking). The books are availably via Wikileaks, and recently ... more >

March 6, 2015

Friday News: The evolution of online conversation, the pleasures of re-reading, Claudia Rankine’s Citizen, and Road Runner’s rules

JanetPublishing Newscartoons / History / language / messageboards / poetry / Race / racism / reading / social media / writing rules10 Comments

Why I’ve Posted 27,000 Times to One Online Forum – An interesting piece on the way online conversation has shifted from some online forums to others. In this case, a long-time contributor to the movie site Rotten Tomatoes contemplates the way discussion has become less vibrant and intense on the ... more >

February 10, 2015

Tuesday News: Charging readers to comment, Patreon done with VAT, authors and social media, and Melanie’s Marvelous Measles

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / commenting / crowdfunding / EU / fan-fiction / fandoms / Literary fiction / Patreon / paywall / reviews / social media / trolling / VAT13 Comments

Join the Conversation on Tablet – Although I think this is a disastrous move, I’m really curious to see how Tablet Magazine’s decision to charge its readers to comment will play out. That’s right – for a mere $2 a day, $18 a month, and $180 a year, you can ... more >

December 9, 2014

Tuesday News: bookselling via Twitter, the legality of data retention, media whitewashing, and struggle over Sendak’s estate

JanetPublishing Newsbookselling / data retention / diversity / EU laws / films / Hachette / human rights / lawsuit / Maurice Sendak / media / privacy / probate / security / social media / UK6 Comments

Hachette Tries Selling Books via Twitter – So Hachette is experimenting with new ways to sell books direct to readers, and its collaboration with Gumroad to sell books on Twitter is set to launch this week, beginning with books from Amanda Palmer, Chris Hadfield and The Onion. This is apparently ... more >

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