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July 23, 2013

Tuesday News: Karen Wheless passes away; Amazon and the public library conundrum; the digital age means NEVER saying goodbye

JanePublishing NewsAmazon / cover-art / social media10 Comments

The Cover Cafe announced that Karen Wheless had passed away due to a recurrence of her cancer.  I’ve “known” Karen for many years. Maybe over a decade.  She participated at the All About Romance message boards and on a private reader group that I belonged to (as did some of ... more >

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January 16, 2013

Wednesday News: CBS interferes with the CES best of show; Apple’s price maintenance; Harlequin’s Bachelor covers

JanePublishing NewsApple / cover-art / Harlequin / social media12 Comments

CBS says it won’t interfere in CNET’s ‘actual news,’ just reviews – At the end of CES, the Hopper DVR by DISH was voted best of the conference until CBS forced its subsidiary CNET employees to overturn their votes. CBS is in litigation with DISH and didn’t want DISH to ... more >

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December 18, 2012

Tuesday News: Nook Simple Touch GlowLight on sale; Plates as books; Porn connected with short term memory loss

JanePublishing Newssocial media7 Comments

The Nook Simple Touch with Glow Light is on sale at Staples for $89.00. For authors who want to stay … – Can’t get enough of your novels? These are so good you can eat on them. CAC China sells a line of dinnerware called CAC China Goldbook with plates ... more >

April 25, 2012

REVIEW: The Girl in the Park by Mariah Fredericks

JiaB- Reviewshigh-school / murder / New York City / Random-House / social media / Young-Adult14 Comments

Dear Ms. Fredericks, I was in the mood for something different when I ran across your novel. A reader can take only so many paranormal and dystopian YAs before she loses it. A YA mystery/thriller sounded right up my alley. Your novel delivered what I needed, along with something more. ... more >

August 2, 2011

Author. Authorial persona. Book. It’s getting harder to tell them apart.

SunitaLetters of Opinionsocial media70 Comments

  Janet/Robin’s post on authorial intrusion into the text generated a very lively discussion. I was a little surprised, though, that one point of Robin’s was not picked up more: her careful distinction between the author as a person and the authorial persona. Perhaps this is because we have conditioned ... more >

December 10, 2010

Friday Midday Links: Borders Q3 Profits Dismal

JanePublishing NewsAmazon / Borders / Harlequin / HarperCollins / Nook / Nookcolor / social media19 Comments

Author emotions may be at an all time high with the release of 4 weeks of limited Bookscan data from Amazon. Yesterday, Amazon rolled out a feature that gives authors who have an account at Amazon the ability to look at 4 weeks of sales data from Bookscan. No Amazon ... more >

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