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November 27, 2017

REVIEW: Where the Stars Rise – Anthology

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAnthology / Asia / diversity / family relationships / Fantasy / multicultural / Paranormal / POC / POC author / Sci-fi / space travel / Speculative-FictionComments Off on REVIEW: Where the Stars Rise – Anthology

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SHORT DESCRIPTION: Take a journey through Asia and beyond with twenty-three original thought-provoking and moving stories about identities, belonging, and choices—stories about where we come from and where we are going—each wrestling between ghostly pasts and uncertain future. LONG DESCRIPTION: ALL EMOTIONS ARE UNIVERSAL. WE LIVE, WE DREAM, WE STRIVE, ... more >

Google Books
December 4, 2014

Thursday News: Authors Guild v. Google redux, the pitfalls of social media research, and two fantabulous articles on cultural representation

JanetPublishing Newscopyright / diversity / Fair Use / Google / lawsuit / Race / representation / research / SFF / social media / Speculative-Fiction3 Comments

Second Circuit Hears Google Books Case – Yesterday was the day for oral arguments in the appeals case Authors Guild has brought in the hopes of reversing the lower court’s summary judgment against them. Arguments apparently went to 90 minutes, 60 over the allotted time, but the fact that the ... more >

Apple
May 6, 2014

Tuesday News: #AmazonCart on Twitter; the real, made-up Apple Earbuds; the Book Smugglers try publishing; and how do you handle book jackets

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / Anthology / Apple / hardcover books / publishing / Speculative-Fiction / Twitter11 Comments

Twitter’s New #AmazonCart Deal Won’t Be Its Big Commerce Moneymaker – So now you can add products to your Amazon cart with a Twitter hashtag. First, of course, you have to link up the two accounts, and I don’t think the service works for items that can only be purchased ... more >

October 22, 2013

REVIEW: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

JennieA- Reviews / FeaturedEnglish setting / Fantasy / Historical fiction / Literary fiction / Speculative-Fiction / WWI / WWII18 Comments

Dear Ms. Atkinson: My aunt lent me this book; she and I do not usually have the same literary tastes, hers tilting strongly in favor of endless novels of the Tudor court (I think she could name the kings and queens of England, and most of their relatives, in her ... more >

October 14, 2013

Interview with Audrey Niffenegger

JanineInterviewsinterview / Literary fiction / Speculative-Fiction / writing18 Comments

Audrey Niffenegger’s literary love story, The Time Traveler’s Wife, has sold over seven million copies worldwide. Now, on the 10th anniversary of its publication, Zola Books has issued the first-ever digital edition. What’s more, the DRM-free e-book contains a 25-page excerpt from a sequel Niffenegger is writing. When Zola Books ... more >

Festival2
May 9, 2012

My Sunday at the 2012 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Part 2

JanineConventionshorror / Speculative-Fiction11 Comments

I attended the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on Sunday, April 22. The first part of my report on the festival can be found at this link. And now onto Part 2. Anne Rice in Conversation with Scott Timberg After the mornings panels described in part 1 of my ... more >

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