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December 5, 2017

REVIEW: Kindred Spirits by Rainbow Rowell

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / Movies / short stories / Star Wars / Young-AdultComments Off on REVIEW: Kindred Spirits by Rainbow Rowell

When Elena decided to camp out for the next Star Wars movie, she was expecting a celebration, a communion — a line full of people who love Star Wars so much, they have to share it. She wasn’t expecting this: a freezing sidewalk, nowhere to pee, and three nights stuck ... more >

June 9, 2016

Thursday News: Baileys Book Prize, millennials reading, Star Wars (again), and cool cosplay

JanetPublishing NewsBaileys Prize / bookstores / cosplay / India / millennials / print books / Star Wars6 Comments

McInerney’s murder tale wins Baileys book prize – Formerly the Orange Prize, the Baileys Prize for Fiction honors the best UK books by women, and this year’s winner is Lisa McInerney for The Glorious Heresies. The Prize is £30,000 and is 20 years old this year. The shortlisted books were as follows: ... more >

May 31, 2016

Tuesday News: digital publishing, Star Wars competition, writing research, and Memorial Day v. Veterans Day

JanetPublishing Newsdigital publishing / Disney / Harlequin / Memorial Day / research / Star Wars / US history / Veterans Day9 Comments

Confessions of a newspaper publishing exec: ‘We’ve screwed up by pursuing scale’ – I think almost every Q&A from this interview could begin with “Dear Twitter,” because the platform has become so twisted by the pursuit of NEW USERS and MORE CLICKS. For the sake of NEW USERS and MORE CLICKS. ... more >

January 15, 2016

Friday News: RIP Alan Rickman, Mills & Boon “man of the year,” the Ladybird parodies, and Star Wars meets Winnie the Pooh

JanetPublishing NewsAlan Rickman / cover model / Harry-Potter / mashups / Mills & Boon / obituary / parodies / Penguin Random House / science / Self-publishing / Star Wars / voice / Winnie the Pooh9 Comments

Alan Rickman dead: Harry Potter actor had the most perfect voice, according to science – Like David Bowie, Alan Rickman died at 69 from cancer. Eerie and sad, to say the least. While there are many wonderful tributes to the actor online (I love this one on Rickman as a “working ... more >

January 5, 2016

Tuesday News: “Great” books, copyrighting character, author relevance, and Star Wars

JanetPublishing News"great" books / best of list / copyright / Game of Thrones / George R.R. Martin / infringement / intellectual property / Star Wars5 Comments

The Greatest Books of All Time, As Voted by 125 Famous Authors – 125 writers choose, in total, 544 titles, which perhaps suggests an interesting amount of coherence among the writers chosen than the books they chose. In regard to that most difficult of words, “great:” In introducing the lists, David Orr offers ... more >

December 31, 2015

Thursday News: Mein Kampf, George Lucas, bilingualism, and 100 Years of Solitude

JanetPublishing Newsbilingualism / cognitive development / copyright / Disney / Gabriel Garcia Marquez / George Lucas / History / language / Mein Kampf / One Hundred Years of Solitude / research / Star Wars6 Comments

Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ to be republished in Germany – For seventy years, ending today, Bavaria has owned the copyright to Mein Kampf, and has banned its republication in Germany. Next month, Munich’s Institute for Contemporary History will publish an annotated version of the book, with a desire to “thoroughly deconstruct Hitler’s propaganda ... more >

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