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March 30, 2017

Thursday News: Stephen King sued over Dark Tower, repealing online privacy rules, Match Book, and 12 books that shaped Jeff Bezos

JanetPublishing Newsbook lists / consumer data / copyright / literary advice column / online privacy / Stephen-King10 Comments

STEPHEN KING SUEDYOU TOOK MY GUNSLINGER TO ‘THE DARK TOWER’ – So apparently Stephen King has admitted to reading the comic book series featuring Restin Dane, who appeared between 1977 and 1983. And if you look at the covers and even the names of the two characters, there does seem to ... more >

October 27, 2016

Thursday News: new Tolkien book; Stephen King, kid lit, & YA; wtf James Woods

JanetPublishing Newsdefamation / issue books / kid lit / lawsuit / Stephen-King / Tolkien / YA4 Comments

We’re Set to Get a New Tolkien Book in 2017 – And it’s a love story! Although Beren and Lúthien is going to be “crafted” by Tolkien’s son Christopher, based on “its introduction in The Silmarillion. The story will be filled out from its different mentions in Toklkein’s History of Middle-earth series, ... more >

September 26, 2016

Monday News: NBF recap, the banned book list, literature in prison, and James Patterson kills book on Stephen King

JanetPublishing NewsBanned-Books / book clubs / James Patterson / National Book Festival / reading in prison / Stephen-King5 Comments

National Book Festival Highlights Prominent Latino/a Authors – This year’s National Book Festival appeared to leave out Romance, although this NBC news story emphasizes that the Festival did feature and celebrate a number of Latin@ authors, including Luis Alberto Urrea, Álvaro Enrique, Alberto Ruy Sanchez, and Pam Munoz Ryan. The lack of ... more >

August 31, 2015

Monday News: puppies, books, and other stuff

JanetPublishing Newsaudiobook / harassment / Hugos / John Scalzi / music / parody / Stephen-King / Worldcon4 Comments

SASQUAN, EXIT STAGE LEFT – You may have been following the situation with Lou Antonelli, who had written a letter to the Spokane, Washington police about David Gerrold, who was being honored at the upcoming Worldcon. Antonelli indicated that he thought Gerrold was dangerous and other inflammatory things, an action ... more >

June 13, 2012

Wednesday Midday Links & Deals: The Bride Sale 70+ books, less than $3.99; Mother Daughter Book Club

JaneBook Deals / Publishing NewsAmazon / ebook-v.-print-publishing / scholastic / Stephen-King10 Comments

Amazon’s markup of digital delivery to indie authors is ~129,000% | Andrew Hyde – “Wait, Amazon pays out the worst?  What? This can’t be right! They are the best right? Everyone loves them.  I love them.  I dig a bit deeper and find this little gem: Avg. Delivery Cost ($) ... more >

October 29, 2009

Thursday Midday Links Roundup

JaneFeatures / Publishing NewsAmazon / censorship / Ebooks / Macmillan / Nook / piracy / Stephen-King61 Comments

Amazon filed for and was recently granted a patent to change words in a book in order to track down the source of pirating. John Scalzi called this a stupid idea because it violates his creative control over the work. I think Amazon has the right idea. A change to ... more >

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