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October 23, 2015

Friday News: Streaming Disney, all about fonts, women’s opinions, and a tale of two libraries

JanetPublishing NewsBaseball / digital books / Disney / fonts / gender / Kansas City / Libraries / power / sexism / streaming movies / subscription service / Toronto / Twitter / typeface1 Comments

Disney to Launch Subscription Streaming Service in U.K. – Just in time for the winter holidays, Disney is beginning a subscription service in the UK, inclusive of digital books, movies, music, and television series, all for a mere £9.99 a month (a little over $15 USD). According to CEO Bob Iger, Disney ... more >

April 19, 2015

Scribd: Shut Up and Take My Money

SuzanneEbooksEbooks / reading apps / Scribd / subscription service49 Comments

Dear Author had an excellent Scribd offer a few months back, giving us a three-month trial instead of one month. I signed up, happy to have access to free books for three months. At least, that was the idea. I planned to read my fill for three months and cancel ... more >

February 11, 2015

Wednesday News: Scribd offers unlimited comics, Samsung TVs are listening, the Hugo Award & gender bias, and rare TV interview with E.L. James

JanetPublishing Newsbias / Comics / E. L. James / fan-fiction / Fifty Shades / Film / gender / Hugo Award / privacy / Samsung / Scribd / smart tvs / subscription service / voice recognition5 Comments

Scribe Unlimited Comics – The latest development in the battle between subscription services is Scribd’s offering of more than 10,000 comic books. This one might finally push me over the edge and into signing up. Check out the launch page for more details, and per the press release, features include: ... more >

February 9, 2015

Monday News: France investigates Kindle Unlimited, poetry in prison, Keurig’s DRM tanks, and Anne Rice is at it again

JanetPublishing Newsagency model / Amazon / Anne Rice / DRM / France / Keurig / Kindle Unlimited / poetry / prisoners / reviews / subscription service15 Comments

French Publisher Trade Group Charges that Kindle Unlimited is Illegal, American – With Kindle Unlimited recently premiering in France for 10 Euros a month (inclusive of 700K+ titles, 20K of which are in French), independent authors and publishers are unhappy with the program, in France, the US, and the other ... more >

January 30, 2015

Friday News: Worst obituary ever?, FCC boosts broadband, new Chrome app for Oyster, and early 20th century anime

JanetPublishing Newsanimation / audiobooks / broadband / Colleen McCullough / digital books / FCC / History / Internet / Japan / Kindle / sexism / subscription service / The Thorn Birds15 Comments

Twitter reacts to The Australian’s sexist Colleen McCullough obituary – So, The Australian has apparently managed to write one of the worst obituaries ever, on Thorn Birds author Colleen McCullough, describing her as “plain of feature and certainly overweight” focusing right off on an incredibly insulting representation of her physicality, ... more >

January 14, 2015

Wednesday News: Macmillan joins Scribd, the “Great American Novel,” 3-d print prosthetics, and “cult books”

JanetPublishing Newsbest of list / classics / cult books / digital technology / Literary fiction / Macmillan / Scribd / subscription service12 Comments

We’ve added more than a thousand new titles from Macmillan – For $8.99 a month, you can have access to more than 500k eBooks and 30k audiobooks from three of the big 5 publishers. The newest publisher to join the Scribd service is Macmillan, and below you can read some ... more >

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