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June 18, 2015

Book quiz, No evidence of any theft of the Grey book, Oyster App updated

JanetPublishing Newsmarketing / Oyster / subscription18 Comments

Oyster Introduces Lumin, a New Light Adjusting Reading Mode – There’s a new feature on Oyster called Lumin™, and here’s how it works (Teleread): When turned on, Oyster’s Lumin™ feature automatically adjusts to the amount of natural sunlight outside, based on your location and time of day. As the sun sets, the feature subtracts ... more >

March 25, 2015

Wednesday News: Oyster’s new CFO, Goodreads’ new author policy, black authors and self-publishing, and Kindle cover disasters

JanetPublishing Newsauthors / book-covers / children's lit / diversity / Ebooks / Goodreads / Kindle / Oyster / Self-publishing / subscription17 Comments

E-Book Startup Oyster Hires Jeannie Mun As Its First CFO – Jeannie Mun, formerly of MediaMath and Operative, is now CFO of Oyster, which demonstrates the seriousness with which the company is approaching a successful model for the subscription ebook service. That Barry McCarthy, CFO of Netflix, is also going ... more >

February 18, 2015

SCRIBD Promotional Code

JaneBook ReviewsHarlequin / Scribd / subscription10 Comments

  Scribe wants to remind you that Harlequin and Scribd are BFFs. This is from the Press Release: Harlequin (www.Harlequin.com), one of the world’s leading publishers of books for women, today announced that it has entered into a one-year agreement with Scribd, the world’s largest digital library and book subscription ... more >

January 29, 2015

Thursday News: Harlequin + bull riders, Oyster + Harry Potter, indie bookstore + writers-in-residence, and Wonder Woman in hijab

JanetPublishing NewsAthletes / Comics / diversity / Harlequin / Harry-Potter / independent bookstore / Oyster / professional bull riders / subscription / Western Romance / writer's program. Wonder Woman9 Comments

Professional Bull Riders and Harlequin Announce Partnership – Harlequin has announced a major partnership with the Professional Bull Riders (PBR), starting with four books, which will include coupons for PBR events and future Harlequin titles. This partnership seems similar to the NASCAR deal Harlequin struck a number of years ago, giving ... more >

August 13, 2014

Wednesday News: Silicon Valley’s lack of diversity, Technology and the future of education, social media and group mourning, and ebook subscription services

JanetPublishing NewsApple / community / diversity / Ebooks / economy / education / social media / subscription / technology / Twitter10 Comments

Apple’s numbers prove again that Silicon Valley is run by white and Asian men – Depending on where you have dinner in Napa, you can see this phenomenon play out anecdotally in terms of who has money to eat posh. And it follows the pattern asserted in this Quartz article. ... more >

July 18, 2014

Kindle Unlimited: 600,000 ebooks and 7000+ audiobooks for $9.99

JaneEbooksAmazon / subscription13 Comments

The news of this leaked two days ago when Amazon posted this and then took it down, but the internet remembers forever. Cached pages showed Kindle’s new subscription service called Kindle Unlimited. Amazon has now launched the service. It is US only for now but there are plans to make ... more >

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