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Janine avatar
January 24, 2018

Janine’s Best of 2017

JanineReading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBoxer / Contemporary / erotica romance / escaped slave / Glasgow / Great Depression / historical romance / inspirational / knitting / LGBTQ / Literary fiction / Love-Triangle / magical powers / migration / Nigeria / novellas with romantic elements / Soldier / star-crossed lovers / suprise pregnancy / top ten lists / Urban-Fantasy / YA fantasy7 Comments

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I was a cranky reader on social media this year, so I was surprised to discover that like Jayne’s, my top ten list runneth over. In hindsight, I think some my crankiness was due to the difficulty I had finding satisfying reads in historical romance, traditionally my favorite genre. Please ... more >

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December 30, 2015

Jayne’s Favorite Books of 2015

JayneNeed A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Listsbest books list / Best of 2015 / Reading lists / top ten lists12 Comments

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I tried to be more organized this year about my reading so I have a lot of 2015 books I managed to finish and a windfall that made my best of list. Here’s the cream of the crop in no particular order. Why yes, yes it is more than ten ... more >

December 2, 2014

Tuesday News: Limits of Kindle Unlimited, the future of the book, Jacqueline Woodson on the watermelon joke, and Booklist’s top ten 2014 romances

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / digital books / History / Kindle Unlimited / publishing / Race / Self-publishing / top ten lists79 Comments

Author Discontent Grows As Kindle Unlimited Enters Its Fifth Month – Nate Hoffelder looks at HM Ward’s withdrawal from Kindle Unlimited as a signal that the program may not be delivering value for authors. Ward claimed that her “sales dropped like a stone,” including for books not in Kindle Unlimited. ... more >

June 3, 2014

Tuesday News: RNA rejects self-published authors, digital book design and economic advantage, new language difficulties, and top literary put downs

JanetPublishing Newsauthors / book design / digital books / languages / RNA / Self-publishing / top ten lists21 Comments

BALLOT REGARDING RNA MEMBERSHIP FOR INDEPENDENT/SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHORS – The Romantic Novelists’ Association, the UK organization for writers of romantic fiction, recently put to a vote the possibility of self-published/independent authors gaining eligibility for full membership rights within the RNA. Like the RWA, the RNA is clearly struggling to keep up ... more >

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