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January 20, 2022

CONVERSATION: What’s Important to You in a Review?

JanineConversationsAmazon / book buying / book pimping / book reviewing / Book Reviews / critique / differences of opinion / fake reviews / Goodreads / honesty / Humor / mini reviews / negative reviews / online reviewing / reader response / recommendations / review blogs / review grades / spoilers / transparency30 Comments

Janine: As a reviewer I think a lot about what I want to see in reviews. I try to notice what kind of information I appreciate most or least in other people’s reviews because it helps me craft my own. I think that what we value in reviews is a ... more >

Hugo Award
September 4, 2012

Tuesday News: Easier to read MS Agreement; Random House US digital sales 27% of revenue; and Hugo Awards livestream terminated

JanePublishing Newsbook-sales / Intellectual Property Issues / transparencyComments Off on Tuesday News: Easier to read MS Agreement; Random House US digital sales 27% of revenue; and Hugo Awards livestream terminated

Welcome back to work, Americans. Say Hello to Samsung’s Fanboy Factory – The Mobilers Program – I know that the tech blogosphere (along with a few others) have a lot of money attempting to influence them. There are many complaints that Tech Crunch fails to adhere to a journalistic standard ... more >

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November 29, 2011

Who Can Protect The Best Interest of The Reader?

JanetLetters of Opinionblogging / transparency61 Comments

Anyone who’s spend any length of time on Twitter likely knows about #fridayreads, the hashtag started by Bethanne Patrick, aka The Book Maven, who created, among other things, NPR’s The Book Studio. In fact, I know some people who have actually unfollowed Patrick because of the FridayReads cheerleading, which, admittedly, ... more >

October 26, 2009

Monday Midday Links Roundup: ABA Wants DOJ to Investigate Discount Pricing

JaneFeaturesbook prices / book-sales / FTC / iPhone / OLPC / transparency13 Comments

Mobile adoption is occurring at a faster rate than any other adoption of internet in the past. Further, at the leading edge of mobile adoption is the growth of the iPhone/iTouch market. Morgan Stanley is essentially telling investors that those that can anticipate and deliver products to the mobile space ... more >

October 9, 2009

Friday Midday Links: It’s All About the Ebook Reader

JaneFeatures / Publishing NewsBarnes & Noble / COOL-er / ereader device / FTC / Kindle / transparency10 Comments

First, Microsoft has little interest in the ebook world. CEO Steve Ballmer thinks that the best gear to use to read an ebook is the PC. ********** The Times has an article on the numerous ebook readers that are on or soon to enter the market and notes at the ... more >

October 8, 2009

Thursday Midday Links: FTC, one more time

JanePublishing Newsads / Amazon / book-sales / FTC / publishing industry / transparency19 Comments

I’ve seen some people say that I should just wait and see about how the FTC decides to interpret its new regulations. I’ve seen some people reassure me that it wouldn’t apply to Dear Author or it wouldn’t apply to me commenting on other blogs or Twitter or Facebook. I’ve ... more >

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