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June 15, 2016

Wednesday News: Hogwarts honors Orlando victims, “girl” books, women & concussions, and Tumblog

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / book titles / concussions / domestic violence / Harry-Potter / Orlando / Tumblr1 Comments

Hogwarts held the most heartbreaking memorial for the Orlando shooting – After discovering that one of the victims of the Orlando massacre worked at the Harry Potter park in Florida, employees held a moving vigil, which was chronicled in photos at the above link and caught on video here. CNN has ... more >

May 4, 2016

Wednesday News: Locus Awards, Inkitt, Anne Frank VR movie, and Judy Blume on Tumblr

JanetPublishing NewsAnne Frank / book algorithms / Judy Blume / Locus Award / SFF / Tumblr / virtual reality7 Comments

2016 Locus Awards Finalists – Interesting to compare these lists to the Hugos. The Locus Awards will be announced next month (June 24-26) in a ceremony emceed by Connie Willis. A full listing of nominees can be found at the Locus Magazine link above. SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL The Water Knife, Paolo Bacigalupi ... more >

April 20, 2015

Monday News: Did Sony pirate books on hacking; some history on the Hugos; comics and “casual” fans; and a bigger market for manga

JanetPublishing NewsComics / copyright / fandoms / Hacking / Hugos / infringement / intellectual property / Manga / privacy / SFF / social media / Sony / Tumblr1 Comments

Sony pirated ebooks on hacking – Several site, including Boing Boing, are reporting that copies of two O’Reilly books available in PDF form on Sony’s internal servers, and part of The Hack, are pirated (which is ironic, since they’re books on hacking). The books are availably via Wikileaks, and recently ... more >

January 21, 2014

Tuesday News: Dismal author salaries; Tumblr and book promotion; the trouble with Grantland; Martin Luther King’s Nobel Speech; and feedly’s strategy to steal page views

JanetPublishing Newsauthor income / book promotion / feedly / Grantland / Jr. / Martin Luther King / Self-publishing / transgender / Tumblr / Twitter21 Comments

Most Authors Make Less Than $1,000 a Year: DBW – The title speaks for itself, but the graphics are pretty interesting. The information comes from a Digital Book World report, “What Advantages Do Traditional Publishers Offer Authors: A Comparison of Traditional and Indie Publishing from the Authors’ Perspective.” At this ... more >

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