Publishing Newsbooksellers / Brontes / ereaders / Holocaust / Kindle / publishing / Twilight / Waterstones26 Comments
Waterstones is removing Kindles from stores – In the wake of reports that print sales continue to gain strength, UK bookseller Waterstones is going to stop selling Kindles in their store due to poor sales. In fact, the word “pitiful” was used to describe sales of the e-reading device. This reality ... more >
Letters of Opinionarchetypes / Beauty-and-the-Beast / Dracula / Fifty Shades of Grey / Frankenstein / genre critique / mythology / Transcendence / tropes / Twilight / vampires12 Comments
The idea for this essay started with a question: what is it about Twilight and its derivations, especially Fifty Shades of Grey and Transcendence, that allow these variations to represent “fresh” and “new” in the retelling? I’m not interested in whether these books are good or bad, nor am I ... more >
Publishing Newsconsumer products / DRM / fan-fiction / female protagonists / film gender / privacy / Sony / Twilight / Twitter / women in film21 Comments
Note: We’re taking a break for Xmas and (assuming I don’t celebrate too much tomorrow) will be back with the news on Friday, December 26. Sony threatens Twitter with legal action if it doesn’t ban users linking to leaks – In the wake of the Sony hacking, social media users have ... more >