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January 1, 2018

Monday News: Happy New Year!

JanetPublishing Newsarchive / Library of Congress / New Year's resolutions / obituaries / real-life romance / Sue Grafton / Twitter2 Comments

Sue Grafton: Alphabet crime author dies aged 77 – 2017 ended on a sad note for fans of Sue Grafton’s alphabet series, which – “as far as the family is concerned” – is now eternally paused at Y is for Yesterday. According to the author’s daughter, Jamie Clark, Grafton’s wishes ... more >

THE AMOROUS EDUCATION OF CELIA SEATON Miranda Neville
October 30, 2017

Monday News: Miranda Neville, witches, scary books, and funny tweets

JanetPublishing Newsbest of list / Halloween / historical romance / Miranda Neville / remembrances / Twitter / Witches1 Comments

In Memory of Miranda Neville – The lovely Susanna Kearsley wrote a very touching tribute to the also lovely Miranda Neville at Word Wenches. Avon Books also put up a tribute to Neville, which contains some wonderful insights about her work. Both sites are hosting comments, so if you have ... more >

June 7, 2017

Wednesday News: Book industry, Twitter funding, TV adaptations, and the RBG workout

JanetPublishing NewsBook Expo / publishing industry / Ruth Bader Ginsberg / tech investment / tv adaptations / Twitter / work-out bookComments Off on Wednesday News: Book industry, Twitter funding, TV adaptations, and the RBG workout

Book industry looks to hold steady in turbulent time – So despite all the optimistic talk of print books and independent bookstores coming back in vogue, the book industry is still on edge. I have long thought that publishers mistakenly saw (see?) themselves as a natural monopoly, so it’s fascinating to ... more >

April 17, 2017

Monday News: Rebuilding Mosul library, Mastodon, reading books you hate, and the odour wheel

JanetPublishing Newsbook donations / colour wheel / Libraries / Mastodon / Mosul library / smell of books / social media / Twitter4 Comments

Students host book drive to help recreate Mosul library – The 2014 destruction of the University of Mosul library included at least 100,000 rare books and manuscripts, and while most, if not all, may be irreplaceable, a historian at the University started a campaign to collect 200,000 books to begin rebuilding the ... more >

March 17, 2017

Friday News: NBCC awards, blasphemy, Islamophobia, and Clueless comic book

JanetPublishing Newsblasphemy / Book Awards / children's literature / Clueless / Comic books / Facebook / Islamophobia / Louise Erdrich / TwitterComments Off on Friday News: NBCC awards, blasphemy, Islamophobia, and Clueless comic book

Louise Erdrich, Matthew Desmond Among Winners of National Book Critics Circle Awards – I have always loved Louise Erdrich’s books, because despite their often grim elements, there is a sense of gentleness and illuminated love in her writing (similar IMO to the film “Moonlight”). So I’m thrilled to see that she ... more >

September 15, 2016

Thursday News: Twitter streaming, on not reading, WSJ bookclub, and favoring sons

JanetPublishing Newsbook clubs / gender bias / parenting / reading / Twitter6 Comments

Twitter app brings free NFL games to Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and the Xbox One – Twitter is branching out (and trying to cash in) by having a version of its app on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Microsoft’s Xbox One, where it’s all about live streaming (although you can ... more >

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