January 25, 2018

Thursday News: RIP Ursula Le Guin, the print sales crawl, NBCC finalists, and a deadly book

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Ursula K Le Guin, by Margaret Atwood: ‘One of the literary greats of the 20th century’ – I’m sure you know by now that Ursula Le Guin died earlier this week, and there are a ton of obituaries and articles on her life and her work. I have chosen to ... more >

January 25, 2016

Monday News: Academy Award changes, victim-blaming redux, Ursula Le Guin’s free writing workshop, and the “Human Library”

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Academy Board Endorses Changes to Increase Diversity in Oscar Nominees and Itself – Hoping to double the number of women and underrepresented minorities in the membership of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the governing board has voted unanimously to implement a number of changes, focused on both short and ... more >

April 17, 2015

Friday News: Agency pricing returns with a vengeance, Etsy goes public, the trouble with Jon Ronson, and The Left Hand of Darkness radio play

JanetPublishing NewsAgency pricing / Easy / Ebooks / IPO / online speech / public shaming / publishing / radio play / SFF / Ursula Le Guin28 Comments

Best-Selling Ebook Prices Rise Before HarperCollins Restores Agency – And so it begins. Readers reported seeing higher prices for Harlequin ebooks in Wednesday’s news report on HC’s deal with Amazon, and now we have even more confirmation of rising prices in the form of the Digital Book World’s tracking of ... more >