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August 18, 2016

Thursday News: New Potter-world ebooks, Rolling Stone lawsuit, Wattpad + ads, and early photo retouching

JanetPublishing NewsAdvertising / beauty standards / defamation lawsuit / Harry-Potter / History / photography / retouching / Rolling Stone / wattpad5 Comments

And the New Harry Potter Books Keep Coming – Those of you who interpreted Rowling’s comments about the end of Harry Potter books narrowly were clearly right to do so, since just yesterday, three new Potter-world ebooks were announced. Apparently the cash cow is still making regular deliveries. As per an ... more >

April 29, 2016

Friday News: Wattpad Studios, future of e-readers, a first for the US Army, and a career for insomniacs

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / Army / careers / childrens-books / e-readers / gender equity / Kindle / multimedia / wattpad15 Comments

Wattpad Wades into Hollywood with Wattpad Studios – We’re seeing more and more of these hybrid enterprises, demonstrating in part the way that stories are diversifying across media platforms, well beyond traditional books. Wattpad has been particularly ambitious in this regard, with initiatives like Wattpad Brands, which has Wattpad writers creating ... more >

March 2, 2015

Monday News: RIP Leonard Nimoy, Silent Circle buys BlackPhone, Show Boat casting controversy, and Wattpad’s After Dark Romance App

JanetPublishing Newsdigital books / diversity / free books / obituary / privacy / Race / racism / Silent Circle / Star Trek / wattpad5 Comments

Leonard Nimoy, Spock of ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 83 – The death of Leonard Nimoy on Friday morning hit the internet fast and hard, and although fans were hit extremely hard by Nimoy’s death, some wonderful tributes and memories were posted, reminding us of how multi-talented and socially engaged he ... more >

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January 9, 2014

Thursday News: Wattpad’s record year; Women in science and on the internet; Marketing your ebook; and More cool gadgets

JanetPublishing NewsEbooks / gender bias / marketing / smartphones / wattpad10 Comments

Wattpad Year in Review – 2013 – Wattpad had an impressive year. If converted to paper, they claim the totality of Wattpad stories in 2013 would weigh more than 1,000 elephants. Among the amazingness, they report that 7,544,914 pieces of fan fiction were uploaded to Wattpad, and material was available ... more >

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