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January 27, 2015

Tuesday News: Indie bookstores & digital books, Anita Sarkeesian’s new year, oral histories of Auschwitz, and optical illusion paintings

JanetPublishing NewsArt / Auschwitz / bookstores / digital books / Gamergate / gender / harassment / History / Kobo / Misogyny / optical illusions / oral history / print books / representation / World War II2 Comments

Mixed Results for Bricks-and-Mortar Stores with Digital Content – Many independent bookstores have been making a comeback, in large part from the strength of print books. However, according to this article, when it comes to digital, the brick and mortar bookselling industry has not figured out exactly what their place ... more >

January 9, 2015

Friday News: Patterson donates $1M to bookstores, Ebooks in India, a poet’s reinvention, and powerful WWII graphic

JanetPublishing NewsBiography / Ebooks / independent bookstores / maps / poetry / print books / publishing / World War II5 Comments

Book News: James Patterson Makes Good On $1M Promise To Indies – Regardless of whatever you think about James Patterson’s insistence that American literature is imperiled, you have to respect his willingness to put his money where his mouth is and substantially aid independent bookstores. 81 more independent bookstores have ... more >

January 7, 2015

REVIEW: When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II by Molly Guptill Manning

SiriusB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsBooks / non-fiction / reading / World War II10 Comments

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When America entered World War II in 1941, we faced an enemy that had banned and burned over 100 million books and caused fearful citizens to hide or destroy many more. Outraged librarians launched a campaign to send free books to American troops and gathered 20 million hardcover donations. In ... more >

December 24, 2014

REVIEW: The Bells of Times Square by Amy Lane

WillafulB+ Reviews / Recommended Readscabin romance / forbidden-love / holiday setting / love story / m/m / virgin hero / World War II5 Comments

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Dear Amy Lane: Readers have been expressing their dissatisfaction with the lack of depictions of religion or faith in romance, outside of inspirationals. The Bells of Time Square isn’t at all preachy, but religion is very much a part of the main character’s life. By strict definition, this is a ... more >

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December 12, 2014

Friday News: Apple’s appeal, Kindle Scout’s selections, Australian awards controversy, and books on the battlefield

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / Apple / crowdsourcing / History / Kindle Scout / lawsuit / literary awards / paperback books / price-fixing / World War II3 Comments

Can Apple Win Its E-book Appeal? – This is a pretty good primer on Apple’s appeal to Judge Cote’s 2013 judgment against them in the now-infamous conspiracy and price-fixing case against the big NY publishers and Apple. The Department of Justice, of course, continues to claim that their evidence against ... more >

October 30, 2014

REVIEW: The Only Thing to Fear by Caroline Tung Richmond

JiaC ReviewsAlternate History / biracial heroine / scholastic / World War II / Young-Adult3 Comments

Dear Ms. Richmond, For the benefit of our readers, I’m going to repost the cover copy here. It’s been a while since I’ve read an alternate history, and I’m realizing it’s awfully hard to be concise when describing it! In a stunning reimagining of history, debut author Caroline Tung Richmond ... more >

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