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February 21, 2014

Friday News: James Patterson funds indie bookstores, BEA adds more self-publishing content, Archie and Betty enter the YA market, and Nintendo takes aim at piracy

JanetPublishing NewsArchie comics / BEA / bookstores / DRM / James Patterson / Nintendo / piracy / Self-publishing / YA5 Comments

Author James Patterson To Give $1 Million To Bookstores – In that fine tradition of putting your money where your mouth is, James Patterson is giving grants of up to $15,000 to independent bookstores, likening his effort to the US government’s bailout of banks and automobile manufacturers. The money is ... more >

February 6, 2014

Thursday News: Penguin’s new 13-year old author, NYT lament on YA, NoiseTrade’s free books, and Zane’s money woes

JanetPublishing Newsaudiobooks / Ebooks / NoiseTrade / Veronica Roth / YA / Zane8 Comments

Penguin Signs 13-Year-Old Author – Jake Marcionette is writing a series featuring sixth grader Jake Ali Mathews, who moves with his family from Florida to Maryland and has to settle into his new school and his new life. The first book in the series is set to publish this month, ... more >

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January 30, 2014

Thursday News: DA offline on Friday, Shakespeare the scientist, art and failure, sensory books, a love like P&P, and B&N YA exclusives

JanetPublishing NewsArt / B&N / Pride-and-Prejudice / science / sensory fiction / Shakespeare / YA10 Comments

Note: Dear Author will be offline tomorrow, Friday, January 31st, to test out our new theme. Please keep your fingers crossed that everything will go smoothly, and in the meantime, visit our Facebook site, where Jane will be giving away books throughout the day. William Shakespeare, the ‘king of infinite space’ ... more >

January 15, 2014

REVIEW: Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

JanineB- ReviewsFantasy / witch / wizards / YA33 Comments

Dear Readers, Since beloved children’s book author Diana Wynne Jones passed away a few years ago, this review is addressed to you. My husband and I read the classic YA novel Howl’s Moving Castle recently. It was a fun and funny novel and I enjoyed it, but I didn’t love ... more >

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January 8, 2014

Wednesday News: Apple’s ongoing legal fight; YA/kidlit authors recite their own reviews; cool US libraries; Fifty Shades as bait; and a fun dialect quiz

JanetPublishing NewsApple / children's lit / dialect / digital book settlement / Fifty Shades / Libraries / YA52 Comments

Is Apple’s E-Book Fight Worth the Trouble? – Apple, Apple, Apple. A succinct summary of the various ways in which Apple has stalled, obstructed, resisted, and otherwise refused to cooperate with the Justice Department investigation and the price fixing suit. Regardless of one’s feelings about the government, this is starting ... more >

September 26, 2013

REVIEW: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

JanineB- ReviewsHistorical Fantasy / Magic / Russia / YA / Young-Adult13 Comments

READERS PLEASE NOTE: Since Siege and Storm is the second book in Leigh Bardugo’s Grisha trilogy, the review of this book below will by necessity include spoilers for the first book, Shadow and Bone. My spoiler free review of Shadow and Bone can be found here. Dear Ms. Bardugo, Shadow ... more >

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