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Tuesday News: 2014 publishing mergers, Tom Kabinet survives first ruling,...
Publishers’ Acquisition Activity Picks Up – An interesting piece from Publishers Weekly that lists the acquisitions and mergers publishers have taken between January and June 2014. According to the...
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Friday News: Kindle Unlimited & Amazon lists, Amazon profits down, Apple gets...
Daily Update: Influence of Kindle Unlimited on Amazon “Bestsellers” Grows – Since Kindle Unlimited began, everyone is watching the lists to see if they can discern the impact of the program on Big 5...
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Monday News: Apple settlement fast-tracked, Sony Reader defunct, great Roxane...
Note: I’m putting together a list of WWI resources for a future news post, from comic books to library archives, so if you have any you’d like to contribute, feel free to submit via the DA submission...
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Tuesday News: Harper Collins funds booksellers, Tor for higher ed, Apple’s...
Harper Has New Indie Marketing Fund – As of July 1st, retailers may receive money based on their sales of Harper Collins books for the previous year, with which they can “promote creative...
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Wednesday News: Silicon Valley’s lack of diversity, Technology and the future...
Apple’s numbers prove again that Silicon Valley is run by white and Asian men – Depending on where you have dinner in Napa, you can see this phenomenon play out anecdotally in terms of who has money to...
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Monday News: German authors v. Amazon, retailers v. Apple, Apple shareholders...
German Authors Join Protest Over Amazon’s Tactics in E-Book Dispute – With over 1,000 author signatures, a German petition is drawing more attention to the situation between Amazon and Bonnier,...
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Thursday News: Will Apple introduce the iWatch in September, OverDrive’s new...
Will Apple unveil the iWatch at the same time as the iPhone 6? – Gigaom picks up on the Re/Code story that claims a September 9th release of the new iWatch, along with the new Apple iPhone models....
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Monday News: Apple speculation builds, Kate Mosse and genre fiction, Jane the...
A fun exercise in speculation: Would I buy Apple’s rumored products? – As anticipation builds about next Tuesday’s Apple announcement(s), so does speculation about what product(s) will be introduced...
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Wednesday News: Apple announces new products, Barnes & Noble loses less money...
Apple Watch, iPhone 6, and More: The Apple Announcement from A to Z – So the dreamers were correct – Apple did, indeed, introduce three new products, including two new iPhones and the much anticipated...
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Thursday News: Change your Google Password NOW, Apple settlement notice to...
PASSWORDS FOR 5 MILLION GOOGLE ACCOUNTS LEAKED – Although passwords have since been removed, and Google claims that most of the information is no longer current and valid, almost 5 million email...
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Tuesday News: The Seven-Figure Advance, Apple settlement approved, report on...
The Rise of the Seven-Figure Advance – This is a pretty interesting trend, because it seems to point to both the importance of the so-called “big books” for traditional publishing, and the competition...
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Friday News: Apple’s appeal, Kindle Scout’s selections, Australian awards...
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...
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Monday News: Apple’s storage space problem, Sci-Fi Romance, “nerd...
Apple sued for shrinking storage space on 16GB devices thanks to iOS 8 – Two Florida residents have filed suit in California against Apple, alleging that they have misrepresented the amount of storage...
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Thursday News: RIP Bertrice Small, Apple loses another lawsuit, Hollywood and...
Remembering Bertrice Small: 1937 – 2015 – Despite the lack of formal obituaries for Beatrice Small (and what is up with THAT???), RT Book Reviews has a nice tribute to the late author (she was only...
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Tuesday News: the Apple Watch, fraudulent DMCA notices, indie publishing...
INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING AND DMCA ABUSE, OR “HOW A SCAMMER GOT MY BOOK BLOCKED WITH VERY LITTLE EFFORT” – A pretty chilling tale about how author Becca Mills had her book removed from Smashwords and...
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Friday News: Apple fights sale of Radio Shack data, news sharing and social...
Apple asks court to block the sale of some RadioShack data – Part of the process for Radio Shack’s bankruptcy is the sale of the company’s assets, which include customer data. Remember when Barnes and...
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Apple Watch Part 1: Unboxing and Preliminary Observations
My Apple Watch has arrived. This was an exciting moment at JSON HQ. I’m going to save a meatier review for after I’ve had the watch for a while. Meanwhile, here’s the unboxing and some preliminary...
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A little Shakespeare, Internet Fairness, Apple’s music program, and the...
Here’s What Happens to Your $10 After You Pay for a Month of Apple Music – Despite rumors circulating that Apple will only pay music rights owners 58% in revenue, well below the 70% industry standard,...
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I Watched and You’ll Never Believe What Happened Next (Not Really)
My second generation Pebble still hasn’t arrived yet … The compare and contrast post I was hoping for remains unwritten as of yet. I CAN talk about two weeks with the Watch. I’ve worn it daily in my...
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Friday News: The Over-Reach Edition
DoJ’s Gag Order On Reason Has Been Lifted — But The Real Story Is More Outrageous Than We Thought – You may be familiar with the frightening and bizarre federal grand jury subpoena and gag order served...
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