Dec 12 2012
Tower Bridge forced to open for 50 foot rubber duck | London – ITV News – Jackpotjoy.com was responsible for sending a giant rubber duck down the Thames, forcing the Tower Bridge to open in order to allow the duck to pass. Jackpotjoy is a gambling site and its “Facebook Fundation” is “a bursary granting(…)
Dec 11 2012
Yesterday was Ada Lovelace’s birthday and given her historical significance, it brought to mind the recent debate about women’s place in historical fiction. One reader shared with author Scott Lynch his dismay that Lynch would write about a wish fulfillment story featuring a black middle aged female pirate. Lynch profanely tells the reader that he(…)
Dec 10 2012
As of this past weekend, all the settling publishers appear to have abandoned agency agreements with Amazon. Hopefully new deals will be struck between retailers like All Romance eBooks, Books on Board, Kobo and the like so that readers have true opportunity to shop around. Ohio lawyer sues mug-shot websites – An Ohio lawyer is(…)
Dec 7 2012
It’s winter and it’s Friday. I figured we could all use a laugh. Historically Authentic Sexism in Fantasy. Let’s Unpack That. – We in the romance community have heard the “It’s historically accurate” justification plenty of times as it relates to rape and misogyny. Tansyrr suggests that fantasy writers stop trotting out that old canard(…)
Dec 6 2012
Twitter / HistoricPapers: @Amateur_Casual @JayneShrimpton … – This fantastic photo turned up in my twitter stream. It is a Victorian photograph. Historic Papers @amateur_casual @jayneshrimpton Not sure what decade this is from but possibly a close contender!? twitter.com/HistoricPapers… — Historic Newspapers (@HistoricPapers) December 5, 2012 Kindle FreeTime Unlimited – Have a kid who wants(…)
Dec 5 2012
Introducing an ultra low cost, long lasting battery made of water and blue dye – A company is testing a battery made out of water and Prussian blue dye. Seriously this means if you pee in your jeans, you could power your battery, right? Cleantech News and Analysis New Scientist TV: Invisible Wi-Fi signals caught(…)
Dec 4 2012
August AAP Sales Rise, As eBooks Continue to Moderate – The publishersmarketplace summary of August sales indicate a stabilization, of sorts, in the book market. Mass market books have finally (after years of declining numbers) shown a slight increase. According to PW and PM, this is a result of a decline in returns. The same(…)
Dec 3 2012
The rise of the ‘Wimpy Kid’ empire – What’s a bigger literary empire than 50 Shades? Jeff Kinney’s Wimpy Kid series. Strangely you don’t see the “I want to die” or “Civilization is coming to an end” when the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books are being discussed. Having read three of them, I asked(…)
Nov 30 2012
Judge, Jury & Executioner – Copyright Law – The Colbert Report – 2012-26-11 – Video Clip – Stephen Colbert took on the Kirtsaeng case which may have far reaching affects on the right of first sale for consumers. The question for the Supreme Court in the Kirtsaeng case is whether a product sold overseas, purchased(…)
Nov 29 2012
The stars are liars: how Twitter outs celebrity smartphone shills | The Verge – Remember back a couple of years ago when the FTC got a flea up its butt about blogger endorsements of products? The book community became concerned and believed initially they were a target (they weren’t according to the FTC contact I(…)
Nov 28 2012
Simon & Schuster Creates Self-Publishing Unit, Archway Publishing – Simon & Schuster is offering self publishing services under a company name of Archway. Archway is using a white label form of Authors Solution that powers the Harlequin Dell Arte self publishing program. Author Solutions was bought by Penguin earlier this year. Devu Gandhi of S&S(…)
Nov 27 2012
Beware the False Privacy Notice Posted All Over Facebook – A fake copyright notice spread around Facebook yesterday claiming that under the “Berner Convention” if you declared your copyright over uploaded photos and facebook statuses, you would be able to prevent Facebook from reusing them without your permission. There is no Berner Convention, it’s the(…)
Nov 26 2012
Facebook Removes Risqué Photograph of Woman Showing an Elbow – A website posted a picture of a woman in a bathtub where only her head, shoulders and elbows could be seen. The picture was taken down by Facebook for indecency. (Of course, 12 Year Old Sluts is okay, but elbows are not). According to one(…)
Nov 22 2012
Black Friday / Cyber Monday Week – BN is offering the Nook Simple Touch at $59 in stores. Barnes & Noble Publisher cracks whip over ‘Fifty Shades’ spin-offs – This is rich. E.L. James and her French publishers are targeting spin offs. There may be a different copyright law in France but her editor calls(…)
Nov 21 2012
First Known Use of OMG? – From Jodi Ettenberg comes documentary proof of a 1917 use of OMG. By the way, we are all saying it wrong. I had been putting the emphasis after every word instead of after the My God. For the sight impaired, it reads as follows: Twitter Lord Fisher to the(…)
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