Friday News: Random House launches three digital only imprints; Trademark rejected; First sale case criticized by Colbert; Somewhat increase protection for emails introduced

Nov 30 2012

Friday News: Random House launches three digital only imprints; Trademark rejected; First sale case criticized by Colbert; Somewhat increase protection for emails introduced

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(…)

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Thursday News: B&N DRM troubles; FTC gone fishing; Bowker’s sad and wrong self publishing stats

Nov 29 2012

Thursday News: B&N DRM troubles; FTC gone fishing; Bowker’s sad and wrong self publishing stats

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(…)

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Wednesday News: S&S offers AuthorSolutions Self Publishing Packages; Amazon sales in UK near $3 billion; Duolingo

Nov 28 2012

Wednesday News: S&S offers AuthorSolutions Self Publishing Packages; Amazon sales in UK near $3 billion; Duolingo

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(…)

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Tuesday News: Fake Facebook Update Status; Android usage down; One company seeks to teach the world to code

Nov 27 2012

Tuesday News: Fake Facebook Update Status; Android usage down; One company seeks to teach the world to code

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(…)

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Monday News: New stalking laws in the UK; Useless Websites; Integrity of science journals in jeopardy; Algorithms misused

Nov 26 2012

Monday News: New stalking laws in the UK; Useless Websites; Integrity of science journals in jeopardy; Algorithms misused

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(…)

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Thursday News: Cloud based emails have no protection; 50 Shades sends out C&D in France; Nook $59 at BN

Nov 22 2012

Thursday News: Cloud based emails have no protection; 50 Shades sends out C&D in France; Nook $59 at BN

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(…)

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Wednesday News: OMG’s first use may be traced back to 1917; HarperCollins & S&S are in talks to merge; New Romance author justifies writing romances

Nov 21 2012

Wednesday News: OMG’s first use may be traced back to 1917; HarperCollins & S&S are in talks to merge; New Romance author justifies writing romances

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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Nov 20 2012

Tuesday News: Get an action figure of yourself; Gaming should focus on women; Penguin somewhat expands its digital library lending reach

Why the gaming industry needs to pay attention to girls – Pando Daily article cites statistics that suggest the gaming industry’s hardcore focus on the male population is to their detriment: “Women control more than 80 percent of spending. 60 percent of online gamers are women. 94 percent of girls under 18 report playing video(…)

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Monday News: Amazon losing billions on video streaming; Your genes determine whether you are a night owl

Nov 19 2012

Monday News: Amazon losing billions on video streaming; Your genes determine whether you are a night owl

Amazon Stops Testing $7.99 Monthly Option for Prime – About two weeks ago, Amazon announced you could join Amazon Prime on a monthly basis for $7.99.  As of November 16, 2012, Amazon has discontinued this service saying that it was just a test and the test is now done. There is something more afoot there(…)

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Nov 16 2012

Friday News: Fictionwise Shutters Its Doors; Real Readers Read Print; Mills & Boon Meets Bollywood; Readers Unlikely to Pay Substantial Sums for Subscription

From my inbox: Dear Fictionwise Publisher/Author, As you may know, Barnes & Noble acquired Fictionwise, Inc. (Fictionwise) on March 3, 2009. Fictionwise runs several eBook websites, including Fictionwise.com, eReader.com and eBookwise.com. Over the past few years there has been a significant decrease in demand for many of the eBook formats that Fictionwise.com sells. In contrast,(…)

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Thursday News: Apple granted a patent for page turns; Bookstore sales fall 8%; Goodreads posts about book discovery

Nov 15 2012

Thursday News: Apple granted a patent for page turns; Bookstore sales fall 8%; Goodreads posts about book discovery

September Bookstore Sales Fell 8% – I guess by now anyone who has ever been interested in reading a 50 Shades book has bought it already. In September the spring and summer’s robust sales due to the trilogy have worn off leaving bookstore sales to droop 8% behind the previous year’s already lackluster numbers. Publishers(…)

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Nov 14 2012

Wednesday News: Two incredible essays from authors–one tragic and one hysterical

My Book, ‘Stranger To History’, Was Used To Defend My Father’s Killer – Aatish Taseer wrote a memoir and in it he described certain family events where his father ate pork, drank alcohol, and had fathered a half Indian child. When his father was assassinated, Taseer’s book was used to exonerate the killer. Taseer writes(…)

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Tuesday News: New retail revenue models for publishing

Nov 13 2012

Tuesday News: New retail revenue models for publishing

Bookboard tries Netflix-like model for kids’ ebooks – Bookboard (not to be confused with Books on Board like I initially did upon reading this story) is a new digital retailer designed to deliver Netflix like access to children’s books. It is currently free during the public beta, but the commercial launch will occur somewhere in(…)

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Monday News: Is Gawker the arbiter of internet justice; India selling $20 tablets to students; and the need for a Social Network Constitution

Nov 12 2012

Monday News: Is Gawker the arbiter of internet justice; India selling $20 tablets to students; and the need for a Social Network Constitution

How A Simple Gmail Search Could Lead To An Invasion Of Your Privacy – Lori Andrews, a law professor and director of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology at the Illinois Institute of Technology suggests that we need a Social Network Constitution where individuals can have a private sphere outside public life. Q. How(…)

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Friday News: More Twilight fan fiction goes mainstream; Stanford introduces open source educational platform; Royal Society archives reveal more influential females in science

Nov 9 2012

Friday News: More Twilight fan fiction goes mainstream; Stanford introduces open source educational platform; Royal Society archives reveal more influential females in science

‘Twilight’ Fanfiction Hit ‘The Office’ Gets Book Deal – Gallery has bought the Twilight fan fiction of Christina Hobbs (aka TBY789) and Lauren Billings (aka Lolashoes) called The Office. The story is Edward as the boss and Bella as his assistant. This will be published by Gallery in 2013 as “Beautiful Bastard” and “Beautiful Stranger”.(…)

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