May 23 2013
Important! My family and I are doing *things* this next week so I’m taking a mini vacation from Dear Author News. We’ll still have our daily reviews and daily deals (of course) but unless I’m feeling really energetic, there won’t be any news again until Wednesday, May 29. That’s when BEA starts and I suspect(…)
Mar 11 2013
Wool: Sci-Fi’s Underground Hit – There are a lot of interesting details in this WSJ article about Hugh Howey. Setting aside that this article could have just as easily profiled Colleen Hoover writing about young women struggling with losing their parents or dealing with sexual abuse rather than Hugh Howey, the article discusses the print(…)
Feb 15 2013
Barnes & Noble warns investors to expect more bad Nook news – It is possible that B&N’s transformation from book store to something completely different will happen before the end of 2013. B&N has delayed giving its quarterly fiscal reports until February 28. B&N has gone on to warn investors that the losses in 2013(…)
Feb 8 2013
Higher E-book Sales Lead to Lower Revenues at Hachette Book Group – Bring back the printed book says one commenter after reading that Hachette’s revenue is decreasing due to greater sales in ebooks over print books. Net sales from digital products in 2012 – e-books plus downloadable audio – totaled 26% of overall HBG revenue(…)
Jan 23 2013
Employers’ Social Media Policies Come Under Regulatory Scrutiny – Employees have been fired for saying things online that companies don’t like but the National Labor Relations Board says that this type of constraint of speech is inappropriate. But in a series of recent rulings and advisories, labor regulators have declared many such blanket restrictions illegal.(…)
Nov 9 2012
‘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”.(…)
Oct 4 2012
Marriage equality is up for a vote in Washington this year. Two Seattle artists created this video in support legalizing same sex marriage. Don’t forget to vote this year. It’s as important as it ever was. The long tail of Lego | The Great Debate – I haven’t read Makers and I’m not sure that(…)
Sep 25 2012
Fanfiction – Deb sent me a link to this video. It’s a rather fun look at fan fiction including a historical aspect. Did you know that someone published a sequel to Don Quixote? Unauthorized?Know Your Meme Hold the front page: cover art is going out of fashion – James Bridle suggests that ereaders have no(…)
Jul 11 2012
Underwater map of fiber cabling – Telegeography.com Thought this was very cool. The screenshot captures just a tiny portion of the entire world’s fiber cabling. PayPal Bans Major File-Hosting Services Over Piracy Concerns | TorrentFreak – “In recent weeks, PayPal has cut off many of the world’s largest filehosting sites from its service including MediaFire,(…)
Apr 23 2012
No deals today. Hasn’t your wallet suffered enough damage from the Johanna Lindsey backlist bonanza? No, okay. Samhain is offering 30% off. You can pick up Love is a Battlefield by Tamara Morgan or Once Upon a Dream by Jennifer Archer. The first story is a sad one. Update x 2: Kristi, the Story Siren,(…)
Apr 16 2012
Dear Ms. Gale, This premise had ‘January’ written all over it. The erotic adventures of Jane (from the Tarzan books)? It sounded like a fun read to me. Unfortunately, it wasn’t what I had in mind. I had imagined this to be an erotic retelling of Jane and Tarzan. Instead, this is a series that(…)
Mar 22 2012
In light of fan fiction, collaboration, and just plain fascinating stuff comes the story of a Redditor turned screenplay writer. Wired recounts the transformation of James Erwin from Redditor commenter who began to envision a story about a group of military folks in Afghanistan being time warped back to the Roman period. His scenes made(…)
Mar 21 2012
Thanks for having me! I’m happy to take follow-ups, but I’m in the middle of a busy teaching semester so may not be as fast as I’d ideally be. From Ros: Have there been any test cases where fanfiction authors have been sued for breach of copyright (or other related issues)? In(…)
Mar 20 2012
Short Answer: It depends. Longer Answer: The courts have constructed a two part test to determine if characters enjoy copyright. This test has been unevenly applied across the circuit courts (the courts just below the US Supreme Court). The first test is to determine whether the character is capable of copyright. In other words, a(…)
Mar 19 2012
Sarah: My experience with fanfiction comes from two different directions: as a Jane Austen scholar and as a reader of m/m romance. I have to say from the start that I don’t willingly read fan fiction. I know that it can be a wonderful thing for writers and readers and fan communities, as Jan and(…)
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