Jan 17 2012
On Wednesday from 8 am EST to 8 pm EST, Dear Author will join others like WordPress and Wikipedia in going dark. We are joining these other sites in solidarity to protest SOPA and PIPA, in their current incarnation, bills that will be used to censor the internet. Think of it this way. A number(…)
Jan 17 2012
News Even though the House has purportedly backed off from bringing SOPA to the floor, the idea is still percolating on Capital Hill. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid still plans to bring PIPA to the floor for a vote. Tomorrow, many sites on the internet are going black including Wikipedia. Twitter CEO has lashed out,(…)
Jan 4 2012
NEWS Apple is hosting a media event in New York later this month and according to various websites, the focus is on books. There is some speculation that Apple will be rolling out a more full fledged self publishing platform. It already accepts self published books and Pages, Apple’s word processor, has a “save as(…)
Dec 23 2011
News Google has filed its motion to dismiss in the Google Book Settlement. The motion is based on a legal term known as standing. Not everyone can sue anyone else. You must have “standing” and Google is arguing that only the individual authors and artists have standing, not groups such as the Authors Guild. In(…)
Dec 14 2011
In case you missed it yesterday, BN just launched gifting of ebooks. YAY! Look for deals at the end of the post. **** Seth Godin has a list of publishers that are supporting SOPA, a bill that many internet supporters believe will allow large corporations to cut off content access for individuals. SOPA is up for(…)
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