Publishing NewsBarnes & Noble / class / Hugo Awards / literacy / piracy / poverty / reading / Romance Writers of Australia / SFF / writer's conferences14 Comments
2015 Hugo Awards Ceremony – Missed the Hugo Awards ceremony? You can catch it (in four parts) on Livestream. I hear that Laura Mixon’s acceptance speech for Best Fan Writer was particularly moving. –Livestream Viewpoint: Changes at Barnes & Noble may indicate a privilege problem – Nick Norton of Wayne State ... more >
Publishing NewsBanned-Books / censorship / class / intellectual property / Libraries / patent / Supreme Court / television / trademark1 Comments
Supreme Court cuts the string on Spider-Man toy inventor’s patent – A Spider-Man toy wristband that shoots a silly-string like “spider web” was collecting royalties from Marvel well past the expiration of its patent, pursuant to an open-ended contract between the toy’s creator, Stephen Kimble, and Marvel. However, the Supreme Court ... more >
Publishing NewsAmerica / class / copyright / dmca / Earth Day / food / infringement / nature / Race / technology / YouTube5 Comments
How the DMCA made YouTube – A really interesting piece on the way the DMCA, which was enacted in 1998, and in particular the safe harbor provision, has allowed services like YouTube to flourish. Given the onerous provisions of the DMCA, and with all of the changes at YouTube (and ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / BEA / class / digital publishing / diversity / gender / Hachette / obituary / patriarchy10 Comments
Why Amazon Is Actually The ‘Very Best Thing’ For Small Publishers Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-vs-hachette-small-publishers-side-2014-5 – Another perspective weighs in on the Amazon – Hachette conflict, this time (some) small publishers. As the big guys fight it out, this argument goes, the smaller publishers (and, I’m thinking, independent authors acting as ... more >
Publishing Newsbook-covers / class / Literary fiction / literary prizes / marriage / Pulitzer5 Comments
Guardian and Washington Post win Pulitzer prize for NSA revelations – A full list of finalists and winners can be found here. While the fiction prizes are always of interest, this year the spotlight is definitely on the journalism awards, especially reporting on the NSA surveillance and the Boston Marathon ... more >
B Reviewsclass / friendship / Love-Triangle / Small-Town / Urban-Fantasy / Virginia / Young-Adult7 Comments
Note: I’m attempting to be vague on plot details to avoid spoilers for both this book and The Raven Boys, however I strongly recommend they be read in order. Dear Ms. Stiefvater: Those who have read the young adult urban fantasy The Raven Boys, know that it ends on a ... more >