Publishing Newsbook clubs / copyright / David Bowie / defamation / Fair Use / lawsuits / photography / privacy / pseudonyms5 Comments
Pseudonymous litigation, and alleged skulduggery in the world of romance novelists – I missed this story in September, but a DA reader kindly submitted it for the news, and it is definitely news. Author Randi Alexander and model/musician Jackson Young (both pseudonyms), are suing Kathryn Falk, Romantic Times, and Gracie ... more >
Publishing NewsComic books / consent / copyright / digital books / Internet Archive / literary inspiration / Netflix / sexual-assault3 Comments
The Internet Archive “Liberates” Books Published Between 1923 and 1941, and Will Put 10,000 Digitized Books Online – Utilizing a section of copyright law that allows libraries to digitize works published between 1923 and 1941 that are “not being actively sold,” the Internet Archive is working with a Tulane ... more >
Publishing Newsactivist poets / Cesar Chavez Day / copyright / Disney / Edible Book Festival / Iron Man / Marvel / Radix / rare books6 Comments
Comic-book artists claim Iron Man ripped off their ideas – Following up on the copyright story from yesterday’s news, this lawsuit filed by Ben and Ray Lai against Marvel and Disney for infringement of their Horizon Comics’ Radix series gets at some of the considerations when looking at whether a character is ... more >
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STEPHEN KING SUEDYOU TOOK MY GUNSLINGER TO ‘THE DARK TOWER’ – So apparently Stephen King has admitted to reading the comic book series featuring Restin Dane, who appeared between 1977 and 1983. And if you look at the covers and even the names of the two characters, there does seem to ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / copyright / creative commons / discoverability / Dudolf / free images / graphic memoir / Raid Sattouf1 Comments
With Amazon Books, Jeff Bezos Is Solving Digital Retail’s Biggest Design Flaw – Remember when the first brick-and-mortar Amazon bookstore opened and people were kind of flummoxed at the eclectic selection of books and the way all the books faced outward? Well, this article from Fast Company suggests that the Amazon bookstore ... more >
Publishing Newsbook subscription service / copyright / John Lewis / Noir Reads / piracy / writing gender16 Comments
Rep. John Lewis’s books sell out following Donald Trump’s attacks – In the war of words between John Lewis and Donald Trump, Lewis has scored at least five bestsellers, as all of his books hit the top 20 on Amazon this weekend, including the National Book Award-winning March. Which is particularly fitting ... more >