Publishing Newsadult content / Blogger / censorship / Comic books / criticism / films / Google / Pink Floyd / poetry / Victorian literature24 Comments
ETA: Twitter was ablaze last night with the news that Bertrice Small has died. Although I could not find any formal announcement online, I wanted to include mention of this in the news this morning and let you know that I will post an obituary in the news, once some are published. ... more >
Publishing NewsArchie / Book Reviews / cable / Comics / copyright / criticism / Fair Use / public domain / SCOTUS6 Comments
Sherlock Holmes and the mystery of copyright – So the Conan Doyle estate has asked the US Supreme Court to stay the 7th Circuit’s recent decision. Fortunately, SCOTUS has already rejected the motion. There is a case to be made for the aggressive protection of an author’s intellectual property rights ... more >
Publishing NewsBarnes & Noble / Books on Board / Borders / criticism / Oprah / RITA / social media22 Comments
The Romance Reviews has a great big giveaway going on until August 31, 2010. Check them out. **** Barnes and Noble is advertising free digital books. Except these are books that are in the public domain so its a pretty lame promotion, if you ask me. I did a post ... more >
Letters of OpinionAuthor Reader Relationship / blogging / criticism / Ethics in Reviewing / reviews143 Comments
The question of whether there is a divide between authors and reader/blogger/reviewers has been discussed and debated here and elsewhere. To me it seems clear that it does, at least in some quarters. Some reader/blogger/reviewers, including some of my fellow bloggers here on Dear Author, have called out some authors ... more >
Publishing Newscriticism / criticism-of-romance / Literary Criticism / Louise-Allen4 Comments
Louise Allen’s book, Virgin Slave, Barbarian King, was one cited by Julie Bindel as part of the patriarchal propaganda designed to “feed directly into some women’s sense of themselves as lesser beings, as creatures desperate to be dominated.” Ms. Allen’s response was on the Guardian today. I wish Allen had ... more >
Publishing Newscriticism1 Comments
Steve Almond is using the Huffington Post to air his current grievance instead of waiting for the publication of his next book. Gawker, a popular New York literature gossip and opinion blog, has written some favorable and some unfavorable items about Almond. In return, Almond chooses to compare Gawker readers ... more >