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 >
Spoiler Alert: Artificial Intelligence Can Predict How Scenes Will Play Out – Although still at a very early stage, this technology is a step forward in the ability for machines to predict how a scene will play out, which has implications for everything from automatic video tagging in Facebook to self-driving ... more >
We’re Set to Get a New Tolkien Book in 2017 – And it’s a love story! Although Beren and Lúthien is going to be “crafted” by Tolkien’s son Christopher, based on “its introduction in The Silmarillion. The story will be filled out from its different mentions in Toklkein’s History of Middle-earth series, ... more >
Here’s Nick Denton’s goodbye note to Gawker – Despite a standing offer from Ziff Davis, Univision ended up the winner in the Gawker auction, and a federal bankruptcy judge has signed off on the $135 million deal. Not surprisingly, Univision didn’t want Gawker.com to be part of the deal, or Nick ... more >
The Marvel Chairman, a Hate-Mail Feud and Claims of Stolen DNA – This case is almost impossible to summarize, but it basically boils down to a feud between Marvel Entertainment Chairman Isaac “Ike” Perlmutter and Toronto’s Mandrake Management founder Harold Peerenboom over the contract to maintain a Florida neighborhood’s tennis courts. And that feud has ... more >
New Chapter for Classic Paris Bookstore: Books Printed on Demand – A great profile of legendary Paris bookstore, Librairie les Puf, which has been converted to POD via the Espresso Book Machine (you can watch a video on the technology here). At a time when some physical bookstores are selling non-book ... more >