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July 20, 2015

Monday News: UK digital rights, Canadian Twitter harassment case, Thunderbirds redux, and creepy dolls

JanetPublishing NewsCanada / copyright / criminal harassment / digital rights management / dolls / infringement / television / Twitter / UK2 Comments

Canadian Court Ponders If A Disagreement On Twitter Constitutes Criminal Harassment – A friend gave me a heads up to this story last week, but at that point I could only find one article that seemed completely biased toward the defendant, Greg Elliott, whose tweets to two women, Stephanie Guthrie ... more >

April 7, 2013

To Save Indies, Publishers Need to ReConsider DRM

JaneLetters of OpinionBooks on Board / digital rights management / ebook sales / indie booksellers26 Comments

Yesterday Books on Board posted a notice that it was “temporarily” shuttering the retail portion of its site.  Consumers could still access titles that they had previously purchased but no new purchases could be made.  This leaves some readers who had gift cards without recourse for now. One of the ... more >

Love Irresistibly
March 25, 2013

Monday News: Come see me and Julie James in Naperville IL

JanePublishing NewsApple / Barnes & Noble / digital rights management / iTunes / Nook6 Comments

I’m interviewing author Julie James at the Lady Jane’s Salon in Naperville IL, in conjunction with her new release “Love Irresistibly” which I did love.  I’m not sure what questions I’ll be asking her (so if you have any ideas, let me know).  But we would love to have you ... more >

iTunes
March 8, 2013

Friday News: Apple files for used digital good sales patent; B&N announces video licenses; Publisher rails against protection racket of bookstores; Readers beware

JanePublishing NewsAmazon / Apple / Author Reader Relationship / Barnes & Noble / digital rights management / Used-Book-Sales30 Comments

At Writer’s Unboxed yesterday (post has since been removed), the blog post was from an author (not a romance author) who was unhappy with the way in which readers interacted with her.  She enumerated several questions she didn’t like including the impertinent ones about money (how much do you make) ... more >

February 24, 2013

The case of the used digital book store

JaneEbooksAmazon / digital lending / digital rights management / Used-Book-Sales11 Comments

In January 29, 2013, Amazon was granted a  business systems patent for the sale of previously owned digital products. This patent was applied for in 2009 and Amazon has done nothing to indicate that it intends to set up a used digital bookstore either when it filed for its patent ... more >

cique du soleil
February 21, 2013

Thursday News: I’m running away to join the circus (and the indie bookstores who are suing Amazon should come with me)

JanePublishing News3D Printing / Amazon / circus / cooking / digital rights management / lawsuits / Science Fiction24 Comments

DRM Lawsuit Filed By Independent Bookstores Against Amazon, ‘Big Six’ Publishers – I think we all know that I am not a fan of DRM. I have also argued repeatedly that getting rid of DRM would reduce Amazon’s strangehold over readers and allow other bookstores to compete more readily with ... more >

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