Publishing Newsdefamation / digital rights management / first-sale / Microsoft / plagiarism54 Comments
On Friday, I received a phone call from a lawyer in Utica, New York who represents Red Rose Publishing. RRP is claiming that I defamed them in this post here wherein I summarized the reported complaints of RRP authors and posted the president and owner’s email regarding her displeasure with ... more >
Ebooksdigital rights management / Ebooks38 Comments
If you operate on the premise that digital books are merely licenses and that readers are merely renting the use of the books, then the terms of engagement between the readers and the digital book are set by those that control the license – to wit, the people who control ... more >
FeaturesAmazon / book business / digital rights management / E-books / Ebooks / Harlequin / publishing48 Comments
Candace Sams continues her notoriety tour by making the Guardian blog. “When Authors Attack” is the headline. Sams has since deleted her posts, but we do have screenshots for posterity sake. If you haven’t had your fill of Amazon review craziness, check out the review thread for this book that ... more >
Features / Publishing NewsAmazon / Barnes & Noble / BEA / Debut-book / digital rights management / Google / Harlequin / Text to Speech5 Comments
The new draft of the Google Book Settlement was due yesterday but the parties asked (and was granted) until Friday to present a new settlement agreement. Given that the biggest part of the GBKS were orphan works and that was what drew the biggest complaints, I wonder how any new ... more >
Features / Publishing NewsBarnes & Noble / censorship / digital rights management / FTC / Smart BitchesComments Off on Weekend Links: Goodbye Romance Novel TV
Sydney Morning Herald has a nice article about romance in conjunction with Beyond Heaving Bosoms, a guide to romance written by SB Sarah and SD Candy. So thank Eros for two Americans, Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan, who dreamed up Mavis for their book Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches’ ... more >
Publishing NewsAuthor Reader Relationship / digital publishing / digital rights management / Publishers-Weekly20 Comments
RIAA (and hence the music industry) believes that your digital product should not play into perpetuity but rather you, the consumer, should be required to repurchase a digital product from time to time. Steven Metalitz, an attorney representing the RIAA and MPAA, during the DMCA exemption hearings asserted the argument ... more >