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 >
Ebooks / Letters of Opiniondigital rights management / Ebooks / Intellectual Property Issues21 Comments
Disclaimer: While I am an attorney, the following should not be construed as legal advice. Each case, the application of law to that case, and each client and lawyer are unique to that particular case. If you feel like this is an issue which may affect you, please seek professional ... 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 >
Publishing Newsdigital rights management / Harlequin / iPad / Kindle / plagiarism / privacy / Reader Opinions / Simon & Schuster11 Comments
More plagiarism from authors and journalists. NY Times has another reporter who has admitted to lifting text from other journalists, specifically from the Wall Street Journal. He apologized and said he thought it was his own material. Slate made up its own list of excuses by plagiarists. But apologies might ... 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 >