Publishing NewsApple / Ethics in Reviewing / intellectual property / Intellectual Property Issues / paid reviews26 Comments
Book Reviewers for Hire Meet a Demand for Online Raves – NYTimes.com – This NYTimes article simply confirms what we know is true. Buying reviews is worthwhile for authors. It’s not ethical, but it works. Jason Rutherford set up a business to sell reviews. At one point he was making ... more >
Publishing NewsAuthor Reader Relationship / book selling / death / Ethics in Reviewing / Penny Jordan32 Comments
There are two big tech publishing conferences that take place in the spring. One is Digital Book World and the second is Tools of Change. (The latter is one that I’ve gone to for 3 years). Different companies collect data and present that data at these conferences. One such survey ... more >
Features / Publishing NewsAmazon / Ethics in Reviewing / FTC / Harlequin / Kindle / transparency18 Comments
Copyright Licensing is a non profit copyright collective that represents publishers and authors. Yesterday (or was it Monday), CL began to digitize more than 300 of its most famous books and will be seeking the rights from publishers and authors to digitize others. These books will be made available to ... more >
Publishing Newsblogging / Ethics / Ethics in Reviewing / FTC / transparency37 Comments
I spoke with Richard Cleland this morning. I shared with him my concerns. I think that the enforcement of the rules are still in the developmental stage. Cleland reiterated what he told other blogs that this is the educational period. I don’t see the FTC regulations being revised, but apparently ... more >
Letters of Opinionbloggers / bloggers-rights / Ethics / Ethics in Reviewing / Reader Reviews / review blogs82 Comments
more animals Do you remember the movie "Election," with Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick? In the first scene Mr. McAllister asks his high school class about the difference between ethics and morals. Ironically, of course, the one student who eagerly attempts to answer the question is also the one who ... 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 >