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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 >
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Post-Election Reading: Bookseller Picks – For those of us who are still reeling from/traumatized by/unable to logically process/terrified by the implications of last week’s US presidential election, reading may be a challenge. Time for comfort reading, escapism, political commentary, happy endings only? This post from Publishers Weekly consults booksellers for recommendations ... more >
Publishing Newsapps / copyright / Fair Use / Google / legal defense / literary awards / marketing / National Book Awards / software / television / Twitter / YouTubeComments Off on Friday News: National Book Awards, YouTube’s Fair Use advocacy, marketing apps, and Twitter’s TV hopefuls
Ta-Nehisi Coates Wins National Book Award – The least surprising, but nevertheless moving, win of the night was Ta-Nehisi Coates for his non-fiction work, Between the World and Me. Adam Johnson won the award for Fiction, Neal Shusterman for Young People’s Literature, Robin Coste Lewis for Poetry, James Patterson won the Literarian Award, and Don DeLillo won ... more >
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Independent Romance Reader/Blogger Meoskop Dies – The Romance community lost a veteran contributor yesterday. Meoskop had been suffering from a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer, and had given herself the hashtag #DogNamedLucky — this was her third time with cancer – as she tweeted her progress in treatment. Her ... more >
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A Year Later, #WeNeedDiverseBooks Has Left Its Mark On BookCon – So compared to last year, the organizers of BEA feel like they’ve come a long way, with the help of the #weneeddiversebooks campaign. The international element of this year’s event may have been part of that, too. You can ... more >
Publishing NewsArt / Chinese literature / copyright / digital archives / Fair Use / infringement / Science Fiction / YouTubeComments Off on Monday News: YouTube & ContentID, suing for hypothetical infringement, Tate Archive adds content, and origins of Chinese Science Fiction
Congrats on the 10-Year Anniversary YouTube, Now Please Fix Content ID – YouTube is ten years old! It has definitely changed over the years, and not always for the better. EFF notes that the automated system YouTube uses to authenticate content and protect the IP rights of those who own ... more >