Publishing Newsbook clubs / book market / Book pricing / First-Amendment / Gawker / genre tropes / Israel / law / lawsuit27 Comments
$115 million verdict in Hulk Hogan sex-tape lawsuit could wipe out Gawker – In a stunning victory, Hulk Hogan, aka Terry Bollea, won more than he sued Gawker for — $115 million (he sued for $100 million). And that doesn’t count punitive damages the jury will be considering this week. All for ... more >
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DABWAHA is here! – It’s that time of the year again! The annual DABWAHA tourney. In celebration of books and my love of the NCAA basketball tournament, Dear Author and Smart Bitches have teamed up to bring you the DABWAHA competition. Step one involves nominating your own favorite book published ... more >
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What We Know About the NSA and AT&T’s Spying Pact – We talk about mergers like the AT&T + DirectTV deal from an anti-trust standpoint, but new information about AT&T’s “highly collaborative” relationship with the NSA provides a new level of concern about the consolidation of companies with control over a ... more >
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Marvel’s Contest of Champions leaps from video game to comic book – In yet another sign that entertainment genres are simultaneously and paradoxically diversifying and merging, Marvel has announced that they will be creating a comic based on the video game Contest of Champions, which features kidnapped superheroes forced by ... more >
Publishing Newschildren's lit / coffee art / First-Amendment / ghostwriting / Hardy Boys / LGBTQIA literature / literary awards / Nancy Drew / self-expression / YA litComments Off on Thursday News: Lambda Literary Awards, ghostwriting the Hardy Boys, self-expression v. high school graduation, and coffee art
Lambda Literary Awards laud best gay, lesbian and transgender books – Monday night marked the 27th Lambda Literary Awards ceremony, hosted by Kate Clinton. The awards are divided into a wide range of categories, honoring genres such as poetry, memoir, graphic novel, mystery, romance, and genera fiction and nonfiction. Specific ... more >
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Supreme Court Overturns Conviction in Online Threats Case, Citing Intent – Although this opinion was released on Monday, I wanted the chance to skim the opinion before reporting on it, in part because the decision was being received as failing victims of online harassment. I disagree with that statement, at ... more >