August 8, 2014

Friday News: Google + BN v. Amazon; Plagiarism (Again!); Randy Queen v. Escher Girls; 18th C novel titles

JanetPublishing News18th C fiction / Amazon / Art / Barnes & Noble / book title / copyright / delivery / Fair Use / Google / Literary fiction / plagiarism10 Comments

Google and Barnes & Noble Unite to Take On Amazon – New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco are now test markets for the new partnership between Barnes & Noble and Google that promises same-day delivery to customers. The approach is more personalized, with couriers who actually go to the ... more >

July 24, 2014

Thursday News: Popular French blogger sued, authors hope to solve the Amazon-Hachette dispute, a bookmark that “reminds” readers to finish a book, and a case of real life amnesia

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / amnesia / authors / Authors United / blogging / Google / Hachette / lawsuit / readers / reviews / technology19 Comments

French blogger fined over review’s Google search placing – This is super-crazy and super-scary. A French blogger who wrote a negative restaurant review was ruled against because she had a significant blog following and because the review placed too high in the Google rankings. The French judge who made this ... more >

July 10, 2014

Thursday News: Pixar & Lucasfilm started wage-fixing cartel, Apple tells on Google, profits down at Samsung, and bookstore shelving

JanetPublishing NewsApple / FTC / Google / in-app purchasing / independent bookstores / Samsung / smartphones / technology / Techtopus / wage-fixing6 Comments

REVEALED: Court docs show role of Pixar and Dreamworks Animation in Silicon Valley wage-fixing cartel – Remember the revelations of artificial wage suppression by Google and Apple? Well, that, it turns out, was just the beginning of the conspiracy, and now, with a $324 million settlement at risk, revelations about ... more >

July 7, 2014

Monday News: YouTube targets slow ISPs, Scarlett Johansson wins limited judgment, “considering” books for review, and new DA submission forms

JanetPublishing NewsARCs / book reviewing / common carrier / daily deals / defamation / FCC / Google / ISP / net neutrality / Netflix / news / Scarlett Johansson / YouTube7 Comments

YouTube, following Netflix, is now publicly shaming internet providers for slow video – This is pretty interesting. YouTube, which is owned by Google, is posting these messages on videos that have streaming issues due to insufficient ISP speeds. Netflix had been doing something similar, and Verizon apparently threatened to sue ... more >

July 4, 2014

Friday News: Google’s ‘right to be forgotten,’ Amazon v. the FTC, the death of the novel (again, still), and the NSFW asymmetric man thong

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / applications / defamation / digital books / FTC / Google / journalism / Literary fiction / right to be forgotten / swimwear10 Comments

For Google, the ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Is an Unforgettable Fiasco – An interesting — and troubling — piece on the European Union’s “right to be forgotten” ruling that contemplates the absolute mess this decision may have on the world’s largest search engine. Part of this emanates from the difficult ... more >

June 25, 2014

Wednesday News: Börsenverein v. Amazon, the future of digital lending, YouTube’s subscription service, and polling readers for a book title

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / book titles / digital publishing / ebook royalties / Germany / Google / Libraries / music / Polls / record labels / subscriptions / YouTube5 Comments

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