November 15, 2012

Thursday News: Apple granted a patent for page turns; Bookstore sales fall 8%; Goodreads posts about book discovery

JanePublishing Newsbook-sales / digital lending / Intellectual Property Issues / reader-word-of-mouth4 Comments

September Bookstore Sales Fell 8% – I guess by now anyone who has ever been interested in reading a 50 Shades book has bought it already. In September the spring and summer’s robust sales due to the trilogy have worn off leaving bookstore sales to droop 8% behind the previous ... more >

JanePublishing NewsFair Use / Intellectual Property Issues5 Comments

My Book, ‘Stranger To History’, Was Used To Defend My Father’s Killer – Aatish Taseer wrote a memoir and in it he described certain family events where his father ate pork, drank alcohol, and had fathered a half Indian child. When his father was assassinated, Taseer’s book was used to ... more >

November 1, 2012

Thursday News: The male contraceptive; Hospital power failure leads to research loss; More on the history of prosthetics

JanePublishing NewsIntellectual Property Issues / prosthetics24 Comments

The Durham County Library is hosting a romance reader festival.  If you live in the Triangle area of North Carolina, check it out. Male Contraceptive Pill One Step Closer – New Method to Stop Sperm from Reaching The Ovule Discovered – Honestly I can’t wait for the male pill. Not ... more >

October 28, 2012

DMCA Exceptions for 2012 through 2015

JaneEbooksCalibre / DRM / Intellectual Property Issues2 Comments

Intro On October 26, 2012, the Register of the Federal Copyright Office issued the triennial exemptions to the DMCA law. (PDF here) Every three years, the Register of the Copyright opens a proceeding whereby it accepts public arguments as to why certain anti circumvention processes should be allowed. It’s a ... more >

October 22, 2012

Monday News: Johnny Depp gets his own imprint; ISPs and Copyright megaliths create their own enforcement center; Apple loses in the UK

JaneUncategorizedApple / HarperCollins / Intellectual Property Issues / piracy11 Comments

Johnny Depp Imprint – I don’t really get the idea behind this but apparently it is believed that if Johnny Depp’s name is on the imprint, then people will buy the books. The first book from the Johnny Depp imprint, a part of HarperCollins, is The Unraveled Tales of Bob ... more >

October 3, 2012

Wednesday News: New issues of copyright arise with 3D printing; B&N pulls Amazon titles off the shelves; Japan’s Louve Joule

JanePublishing NewsBarnes & Noble / cover-art / Intellectual Property Issues15 Comments

Barnes & Noble reportedly instructs local stores to pull Amazon titles – Some Barnes & Noble stores were carrying Amazon published books until it was reported by blogger MobyLives (who has several Amazon is killing publishing posts). Now B&N has sent a company wide email instructing those books to be removed ... more >