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June 14, 2016

Tuesday News: A bookless bookstore, losing lawsuit, tiny books, and poetic cities

JanetPublishing Newsbookstores / crafting / defamation / Espresso Book Machine / geography / History / lawsuit / poetry / Print-on-Demand / tiny books2 Comments

New Chapter for Classic Paris Bookstore: Books Printed on Demand – A great profile of legendary Paris bookstore, Librairie les Puf, which has been converted to POD via the Espresso Book Machine (you can watch a video on the technology here). At a time when some physical bookstores are selling non-book ... more >

April 22, 2016

Friday News: RIP Prince, proposed Harlequin settlement, Amazon goes to school, and cutting back on books

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / book budget / education / Harlequin / lawsuit / obituary / prince / settlement20 Comments

Prince | 1958 – 2016 – The Los Angeles Times has a good collection of features about Prince’s death yesterday. Apparently he collapsed in an elevator on his Minnesota compound, Paisley Park, and could not be revived. The music legend was only 57, but had been briefly hospitalized last week for ... more >

April 19, 2016

Tuesday News: 100th Pulitzer Prizes, wine train book club settles suit, SCOTUS turns down Authors Guild, and Russia’s “womanhood schools”

JanetPublishing NewsAuthors Guild / Book-club / digital books / discrimination / Google / lawsuit / marriage / Pulitzer-Prize / Russia7 Comments

100th Pulitzer prizes announced – Journalism awards, in particular, stood out this year, with the Los Angeles Times winning for their breaking coverage of the San Bernadino shooting, and digital media ProPublica and the Marshall Project’s collaborative win for explanatory reporting. The full list of winners can be found here, and ... more >

March 21, 2016

Monday News: Gawker verdict, controversial Israeli book law, another troubling trope, and unconventional book club

JanetPublishing Newsbook clubs / book market / Book pricing / First-Amendment / Gawker / Israel / law / lawsuit / tropes27 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 >

February 16, 2016

Tuesday News: Kenyon v. Clare, Deadpool (again), Arlington denies WASPs, and wearable caffeine

JanetPublishing NewsArlington / caffeine / Cassandra Clare / copyright / Deadpool / female pilots / infringement / lawsuit / Sherrilyn Kenyon / technology / trademark / WASP program / World War II5 Comments

[UPDATE] Cassandra Clare sued for copyright infringement over Shadowhunter series – Cassandra Clare’s attorney has responded to Kenyon’s suit for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and false advertising. Note that his commentary focuses primarily on the copyright claim, even though, as Jane’s comment here points out, there is a lot of  action around the trademark ... more >

February 11, 2016

Thursday News: Happy Birthday, Harry Potter, active surrender, and the mystery of kissing

JanetPublishing NewsArt / copyright / Happy Birthday / Harry-Potter / kissing / lawsuit / public domain / science / settlement1 Comments

“Happy Birthday” is public domain, former owner Warner/Chapell to pay $14M – A settlement has been reached in the lawsuit against music publisher Warner/Chappell, which had claimed copyright to the song “Happy Birthday,” and had been collecting royalties for decades. As part of the settlement, the song is now unquestionably in ... more >

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