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March 10, 2015

So What’s Up (and Down) with Ebooks?

JanetBook Reviewsbook prices / digital books / DRM / licensing / Self-publishing / traditional publishing120 Comments

So now that Hachette and Amazon have settled their epic feud, and we’re seeing the results of publisher negotiations with the retailer, we seem to be witnessing the revenge of traditional publishers when it comes to digital book pricing. Last week I enthusiastically searched at Amazon for two books I ... more >

December 1, 2014

Monday News: Twitter is tracking you, Yahoo sells Flickr images, Jacqueline Woodson interview, and video game marries tradition and technology

JanetPublishing Newsauthor interviews / copyright / creative commons / Flickr / licensing / literary awards / privacy / storytelling / Twitter / video game / Yahoo1 Comments

How to stop Twitter from seeing what mobile apps you’ve installed — Unless you have intentionally blocked access, Twitter is now tracking the apps you have installed on your mobile phone. This Gigaom post provides instructions on how to block Twitter from doing this for both iOs and Android devices. According ... more >

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October 7, 2014

Tuesday News: New AT&T breach, Conan Doyle Estate pays up (again), Facebook now owns WhatsApp, and interesting analysis of piracy

JanetPublishing NewsATT / copyright / Facebook / infringement / licensing / piracy / public domain / security / Sherlock Holmes / technology5 Comments

AT&T Suffers Another Massive Data Breach due to a Inside Job – Another day, another security breach at AT&T. And another inside job, which somehow seems like a double violation. This breach, which apparently occurred in August (as opposed to the June breach) has affected an undisclosed number of accounts, ... more >

March 6, 2014

Thursday News: Getty frees its images; Massachusetts law protects upskirt photos; Justice Department v. Aero; and the importance of the author brand

JanetPublishing Newsbook-sales / branding / First-Amendment / intellectual property / licensing / piracy. DRM / public domain / publishing10 Comments

The world’s largest photo service just made its pictures free to use – This is great news for bloggers; Getty Images, which owns 100+ years and millions of photos, is opening up its archives so everyone can use the images for free. This move is in marked contrast to certain ... more >

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