Publishing NewsCanada / diversity / Facebook / immigrant fiction / informed consent / Literary fiction / privacy / research / spam / World Book Night8 Comments
Facebook Experiments Had Few Limits – Now here’s a surprise (not): Facebook seems to think it can do whatever the hell it wants to its users, because you’ve signed a TOS (which apparently now says your data can be used for research). the Data Science group has basically worked with ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / authors / contract / digital publishing / ebook royalties / Hachette / Harper Collins / lawsuit / Literary fiction / Open Road12 Comments
Survey Says: People Want Bigger Phones – Dear Apple, what is that they say — change or die? Remember the olden days when you were the underdogs, the upstarts, the revolutionaries? What happened, Apple? Please don’t make me buy a Galaxy Note. Please. XOXO, Me Of the 23,000 people polled ... more >
Publishing NewsComedy / copyright / gender / intellectual property / Literary fiction / Netflix / public domain / sex / Sherlock Holmes / Sports / substance abuse / World Cup13 Comments
JUDGES RELEASE SHERLOCK – Score one for the public domain, as the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has allowed the character of Sherlock Holmes — in all but the last works — out of copyright jail. What do you think the chances are that the estate will appeal (they have ... more >
Publishing NewsAgency pricing / Amazon / Apple / collusion / diversity / DOJ / Hachette / Literary fiction / settlement / small publishersComments Off on Wednesday News: Apple (finally) settles, Amazon v. Hachette (again, still), the virtues of small publishers, 100 books by black women authors
Report: Apple settles e-book pricing case with consumers – Surprise! Apple, which had previously held out against settling with consumers after being found guilty in the DOJ’s suit against Apple and the Big 5 publishers, has apparently agreed to settle. Just how much they will be paying has not yet ... more >
Publishing Newsaudio readings / audiobooks / digital publishing / George R.R. Martin / Literary fiction / technology9 Comments
B&N Plans Return to Digital Audiobooks – Publishers Weekly is reporting that Barnes and Noble, which recent announced that it was closing its downloadable audio book business, is still interested in physical audiobooks, and will, at some point in the future, be re-introducing some form of digital audiobook. Filed under ... more >
Publishing Newsdefamation / FCC / Free Speech / gender / Literary fiction / net neutrality13 Comments
FCC Advances Controversial Proposal on Net Neutrality – The FCC voted 3 to 2 to move forward with its current proposal (a link to which can be found in the article). Among the proposal’s elements is the potential for so-called “Internet fast lanes,” which net neutrality proponents have been fighting ... more >