Publishing Newscensorship / China / Cuba / music / nature / publishing / storytelling / trade embargoComments Off on Friday News: Cuba, China, story and bees
Publishers Petition White House to End Cuba Book Embargo – With 40 signatories thus far, publishers, trade organizations, and agents have signed a petition to lift sanctions that constitute a trade embargo on US published books. Since Congress is not expected to completely end the sanctions before Obama leaves office, focus ... more >
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Equity in Publishing: What Should Editors Be Doing? – I’ve been holding on to this story for a while, and with RWA’s recent “open letter” on diversity, it seems like a good time to post it. The roundtable, organized by Antonio Aiello following the Best American Poetry scandal, includes Alexander Chee, Anna deVries, Hafizah Geter, Amy ... more >
Publishing Newscolonialism / diversity / Fantasy / feminism / Gloria Steinem / Jay Z / lawsuit / music / neuroscience / Osama Fahmy / Regency Romance / sampling / Timbaland / Zen Cho17 Comments
Jay Z, Timbaland Win ‘Big Pimpin” Sample Trial – Timbaland was sued for sampling some flute music from the Egyptian song, “Khosara, Khosara,” by the composer’s nephew. The lawyer for the defense argued that Baligh Hamdi, the song’s composer, sold his rights, before he died, to his record company. That company, in turn, ... more >
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HARLEQUIN LAUNCHES NEW WINE BRAND – Harlequin announced yesterday that they were introducing a new series of wines, Vintages by Harlequin. The three reasonably priced varietals are currently only available at Amazon, which unfortunately excludes some customers who cannot have the wine shipped to their state, but hopefully that will change in the ... more >
Publishing Newsbroadband / digital library / free content / Harry-Potter / journalism / Library of Babel / music / New-York-Times / utilitiesComments Off on Thursday News: Harry Potter, broadband, data journalism, and Library of Babel
New Harry Potter story revealed by JK Rowling is FREE to read – The Harry Potter website, Pottermore.com, is relaunching with new features and new content, including a free story from J.K. Rowling, as part of what the site’s CEO describes as Rowling “expand[ing] her magical universe” (does this mean more ... more >
Publishing Newsaudiobook / harassment / Hugos / John Scalzi / music / parody / Stephen-King / Worldcon4 Comments
SASQUAN, EXIT STAGE LEFT – You may have been following the situation with Lou Antonelli, who had written a letter to the Spokane, Washington police about David Gerrold, who was being honored at the upcoming Worldcon. Antonelli indicated that he thought Gerrold was dangerous and other inflammatory things, an action ... more >