Publishing Newsactivist poets / Cesar Chavez Day / copyright / Disney / Edible Book Festival / Iron Man / Marvel / Radix / rare books6 Comments
Comic-book artists claim Iron Man ripped off their ideas – Following up on the copyright story from yesterday’s news, this lawsuit filed by Ben and Ray Lai against Marvel and Disney for infringement of their Horizon Comics’ Radix series gets at some of the considerations when looking at whether a character is ... more >
Publishing NewsFifty Shades / film adaptations / print v digital / rare books / Samhain-publishing / theft13 Comments
Mission: Impossible-style raiders ‘cut through skylights and abseiled into warehouse to steal antique books worth £2m’ – Dropping into a Heathrow warehouse, thieves stole books so rare that they are “impossible to fence” and therefore likely targeted by at least one collector. A theft of this scope and style is apparently unprecedented in ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / anti-trust / book dealers / European Union / murder / rare books / Romance novel quotes / theft5 Comments
British book dealer slain for his first edition of ‘The Wind in the Willows,’ prosecutors say – A man is currently on trial in Oxford, England for stabbing and beating a book and antique dealer in his home, all for a crack at his rare books collection, especially his $64,000 copy of The Wind ... more >
Publishing NewsCanada / Ebooks / Girl Scouts / LGBTQ / mobile apps / public libraries / rare books9 Comments
All Romance® eBooks releases a shiny, new site for mobile phones and tablets! – All Romance ebooks has launched a mobile app for their more than 480,000 registered users. According to the email sent to customers, Purchases can be made with the click of a mouse or the touch of ... more >
Publishing NewsArt / censorship / copyright / Facebook / Free Speech / music / photography / privacy / public domain / rare books / security / SLAPP / used books2 Comments
Facebook can see what users type even if status is not posted – And here we go again. Facebook conducted another study on its users, this time to determine how often they self-censor. This was measured by tracking anything more than five characters long, even if it was not published. ... more >
Publishing Newsclassic literature / education / Libraries / rare books / Regency Romance / Shakespeare / tattoos5 Comments
Ferguson library stays open, attracts over $175,000 in grassroot support – In the aftermath of the Ferguson grand jury’s failure to indict Darren Wilson, there was a great deal to be angry and sad about. However, one place in Ferguson kept its doors open and its work going, and that ... more >