Publishing NewsApple / FBI / Libraries / publishing / Race / security / UK3 Comments
U.S. Says It Has Unlocked iPhone Without Apple – Now here’s a surprise (not). The US government dropped its case against Apple yesterday, admitting it has cracked the iPhone of the San Bernadino shooter. Which not only contradicts the original claim that the government had no other means than forcing Apple to ... more >
Publishing NewsCanada / copyright / criminal harassment / digital rights management / dolls / infringement / television / Twitter / UK2 Comments
Canadian Court Ponders If A Disagreement On Twitter Constitutes Criminal Harassment – A friend gave me a heads up to this story last week, but at that point I could only find one article that seemed completely biased toward the defendant, Greg Elliott, whose tweets to two women, Stephanie Guthrie ... more >
C+ ReviewsContemporary / erotic / exhibitionism / UK / voyeurism2 Comments
Dear Jane O’Reilly, I recently reviewed The Pleasure Principle here. It turns out, I read the novellas in the wrong order and I should have read this one first. Oops. (The novellas are only fairly loosely connected however, so it’s not like there were any massive spoilers or anything. But ... more >
B ReviewsContemporary / Erotic-Romance / novella / UK5 Comments
Dear Jane O’Reilly, Your novella Indecent Exposure was one of my top reads from last year. When I saw you tweet that you had NetGalley widgets available for your new release, The Pleasure Principle, I waved my hand and said “pick me! pick me!” Verity is devastated when she finds ... more >
Publishing Newsbookselling / data retention / diversity / EU laws / films / Hachette / human rights / lawsuit / Maurice Sendak / media / privacy / probate / security / social media / UK6 Comments
Hachette Tries Selling Books via Twitter – So Hachette is experimenting with new ways to sell books direct to readers, and its collaboration with Gumroad to sell books on Twitter is set to launch this week, beginning with books from Amanda Palmer, Chris Hadfield and The Onion. This is apparently ... more >
Publishing News3D Printing / Australia / diversity / epub / Germany / Kobo / Libraries / Reader Store / Sony / UK16 Comments
Sony Reader Store to Close in the UK, Germany, Austria, and Australia June 16th – Well, that didn’t take long. Two months after closing the Sony Reader Store in the United States and Canada, Sony is pulling out of almost all its other markets, including Australia, the UK,and Germany, signaling ... more >