Mason is 8!
It’s hard to believe but Mason turned eight years old this week…
It’s hard to believe but Mason turned eight years old this week…
Have you recently published a book, but can’t find it by searching for the title on Amazon.com?
Amazon, for obvious reasons, does not share with anyone the algorithm they use to calculate search results. But you can make some educated guesses…
In California, rural libraries have a ZIP Book program. For $1.00, you can request a book that your library does not have available…
One way to increase income is to write and sell more. But, how do you overcome inertia? Consider what excites you…
I have just been offered a part-time job providing book reviews for a charitable organization’s website. They asked me to pitch my fees but this will be my first professional gig and I don’t know what to charge…
In 1998 I became temporarily disabled, and was forced to leave my full-time job of ten years’ duration. As I regained my strength, I decided to see if I could cobble enough together with writing and teaching jobs to support myself. The first thing I had to do was overcome my personal aversion to “networking”…
Links to the stories below can be found here:
https://forums.writersweekly.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=9375
I DON’T THINK “TANGIBLE RIGHTS” BASED ON A BOOK INCLUDE SLOT MACHINES AND VIDEO GAMES
Warner Bros. Wants to Disqualify Tolkien Lawyers in ‘Hobbit’ Fight
“The estate of J.R.R. Tolkien and book publisher HarperCollins launched the lawsuit in November 2012, claiming Warner Bros. and Saul Zaentz Co. had infringed copyright and breached contract by taking Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit into allegedly impermissible places.”
REMINDER – BARNES AND NOBLE AND MANY OTHER STORES SELL THE SAME BOOKS AS AMAZON!
Apple Is Happy to Take Your Money if Amazon Won’t
“Fresh off of settling a lawsuit that accused it of collusion with publishers, Apple is ready to take the money you were planning to give to Amazon but can’t.”
IF A SITE DOESN’T COMPLY WITH DCMA TAKEDOWN NOTICES, THEY MAY BE COMPLICIT IN COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
LeaseWeb Settles Copyright Infringement Lawsuit with Adult Publisher Perfect 10
“Perfect 10 argued that LeaseWeb was complicit in the copyright infringement since it failed to process the 22 DMCA notices Perfect 10 sent to LeaseWeb in 2013.”
A DOPPELGANGER DINER!
San Diego restaurant claims copyright infringement
“The suit claims the Arizona restaurant ripped off nearly every aspect of the restaurant: the name, the colors, the wrestling motif…”
Links to the stories above can be found here:
https://forums.writersweekly.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=9375
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Max (age 12) and Mason (who will be 8 this weekend) have attended one summer camp this month, and are already on their second…
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Your article on selling coursework absolutely fit in with conversation I had one weekend when my English teacher grandson visited me with his wife and my second great grandchild…