Published on April 17, 2013
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Booksellers Urge Court Not to Toss Amazon E-book Lawsuit
“Plaintiff booksellers this week filed an opposition motion urging the court not to dismiss their lawsuit against Amazon and the big six publishers, arguing that there is indeed enough evidence of restraint of trade to keep the case moving forward.”
STUPID! Fritz + Fraenzi, a German parenting magazine
(Allegedly) features children and teens lighting hair on fire and giving Nazi salute. Also, half-naked girls sending explicit photos on their phone.
In the U.K. – Key libel reform thwarted as Conservatives block defamation bill
“The Conservatives have succeeded in their attempt to water down defamation laws which would have prevented large companies ranging from McDonald’s to Tesco from suing their critics unless they could prove financial losses.”
Twitter Libel Case
Man claims another falsely linked him to an allegation of child sexual assault on Twitter.
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Published on April 10, 2013
When we lived in Maine, I would get a horrible case of cabin fever at the end of winter. It hasn’t happened since we moved to Florida…until now. Ever since last weekend, I have had the urge to hit the road…
Published on April 10, 2013
Each morning, after I pour a cup of coffee, I check the headlines. One caught my eye this week. Remember the Olympic bomber? He went to court to try to get the royalties for a book he self-published. It’s his autobiography. In my opinion, 100% of that money should go to the victims’ families. This week, U.S. District Judge Lynwood Smith agreed, saying he forfeited that right in his plea deal. Which self-publishing firm stooped to publishing a book by this murderer? Keep reading to find out…
Published on April 10, 2013
Letters will return next week.
Published on April 10, 2013
Although I have obtained long-term and well-paying writing gigs through online ads, I’ve also read many ads that raised red flags. Here are a few signs you should not respond…
Published on April 10, 2013
I am thinking of publishing an eBook and P.O.D. anthology of my personal blog. I’ve been writing it for 10 years and it’s quite popular. However, for the past three years, some of those posts appeared first on another blog. They paid me for those.
Do you know who owns the copyright on the posts?
Published on April 10, 2013
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Lulu published a book by a convicted killer who went to court to keep his royalties
“Convicted Atlanta Olympics bomber Eric Rudolph is fighting efforts by federal prosecutors in Alabama to seize the small profits from an autobiography he recently published from prison.”
TheLostOgle.com – Files suit against Gov. Mary Fallin alleging violations of the Open Records Act
“The filing comes after TheLostOgle.com joined other media in filing a records request seeking emails and other documents that Fallin’s office used in deciding not to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. ”
New Filings Hint Royalties Driving HarperCollin’s Suit Against Open Road
“HarperCollins would not meet Open Road’s 50% royalty offer…”
Augsburg Fortress Publishers agrees to pay $4.5M for pension plan failure
“The settlement would pay about a quarter of the pension plan’s benefits for almost 500 employees and retirees of the Minneapolis-based publishing arm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.”
Frederick News-Post files suit against the FCC
“Newspaper seeks former college president’s settlement information.”
Photog’s Copyright Suit Against Pearson Survives
“A lawsuit accusing Pearson Education Inc. of putting a photographer’s work in its textbooks without permission can go forward, a federal judge ruled Friday…”
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Published on April 3, 2013
We were pretty lucky last week when we found a brand new Slip ‘N Slide left by the Easter Bunny! Now that we live in the South, where it’s warm on Easter, and now that we have an actual front yard with plenty of grass, we could not WAIT to try it out. The boys hurried outside to set it up while the girls changed into their bathing suits. While they were hooking up the hose and getting it working, we were all stretching like Olympic hopefuls…
Published on April 3, 2013
Over the weekend, I purchased the ebook Women in the Middle Ages by historians Frances Gies and Joseph Gies for my Nook. I started reading the book and found two words stuck together…and then two more…and then two more. It was pretty distracting because each merged set of words made me pause in my reading. There were other errors, too, like inconsistent indents. I, of course, assumed the book was self-published because there were so many errors. I was wrong. It was published by HarperCollins, “HarperCollins E-books” to be exact…
Published on April 3, 2013
I know a young woman, daughter of a good friend, who entered a nursing school masters degree program many years ago. Evidently, as part of it, students must read a selection of writings by various academics (I think) who wrote significant articles, books, etc. on the history of nursing.
It was a big nuisance, copying from this and that library source. She instantly saw it as an idea for an anthology…
