Yesterday I discovered that two (so far) of my published books appear for free on Google Books.
Since I didn’t put them there, and I certainly have no recollection of having authorized anybody else to put them there, I’m wondering if you have any ideas about how to get them taken down.
If you celebrate Christmas and you have (or had) young children in the house, you know what our house is like today. The children can barely sit still in their excitement for Santa’s visit tomorrow night!
I’m supposed to be taking my holiday break (ha ha – like that ever really happens!) but I wanted to let you know about this latest Google Books development.
Enjoy this feisty exchange between Angela and a sweatshop writer who doesn’t realize she’s being victimized.
Back with another question and feel free to use this for the e-zine if you like. I just had a spirited exchange with an idiot who has stolen some column of mine that I wrote for Computer User, and is selling it on his horrible website. I wrote to him to tell him I own the copyright and to take the material down. I got nothing buy obscenities and insults back and I responded with a few of my own. Now, this material is being sold on Amazon by somebody–don’t know who since Computer User went out of business years ago.
So, I guess I have two questions. First, how can I get Amazon to stop selling content that is mine (Computer User did not buy the rights from me for this material, only the right to publish on the Web for a limited period)? Second, given my content has be pirated by several sites, what is to stop me from taking my columns and making my own self-published book out of them?
New submissions at BookLocker always slow down this time of year because everybody who wanted their book published by Christmas has already finished the publishing process. While the lull is nice, it feels really weird to get off work before dinnertime some nights now! Like last year, we’ve put up a $149 setup fee special just to keep me out of trouble. Heh…
Letters will return next week.
Twitters, Tweeters, Twits and Twitterers – whatever you choose to call them, the internet is abuzz with people using Twitter – the latest in social networking tools. Twitter functions like a micro-blog. You have 140 characters to write a post, or “tweet” and publish it on your twitter feed. You can follow other tweeter’s feeds, and they can follow you.
I just googled my book. There are 16 websites selling my my book. I cannot understand why it’s not selling. Can you help?
I’m usually a stay-at-home mom and freelance writer, but since this school year has started and the flu has been so widespread, I’ve been asked to substitute teach at my children’s school a lot more often. While it has really cut into my writing time, my husband and I were pleased to have the extra income. That is, until we realized that I was actually earning more money when I stayed at home and wrote during my free moments throughout the day. This was quite a surprise, realizing that writing was paying me more than a “real job.”
