Published on November 5, 2020
legal, libel

MORE: Internet platforms throttling free speech; When medical journals publish false data; Co-founder of publication quits after being censored; Anti-Semitism has no place in the news industry…or ANYWHERE; How to respond to negative online posts; and Johnny Depp may have destroyed his entire career by filing a libel lawsuit.
Published on October 29, 2020
amazon, author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, legal, writing scams

MORE: Book sales higher than in the past decade?; “Wealthy” bookstore owner asks customers to save her own store?; Author shares her story about BookWhip Marketing, LLC; Victoria Strauss does NOT recommend EMP Entertainment, A&D Entertainment, nor T.A. Barron’s Once Upon a Villain Flash Fiction Contest; Consumer review of Write Your Best Book / Christina Kaye; Indie bookstores are still struggling and here’s how you can help!; 149-year old Salt Lake Tribune moving from daily to weekly + massive layoffs; and Pay for an ebook from Amazon…but you might lose it later!
Published on October 23, 2020
amazon, legal, libel

MORE: Internet Archive puts future ownership of books in question; Internet Archive scanning 70K books from a college library!; Amazon employees want paid day off to vote; Libel can cost more than you think!; Using copyright law to eliminate criticism?!
Published on October 15, 2020
legal, libel

MORE: Justice Thomas Wants to Review Online Immunity; Don’t Beat up YELP Commenters; Unemployment Scheme at Colorado Newspaper?? – In The News- 10/15/2020
Published on October 9, 2020
copyrights, legal, libel

MORE: L.A. Times is hiring ONE PERSON; Website claims embedding photographer’s Instagram post is “fair use;” Author sues athlete for pulling out of co-authored book deal; Man accused of cheating at poker sues for libel/defamation; Politician wants to change libel laws
Published on October 1, 2020
legal, libel

MORE: Posting on Whatsapp in Nigeria can lead to a hanging; In five years, artificial intelligence may be responsible for 90% of online content; Huffpost going belly-up?; Writing by hand makes kids smarter; Lifeway lawsuit update
Published on September 24, 2020
amazon, copyrights, legal, libel

MORE: High-profile journalists starting own brands; Lawsuit over YouTube diary entry; Apple sued over use of diverse emojis
Published on September 17, 2020
amazon, legal

Miami Herald distributed racist insert for a year; Egyptian journalist arrested for “fake news”; CEO of Macmillan quits; Amazon’s new “luxury stores” are invitation only (yawn); And, you can’t post reviews on Amazon unless you spend a certain amount of $$ there.
Published on September 10, 2020
amazon, legal

Publisher sues Lindsay Lohan; Journalist jailed for covering trial about homeschooling; B&N wins lawsuit because “press release was not substantially true;” Amazon deletes 20K product ratings over fake reviews; Christmas book sales expected to be WAY UP!; Pakistani Christian sentenced to death for ‘blasphemous texts’
Published on September 3, 2020
amazon, copyrights, legal

THIS product on Amazon MUST be outlawed!; Publisher sued for “poor-quality work”; BuzzFeed loses lawsuit after removing copyright info from photographer’s image; Court says Sarah Palin can sue the NYT; Political groups funding “media outlets”; Scammers impersonating major publishing houses