Published on May 6, 2020
amazon, copyrights, legal
Photographer sues Sinclair Television for using his photo; Bauer Media ceases printing 7 magazines; Twitter and Google lose defamation case in Australia…but they would have won in the U.S.; Egypt filmmaker dies on prison cell
Published on April 30, 2020
copyrights, legal
Museum inspects Elvis’ Bible; Books Still Sell During COVID; Supreme Court Rules States Can’t Copyright Statutes; Has Your HP Printer Suddenly Stopped Working? This Might Explain Why!
Published on April 24, 2020
amazon, Censorship, legal
World Book Day; and Facebook controls what THEY want you to see but their censorship policies make no sense.
Published on April 16, 2020
amazon, Print on demand, promoting your writing, self-publishing
Asians Arrested for “Fake News”; Most Popular Books for Each State; Amazon Employees Fired for Criticizing; Hollywood Reporter Website Attacked
Published on April 9, 2020
amazon, copyrights, legal, libel
Quarantined Folks Are Buying More Books!; Humvee Trademark Lawsuit; Candidate Sues Media for Libel; Editor Leaves Hollywood Reporter over Alleged Bias.
Published on April 2, 2020
amazon, author scams, legal, libel, self-publishing
Book sales increase because they’re inexpensive entertainment; A dozen journalists releases from executive’s libel lawsuit; How U.S. presidents in history have tried to stop people from insulting them; How to read Kindle ebooks without a Kindle; Victoria Strauss delivers AGAIN!
Published on March 27, 2020
amazon, legal, libel
Major publishers should have recalled employees from China weeks ago; Amazon limits fast shipping on “non-essential” items (but BookLocker’s books are shipping immediately!); Museum security chief takes over social media posts, and has people roaring with laughter; Skyhorse Publishing lays off nearly third of staff; and Netflix sued for defamation.
Published on March 13, 2020
amazon, copyrights, legal, libel
Barnes and Noble Clinging to Survival; NYC Penguin Employees to Work From Home; Punk-Rockers “MISFITS” sue Publisher … and MUCH MORE!!
Published on March 5, 2020
amazon, legal, libel, traditional publishing
MORE! Feds sending Chinese reporters packing; Tweet gets politican in very hot water; Interesting story from a writer who got sued for defamation; Ex-Gawker editors sues Daily Beast; Amazon delivery delays because of virus; Ex-Amazon manager says used social media to find applicants’ race and gender; London Book Fair cancelled but BookExpo/BookCon NOT; and Anti-competitive practices in textbook industry.
Published on February 26, 2020
libel
Star Wars to Publish novels and comic books! Can you land that lucrative gig?; Can you defame someone with one text, sent to one individual?; Brits losing free speech?; Nicaragua paper can get paper and ink after criticizing government; Trump sues NYT, ABC suspends employee involved in expose’ about ABC.