Published on January 21, 2022
amazon, author scams, copyrights, legal, libel
![COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT: Be Careful When Posting Links with Embedded Images – In the News – 01/21/2022 COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT: Be Careful When Posting Links with Embedded Images – In the News – 01/21/2022](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/caricature-gcd9e79850_640-e1642790872576.jpg)
MORE: NPR accused of reporting false story about Supreme Court; Musicians are earning millions selling their music catalogs; A political tome about American elites helping China contains 1,093 endnotes and NO unnamed sources; How to detect manipulative reporting; Former NY Post editor-in-chief sued; Be careful when posting links with embedded images!; Peruvian court convicts author AND publisher; Family of Amazon delivery driver sues after tornado death at warehouse; Should publishers be forced to sell ebooks to libraries?; and Authors win millions from ebook pirate…but may never collect.
Published on January 13, 2022
amazon, author, book marketing, bookstores, Print on demand, promoting your writing, writing career advice
![“Should Amazon be notified about my upcoming author event?” “Should Amazon be notified about my upcoming author event?”](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/copy_1642113768-e1642113822967.jpg)
I’m sorry if this sounds harsh but it’s the truth…
Published on December 23, 2021
amazon, Censorship, legal, libel, social media
![Author ordered to hand over $5.1M in book profits. Here’s why… – In the News – 12/23/21 Author ordered to hand over $5.1M in book profits. Here’s why… – In the News – 12/23/21](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cheating_1640284536-e1640284572466.jpg)
MORE: Chef’s response to travel writer’s bad review goes viral; Photojournalist sues to block subpoena; Fortune magazine story may help send businesswoman to prison; Money-hungry Amazon deleted reviews criticizing Chinese President Xi Jinping’s book; Amazon workers stage walk-out over treatment and wages; Amazon driver told she’d be fired if she heeded tornado warning; Wife of French president sues over posts saying she’s a dude; China is influencing and FOOLING Americans with fake social media posts; HILARIOUS parody posted by a publisher; and Harper Collins settles lawsuit
Published on December 11, 2021
amazon, Censorship, legal
![Library’s “brazen” Christmas display sparks outrage; Harper Collins cancels Chris Cuomo’s book; and MORE! – In the News – 12/09/2021 Library’s “brazen” Christmas display sparks outrage; Harper Collins cancels Chris Cuomo’s book; and MORE! – In the News – 12/09/2021](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/china-4184088_1280-e1639084335611.jpg)
MORE: Author sues Amazon over high book prices; Reporter robbed at gunpoint in Oakland, CA; Website sponsored by police is posting ACLU’s bad activities; Chris Cuomo is DISGUSTING; Spotify removes some comedians’ works; 200 newspapers sue big tech; and China is once again world’s worst jailer of journalists
Published on December 3, 2021
amazon, Censorship, legal, libel
![A Canadian school district has censored an author…and you won’t believe why – In the News – 12/03/21 A Canadian school district has censored an author…and you won’t believe why – In the News – 12/03/21](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/HUMAN_TRAFFICKING_1638559810-e1638559842640.jpg)
MORE: Should parents be able to decide what books their children read…or not?; Bad FAKE poetry; Twitter is censoring citizen journalists; Lovely Bones author misidentified rapist and he spent decades in prison; and Amazon accused of underreporting number of employees who contracted Covid on the job
Published on November 26, 2021
amazon, Censorship, copyrights
![Do you trust your child’s school librarian? – In the News – 11/27/21 Do you trust your child’s school librarian? – In the News – 11/27/21](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/librarian_1637905651-e1637905687886.png)
MORE: 54-page manuscript sells for $13M; Amazon wages secret war on our privacy; If you leave a poor online review for a hotel, they might kick you out in the middle of the night; Is lawsuit against author and publisher a SLAPP?; Small publisher sues Elizabeth Warren for encouraging censorship; and publisher sues prosecutor after being cleared of crime
Published on November 19, 2021
amazon, Censorship, legal, libel
![Mainstream Media and Politicians Will Be Sued for Millions by Rittenhouse Lawyers – In The News – 11/19/21 Mainstream Media and Politicians Will Be Sued for Millions by Rittenhouse Lawyers – In The News – 11/19/21](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/kevin-grieve-65b34UY6q08-unsplash-e1637250322518.jpg)
MORE: Alex Jones is a MORON; $100K social media defamation judgement; Cops to sue city councilwoman; We are expecting an exodus of Facebook users; FBI acting like the KGB to recover Biden’s daughter’s diary; Amazon uses the “contractor” excuse in an attempt to avoid liability; Nigeria jailing reporters for “cyber-stalking;” Finland presecutes bishop-elect for book he published; FDA tells scientists to wait 55 YEARS of a freedom of information request regarding Covid-19; More biased reporting by the NYT; American journalist freed from Burma; Feds give BILLIONS of YOUR money to big media companies; and Fauci maskless at a book party
Published on November 11, 2021
amazon, Censorship, legal, libel
![Miami Herald’s newest writer is a robot; University invents brain-typing; and MORE! – In the News – 11/12/2021 Miami Herald’s newest writer is a robot; University invents brain-typing; and MORE! – In the News – 11/12/2021](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/martin-luther-king-6170736_640-e1636687977189.png)
MORE: Parents demand audit of school libraries; N. Ireland official sues singer for defamation; Small publisher sues Elizabeth Warren for attempted government censorship; Successful school superintendent fired for disagreeing with school board; Amazon truck cut clean in half by Amtrak train; and Do Amazon drivers know that their UPS counterparts can earn about twice as much?
Published on October 21, 2021
amazon, Censorship, copyrights, legal
![Americans Finally Protesting the Media; Katie Couric Hurts and Offends in New Book; AND MORE! In The News – 10/21/2021 Americans Finally Protesting the Media; Katie Couric Hurts and Offends in New Book; AND MORE! In The News – 10/21/2021](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/bjorn-nielsen-XKhz6uQ_eTI-unsplash-e1634832203716.jpg)
MORE: Politicians are rewriting headlines for articles they DID NOT WRITE!; Media is kind to terrorists in obituaries?!; Woman used obituaries to target homes for burglary; Lawmakers say Amazon misled or lied to them; Pastor refuses judge’s order to say specific words to his congregation; Apple is helping to kill religious freedoms; and Firefighter releases book about losing his job and his battle for religious freedom
Published on October 15, 2021
amazon, Censorship, legal
![The Million Dollar Apostrophe; “Cover Up the Jewish Books!”; Reporter to be Prosecuted for Finding Flaw in State Website … and MORE!! In The News – 10/15/2021 The Million Dollar Apostrophe; “Cover Up the Jewish Books!”; Reporter to be Prosecuted for Finding Flaw in State Website … and MORE!! In The News – 10/15/2021](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/andrea-de-santis-_InI5vjGWQ-unsplash-e1634309652507.jpg)
MORE: Amazon accused of copying products, and then promoting its own brands; The hedge fund that is costin reporters their jobs; Facebook is still cherry picking who can be criticized and who can’t; Cancelling cancel culture; and Political correctedness invades Christian publishing