Published on October 1, 2021
amazon, author, book marketing, Networking, Print on demand, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, writing career advice
If you let any other person or company host your website, they have the power to “cancel” you if they don’t like something in your book, something you wrote online, or even some of your social media posts. You may think you’re safe from this garbage right now but you never know which way the politically correct tide is going to move in the future…
Published on September 23, 2021
amazon, Censorship, legal, libel
MORE: Journalist sent Fusion GPS a draft before publishing a major story?!; FAA news agency drone restriction banned; Hollywood production may stop; Court says no arbitration for Amazon in class action lawsuit filed by drivers; Facebook sued for “fact-checking” journalist; Price-fixing by Amazon?!; and “Actual malice” in libel
Published on September 17, 2021
amazon, Censorship, legal, social media
MORE: Canada burned books in schools; Big profit in 2021 book sales; Handbook tells parents that being an adult oppresses children; Taliban torturing journalists; Google and Apple accused of colluding with Putin; Press freedoms disintegrating worldwide; Facebook gives celebrities and elites special treatment when it comes to censorship; DC broadens antitrust lawsuit against Amazon; and New biography about Paypal’s founder.
Published on September 9, 2021
amazon, book marketing, Censorship, legal, libel
National Archives says Constitution is Harmful Content; In Australia, media now legally liable for other people’s posts on their Facebook pages; NC bans a beer because they don’t like the label; Amazon workers in CA now allowed to pee in peace?; Former Amazon employee pleads guilty to fraud; Amazon allegedly harms the environment with same-day shipping while investing in the Amazon rain forest; Book biz supply chain disruptions; and 8 ways to prevent Google from watching YOU.
Published on September 3, 2021
amazon, Censorship, copyrights, legal
Twitter continues to “cancel” people who have different opinions and beliefs; Comedy Central caves to cancel culture; Russia demands Google and Apple remove an opposition app; Non-profit goes belly-up after violating network copyrights; Publishers balk at discovery demand from Internet Archive; and Publisher drops poisoning claims against ex-wife.
Published on August 19, 2021
amazon, copyrights, Defamation, libel
MORE:
NYT sued by TikTok “Talent Agent;” Public figures deserve protection from media’s lies, too; Media personality fooled Simon and Schuster; 72 journalists were killed covering Afghanistan; Magazines fired staffers for attempting to unionize; and “Vaccine expert” claimed she received a muzzles from Amazon and interpreted that as a threat…but the muzzle was purchased with her own credit card.
Published on August 12, 2021
amazon, Censorship
MORE: Models Paying to Get on Magazine Covers; NSA Secrets to go Into Amazon’s Cloud?!; and Politicians Want to Control Online “Misinformation”
Published on August 12, 2021
amazon, author scams, book marketing, Book Reviews, book signing advice, bookstores, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, Networking, Print on demand, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, social media, traditional publishing, writing career advice, writing scams
Don’t even WORK with a publisher who upsells authors on these kinds of (bleep)…
Published on August 12, 2021
amazon, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, self-publishing, traditional publishing
“I’ve already had a couple of people tell me they bought his books instead of mine…”
Published on August 6, 2021
amazon, copyrights, legal, plagiarism
MORE: NPR says it’s okay for journalists to demonstrate; An artist gets cancelled; Google and Facebook accused of colluding on price-fixing; and Amazon must pay $8.6 after not paying its employees while they had to wait for their bags to be searched