Published on November 10, 2023
amazon, Censorship, Journalism, legal
MORE: Celebrity’s audiobook is 48 hours long!; The original story of The Exorcist; Literary legend haunted a hotel for 50 years before leaving; NYT is hiring an AI Editor; Should journalists stand by and take pictures while a massacre occurs?; Jewish journalist in NYC gets bodyguard due to threats; Yale student’s pro-Israel column was edited in school paper; New York Times writer resigns over letter accusing Israel of genocide; Kirk Cameron helps launch nationwide school program to provide wholesome children’s books; Newspaper workers sues, said he was laid off because he’s white; Amazon has laid off 27,000 people this year!; and Amazon hit with another class action lawsuit over refunds on returned products
Published on October 14, 2023
amazon, Censorship, diversify your writing income, legal
MORE: CBC leaked emails instructed reporters not to call Hamas fighters “terrorists”; Can an author force a school district to purchase his/her book?; LeVar Burton replaces Drew Barrymore as host of National Book Awards; Spotify to publish audiobooks but apparently agents and authors were not notified; and Book business applauds government lawsuit against Amazon.
Published on September 30, 2023
amazon, Censorship, copyrights, legal
MORE: Education Secretary Cardona rips ‘misbehaving’ parents; Supreme Court could alter the way Americans interact on the Internet; University hires professor who once threatened NY Post reporter with machete; Lost Truman Capote story found and published; The one book your child needs to read; Google Search caught publicly indexing users’ conversations with Bard AI; Newspaper runs robot-written op-ed opposing AI in journalism; Amazon sued by FTC for “warping prices” and more!; and German govt. gave pro-pr*stitution book to children
Published on September 22, 2023
amazon, author scams, Print on demand, self-publishing, writing scams
One company. Three huge red flags!
Published on September 7, 2023
amazon, Censorship, legal, libel
MORE: Did court clerk in Alex Murdaugh case overstep her role to land a book deal?; Coach who got job back after Supreme Court ruled he could pray on field quits, claims retaliation; Startling revelation about Biden’s in a new book; Mexican parents gather to burn textbooks; Can a foreign country order U.S. tech companies to censor U.S. citizens?; Two men arrested for reading Bible verses in public; ChatGPT making up fake Bible verses; and FTC to sue Amazon later this month.
Published on August 25, 2023
amazon, Censorship, legal, libel
MORE: Op-ed sexual harassment allegation leads to lawsuit; Man gets physically removed from school board meeting for reading aloud a book with strong s*xual content made available to children; School board members not allowed unannounced school visits? What are they hiding??; As writers’ strike continues, studios are posting jobs for AI experts paying up to $1M/year; Bloomsbury Publishing exec, 45, dies in boating accident; Teacher fired for reading inappropriate book to fifth graders; Judge rules AI-created art isn’t copyrightable; Kansas reporter accused of breaking law before controversial Marion County newspaper raid; Nursery pulls book shown to four-year-olds that depicts men kissing in bondage; AI to binge LAPD bodycam footage to weed out rude tone, aggressive language; and Amazon Prime show allegedly used woman’s story, but did not credit her.
Published on August 11, 2023
AI, amazon, copyrights, legal
MORE: Woman sues after AI results in her arrest; State pulls funding from the American Library Association (ALA) after they elect an openly Marxist president; Shame on College Board!; and Obama biographer probably won’t be getting any new biography jobs after he spilled the beans.
Published on July 28, 2023
amazon, Defamation, legal, libel
MORE: Jeff Bezos’ newspaper on track to lose $100M this year!; Student suspended for creating, posting funny pictures of principal on his own time; Journalist upset about sordid allegations against him; Santa Barbara News-Press closes, still owes employees final checks; Hospital wins millions for defamation against defendant who didn’t show up for court; Evidence that China’s communist party has their feet in U.S. schools’ curriculum; Some paid protestors in the U.S. didn’t know their “employers” are foreign governments trying to divide our citizens.
Published on July 28, 2023
amazon, book marketing, diversify your writing income, Print on demand, self-publishing, social media, traditional publishing
“When I search for the title of the book now, I don’t see it. What do you think is going on?”
Published on July 20, 2023
amazon, author, author scams, Print on demand, self-publishing, writing career advice
Here are 4 reasons why you should NOT!
