Published on April 1, 2022
amazon, Censorship, copyrights, legal, libel
MORE: A 15-page, $1.25M book!; CA governor mocks parents about s*xually explicit books in school libraries; School board member sues critics for libel; Doctor faces plagiarism accusations; Scammer caught in medical journal fraud scheme; Amazon gets booted by Seattle Pride; Mainstream media is spinning political opinions, not news; Russia abducting and threatening journalists; Supreme Court agrees to hear copyright case of photo turned into Warhol paintings; Media blames Trump and white supremacy for Will Smith Oscar slap; Putin too busy criticizing J.K. Rowling to stop slaughtering children; and 125-year-old letter from orphaned choir boy found in church pew.
Published on March 11, 2022
amazon, Censorship, legal, libel
MORE: Russia silencing dissenters…just like Facebook does!; Evergreen Publishing Group LLC / America’s Choice Publishers deceived elderly adults and got nailed by the state of Georgia; Beto O’Rourke sued by oil tycoon for defamation; Amazon might REALLY be in trouble this time!; Southern Poverty Law Center’s hate list; and Meghan Markle’s sister accuses her of slut-shaming in libel lawsuit
Published on March 10, 2022
amazon, Book Reviews, Print on demand, self-publishing, traditional publishing
“How can one book on preorder get reviews and another not?”
Published on February 25, 2022
amazon, copyrights, legal, libel, social media
MORE: Amazon suspends BLM charity program over spending controversy; Cancel culture insanity at a university; A man secretly owned a PR website where he promoted his own firm, and trashed his competitors; Social media posts are fair game in a divorce; Update on ResearchGate/scientific publishers’ lawsuit; Shopify sued for textbook pirating by its clients; and Fast Company sued for selling its subscriber list; Employee at Texas A&M copied and renamed an author’s book (about the university!) but the university is immune from the lawsuit?
Published on February 25, 2022
amazon, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, pod complaints, Print on demand, self-publishing
Never assume that having your book published by Amazon KDP will mean that your book will be stocked by Amazon…
Published on February 25, 2022
amazon, book marketing, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, createspace complaints, KDP, KDP Print, promoting your writing, self-publishing, writing career advice
Dear Amazon,
It’s been awhile since we last spoke. Remember when we sued you for anti-trust violations? Wasn’t it fun meeting face-to-face in that courtroom? And then…
Published on February 17, 2022
amazon, author, Print on demand, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing career advice
I bought copies of my book through Amazon. I don’t see those sales in my publisher’s reports.
Published on February 5, 2022
amazon, Censorship, legal, libel
MORE: Amazon Must Pay $50K for Firing Christian Employee; Facebook censors another pro-police book; Germany trying to get Twitter users’ info for prosecution purposes; 77% tested at Baltimore high school read at elementary level, some at kindergarten level; The publisher who takes in “cancelled” books and authors; Law prohibiting filming cops in Miami might get squashed; Journalists who can’t carry firearms are being killed in Mexico; and Is Forbes about to be controlled by China?
Published on January 27, 2022
amazon, Censorship, copyrights, legal, libel
MORE: The feds are hiring writers to create future court testimony for government officials; The latest books that are victims of cancel culture; Ha ha ha! Actress’ fans sue for $5M because she was cut from a movie; CNN says Sarah Palin vs. New York Times trial will be “excruciating” for the paper; Amazon driver faces off with a bear!; ABBA settles lawsuit with stupid band that used their name; NYC professors sue over “anti-Semitic” Union; Author commits suicide after pedophilia accusations and then people burned his books at his grave; and Major booksellers accused of selling anti-Semitic book that was plagiarized from other sources.
Published on January 21, 2022
amazon, author scams, copyrights, legal, libel
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.
