Published on June 24, 2021
amazon, book marketing, copyrights, legal

MORE: Book Burning in America; U.S. Takes Down Iranian News Sites; The Future of E-Readers, More Amazon Driver Complaints; and the “Cursing Cheerleader” Wins Again.
Published on June 11, 2021
author scams, copyrights, legal, writing scams

We received the following FAKE copyright infringement accusation this week via email…
Published on May 26, 2021
article ideas, copyrights, writing career advice

If an editor accepts an article, but never print it, can I sell it again?
Published on May 14, 2021
amazon, copyrights, legal, libel

MORE: Amazon dispatcher tells driver to “speed up”; Defamation lawsuit backfires to the tune of $79K; Blogger must pay for libel; Nirvana sued for t-shirt design; Costly copyright infringement judgement against politician; and are you curious about fair use?
Published on April 14, 2021
copyrights, legal, Print on demand, self-publishing

“I’m helping a friend assemble a baseball book and he wants to include photos of Topps Baseball cards…”
Published on April 7, 2021
copyrights, legal, writing career advice

“I recently retrieved my dusty copy of (the author’s) original synopsis and first chapters I produced and decided I wanted to continue to make it into book. I have tried to contact the originator by letter and email…”
Published on April 7, 2021
amazon, copyrights, legal

A whole new meaning to “Toilet Read”; Captain Underpants’ “Passive Racism”; Amazon Fired Workers Illegally; and “Satan Shoes” Cast Down by Judge
Published on April 1, 2021
author, copyrights, legal, self-publishing, Trademarks

“Another author published a book in 2015 that has the exactly same title as my book, which was published in 2010.”
Published on March 18, 2021
amazon, Censorship, copyrights, legal

Newspaper must post apology on front page; Speedy Gonzales defended; Amazon price fixing?; Anti-American books on Navy reading list; Quick copyright lawsuits, and more!
Published on March 11, 2021
amazon, copyrights, legal, self-publishing

“If Amazon can blatantly rip off a vendor’s hard-line design, what’s to stop them from hijacking an author’s book?”