Published on November 19, 2020
author scams, copyrights, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing

“They’re quoting me hundreds of dollars to reproduce the text in my book. But, there are countless websites that have already quoted this exact text by that author…”
Published on November 19, 2020
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The absence of substantial similarity proved fatal to Author’s copyright violation claims.
Published on October 29, 2020
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“I was able to break the contract before they went out of business. However, my book is still advertised on Amazon Children’s Books, with all of the previous information, pricing, etc…”
Published on October 8, 2020
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Think someone copied the theme of your book? This article may save you thousands in legal fees.
Published on September 24, 2020
copyrights, legal, self-publishing

Entire sections of the book contained information taken from websites but no websites or writers were given credit. So, is this copyright infringement or plagiarism? In this case…
Published on July 23, 2020
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Why didn’t I get a higher royalty for that?
Published on June 18, 2020
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I can’t think of a more creative way to entrap someone for copyright infringement. Well, yes I can but I’m not going to give any mean people reading this any ideas…
Published on May 21, 2020
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Want to go bankrupt from legal fees? Then, by all means, write about celebrities!
Published on April 30, 2020
copyrights, legal, writing career advice

Two years ago, my former co-author and someone else attempted to “re-write” our original book. The new edition of the book still contains major swaths of my work…
Published on March 5, 2020
copyrights, legal, self-publishing, writing career advice

I would like to create a book of my favorite poems. Do I need to have express permission?