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 17, 2022
legal, libel
MORE: Woman loses home after failing to show up for libel case; Paralegal accused of poisoning boss will face libel claims; Pastor facing libel suit files for bankruptcy; A look at a landmark study on libel lawsuits; and Palin loses libel suit against NYT
Published on February 10, 2022
author solutions, authorhouse, Censorship, Complaints about specific publishers, iuniverse, legal, pod complaints, trafford, writing scams, xlibris
MORE: Russia retaliates against international broadcaster; Psychologist sues medical journal authors; Entertainment Weekly, InStyle, EatingWell, Health, Parents and People en Espanol to layoff 200, cease print publication; Schools increasingly less likely to be teaching children about sexuality; and Did Israeli police spy on journalists, politicians, and businesses?
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 February 4, 2022
Complaints about specific publishers, copyrights, legal, Print on demand, writing career advice
My publisher appears to have gone out of business, but my book is still selling on Amazon.
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 27, 2022
author, book marketing, legal, storytelling, writing career advice
Should I make up a fictitious hospital name for use in my novel? Yes. Read why.
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.
Published on January 15, 2022
Censorship, legal, libel, Print on demand, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing career advice
A book you’ll be publishing for the masses is NOT the place to settle a score, even if you think you’re doing it anonymously…
Published on January 13, 2022
Censorship, Journalism, legal, libel
MORE: Worship leader and author claims Harper Collins terminated his contract over political views; Atlantic sued for $1M over viral retraction; Drag queen story hour AT CHURCH; Should social media companies be liable for radicals’ behavior on their platforms?; NPR is unrecognizable; and Neo-Nazi leader guilty of intimidating Jews and journalists
