Published on November 19, 2020
copyrights, legal, libel
Didn’t Watch the Movie – Waiting on the Book!; Will Simon and Schuster be Bought?; New Demand for Storytelling Podcasts; Did a News Article Drive Cryptocurrency Value Down??
Published on November 12, 2020
legal, libel, social media
Facebook Loses Court Case; Parler Signups Surge After Election; Is this Judge racist???
Published on November 5, 2020
legal, libel
MORE: Internet platforms throttling free speech; When medical journals publish false data; Co-founder of publication quits after being censored; Anti-Semitism has no place in the news industry…or ANYWHERE; How to respond to negative online posts; and Johnny Depp may have destroyed his entire career by filing a libel lawsuit.
Published on October 29, 2020
amazon, author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, legal, writing scams
MORE: Book sales higher than in the past decade?; “Wealthy” bookstore owner asks customers to save her own store?; Author shares her story about BookWhip Marketing, LLC; Victoria Strauss does NOT recommend EMP Entertainment, A&D Entertainment, nor T.A. Barron’s Once Upon a Villain Flash Fiction Contest; Consumer review of Write Your Best Book / Christina Kaye; Indie bookstores are still struggling and here’s how you can help!; 149-year old Salt Lake Tribune moving from daily to weekly + massive layoffs; and Pay for an ebook from Amazon…but you might lose it later!
Published on October 23, 2020
amazon, legal, libel
MORE: Internet Archive puts future ownership of books in question; Internet Archive scanning 70K books from a college library!; Amazon employees want paid day off to vote; Libel can cost more than you think!; Using copyright law to eliminate criticism?!
Published on October 23, 2020
author, legal, libel, Print on demand, self-publishing, storytelling, traditional publishing, writing career advice
“I’ve written a book that contains lots of stories about people I’ve know. A friend told me to set up an LLC and then can’t get sued. Is this true?”
Published on October 15, 2020
legal, libel
MORE: Justice Thomas Wants to Review Online Immunity; Don’t Beat up YELP Commenters; Unemployment Scheme at Colorado Newspaper?? – In The News- 10/15/2020
Published on October 9, 2020
copyrights, legal, libel
MORE: L.A. Times is hiring ONE PERSON; Website claims embedding photographer’s Instagram post is “fair use;” Author sues athlete for pulling out of co-authored book deal; Man accused of cheating at poker sues for libel/defamation; Politician wants to change libel laws
Published on October 8, 2020
copyrights, harvey randall, legal
Think someone copied the theme of your book? This article may save you thousands in legal fees.
Published on October 1, 2020
author, legal, libel, self-publishing, writing career advice
I received an email from a woman who claims to have written a book about her channeled conversations with deceased celebrities. Whether you believe in channeling (a two-way conversation between the living and the dead) or not is irrelevant…