Published on May 6, 2020
amazon, copyrights, legal

Photographer sues Sinclair Television for using his photo; Bauer Media ceases printing 7 magazines; Twitter and Google lose defamation case in Australia…but they would have won in the U.S.; Egypt filmmaker dies on prison cell
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 April 30, 2020
copyrights, legal

Museum inspects Elvis’ Bible; Books Still Sell During COVID; Supreme Court Rules States Can’t Copyright Statutes; Has Your HP Printer Suddenly Stopped Working? This Might Explain Why!
Published on April 24, 2020
amazon, Censorship, legal

World Book Day; and Facebook controls what THEY want you to see but their censorship policies make no sense.
Published on April 9, 2020
amazon, copyrights, legal, libel

Quarantined Folks Are Buying More Books!; Humvee Trademark Lawsuit; Candidate Sues Media for Libel; Editor Leaves Hollywood Reporter over Alleged Bias.
Published on April 2, 2020
amazon, author scams, legal, libel, self-publishing

Book sales increase because they’re inexpensive entertainment; A dozen journalists releases from executive’s libel lawsuit; How U.S. presidents in history have tried to stop people from insulting them; How to read Kindle ebooks without a Kindle; Victoria Strauss delivers AGAIN!
Published on March 27, 2020
amazon, legal, libel

Major publishers should have recalled employees from China weeks ago; Amazon limits fast shipping on “non-essential” items (but BookLocker’s books are shipping immediately!); Museum security chief takes over social media posts, and has people roaring with laughter; Skyhorse Publishing lays off nearly third of staff; and Netflix sued for defamation.
Published on March 13, 2020
amazon, copyrights, legal, libel

Barnes and Noble Clinging to Survival; NYC Penguin Employees to Work From Home; Punk-Rockers “MISFITS” sue Publisher … and MUCH MORE!!
Published on March 5, 2020
copyrights, legal, self-publishing, writing career advice

Read what I actually said to this person…and what I WANTED to say to this person!
Published on March 5, 2020
amazon, legal, libel, traditional publishing

MORE! Feds sending Chinese reporters packing; Tweet gets politican in very hot water; Interesting story from a writer who got sued for defamation; Ex-Gawker editors sues Daily Beast; Amazon delivery delays because of virus; Ex-Amazon manager says used social media to find applicants’ race and gender; London Book Fair cancelled but BookExpo/BookCon NOT; and Anti-competitive practices in textbook industry.