“I can’t remember my tax number and my publisher won’t give it to me! What can I do?”
“It’s my number and, of course, I gave it to them, after receiving it from the IRS. But, they have steadfastly refused to tell me what the number is…”
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Baby-Shark copyright battle (Seriously?); Will Amazon have our eyeglasses spying on us next?; and MUCH MORE … In The News – 09/26/2019
Google finds a work-around for new law; Publishers are selling LOTS of books this year!; Instagram “copyright infringement” phishing scam; Errors in published books embarrass publishers and authors, AND MORE!
“Can I include scans of newspaper articles in my book? My book IS educational.”
“I want to include scans of newspaper articles in my book. Since my book is non-fiction, will the educational exception to copyright law apply?”
HYPOCRITICAL MUCH? Amazon bans anti-gun-violence book cover featuring gun…yet sells guitar case to hide your guns in – Whispers and Warnings – 09/19/19
MORE: Parenting book author accused of abandoning “11-year-old” adopted daughter…but is she really 11?; Author accused of plagiarizing AND quoting sources that don’t exist?; EU says re-selling ebooks is illegal; Feds sue Snowden over his memoir; Editorial cartoons finding new life online; Google ranking sites featuring syndicated content over original publisher’s links?; Librarians are ANGRY about delayed ebook publication by publishers.
Amazon’s rushed delivery drivers have killed people…and Amazon says they’re not at fault?! – Whispers and Warnings for 09/12/19
MORE: Indie bookstores and industry leaders furious at Amazon for violating book embargo (if you don’t know what that is, read this!); If you get your morning paper in your undies, you probably do NOT want a free doorbell from Amazon; MSNBC sued for outrageous allegation; “Almost Everything About Goodreads Is Broken;” Politician sues CBS and we’re betting that gets thrown out of court. And, DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, MISS THIS AWESOME OBITUARY!
Ebook sales DOWN again!; Regrettable rejections in publishing history; Amazon subtly manipulating your buying choices?; AND MUCH MORE! – Whispers and Warnings for 09/04/19
MORE: First Christian florists and bakers, and now movie-makers not allowed to choose their own clients; Print and audiobook sales UP; Dumb magazine photoshops teen’s head onto nude body; Russian blogger imprisoned for REALLY stupid Tweet.
Amazon keeps selling product after customer’s son’s death AND after settlement; Big publishers sue Amazon’s Audible; Publisher does RIGHT THING after copyright infringement; and MUCH MORE! Whispers and Warnings for 08/27/19
MORE: Amazon can’t police its own illegal product offerings yet the government wants to put it in charge of our data?!; Americans are doing less reading, and more listening; When publishers print without thinking; and MUCH MORE!
Q – “I took images from the Internet and now I can’t remember the sources. Can you help me find them?”
Let us all collectively slap our foreheads together for this one!
Dog Ear Publishing authors say they were scammed; Man made $370K shipping dirt to Amazon?!, AND MUCH MORE! Whispers and Warnings for 08/08/2019
MORE! Amazon drivers part of $10 million theft ring?; BIG newspaper merger; “Stairway To Heaven” lawsuit to continue; Suing repeatedly for copyright infringement after making your product easy to steal?; Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit revived by a court
Author drops poisoning lawsuit against husband; Journalist ordered to pay $213K; “Big Math” sues after parent criticizes program … and Much MORE!! Whispers and Warnings for 08/01/19
MORE! Street artist sues Walmart, Ellen Degeneres; 1st Amendment protects Wikileaks and Facebook; Flaunt Magazine co-founder leaves; Charging for online newspaper prescriptions is not a good idea; Gawker lays off entire staff.