Company is Hiring 1K freelancers; Comic Book Industry’s Dirty Secrets; NYT Editor Writes Scathing Resignation Letter … In the News – 07/16/2020
Malaysia Punishing Journalists; Liberty University sues NY Times for $10
libel
If you criticize Ebay, you might receive live cockroaches in the mail! – In the News – 06/25/2020
Anti-terrorism software used on journalist; Man in court for calling someone a “leprechaun” in an email; Amazon censors free speech documentary; News site to stop publishing mugshots; Turkey claims contraditions in Bolton’s book; Writing students helping local businesses!; Twitter dismissed from libel suit.
Real “Lord of the Flies” story leads to film rights offer; 30 Amazon workers test positive for Covid-19 at one location; and more! … In The News – 05/21/2020
Blackwater Founder Sues Media Outlet; Puerto Rico Suppressing Free Speech; First Amendment Peril In Texas – And MORE – In The News – 05/21/20
French Say Google Must Pay for Content Use; Publisher Begs Amazon for Help; Pedophile Author Victim Speaks …In the News for April 9, 2020
Quarantined Folks Are Buying More Books!; Humvee Trademark Lawsuit; Candidate Sues Media for Libel; Editor Leaves Hollywood Reporter over Alleged Bias.
Leaked Amazon memo; Website is scanning and posting “free” books and we hope they get sued into oblivion! – …In the News for April 3, 2020
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!
Amazon KDP printing delays (again!); Big class-action lawsuit against Amazon for price fixing; Publisher abandons library ebook embargo, and MUCH MORE! – …In the News 03/27/2020
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.
Woody Allen’s Book REJECTED; Beware Publisher Impersonators; Fake Books Top Amazon Searches … And MUCH MORE! -In the News 03/13/20
Barnes and Noble Clinging to Survival; NYC Penguin Employees to Work From Home; Punk-Rockers “MISFITS” sue Publisher … and MUCH MORE!!
Simon and Schuster is for sale; Popular author sued for molestation; Publisher is cancelling contracts; and much more! …In the News 03/05/2020
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.
Coronavirus Postpones International Book Fair; Mayor Apologizes for Using Self-Published Book to Steal; NYT Publishes Taliban Op-Ed; and MUCH MORE…In The News – 02/26/2020
Star Wars to Publish novels and comic books! Can you land that lucrative gig?; Can you defame someone with one text, sent to one individual?; Brits losing free speech?; Nicaragua paper can get paper and ink after criticizing government; Trump sues NYT, ABC suspends employee involved in expose’ about ABC.
Amazon pursued publishers “like a cheetah pursued a sickly gazelle”; China expels 3 Wall Street Journal reporters; and more! – …In the News 02/20/2020
Russian blogger’s throat slashed after criticizing Putin; Politician is suing LOTS of folks; Jeff Bezos sued by girlfriend’s brother; Twitter says it’s not legally liable for others’ posts…and they’re right; Were these journalists rioting or reporting?; Amazon giveth and Amazon taketh away; and Amazon’s very first employee says the company now scares him.