Kremlin Afraid of Wheelchair-bound Blogger
Secretive ‘hero’ blogger rips into Kremlin, one click at a time
“‘They can easily arrest and put in prison anyone,’ Gorbunov told AFP in an interview, saying that even a short stint in jail could kill him. ‘They don’t care.'”
How do YOU think this is going to affect the book-selling industry?
Baker & Taylor News Sparks ABA into Action
“We have been in close touch with our colleagues at Ingram. They have assured us that they are doing everything necessary to ramp up stock levels at their warehouses, and that they very much want to reach out to stores whose wholesale business was previously concentrated at Baker & Taylor.”
Here’s One Creative Way to Control Litigation!
In Twist, Judge Orders B&N to Help Pay Former CEO’s Legal Costs
“The fee dispute landed in front of Koeltl after Parneros’s attorneys stuck to their demand in previous negotiations that B&N advance 50% of the former CEO’s total litigation costs, given that Parneros’s initial claim and the subsequent countersuit were so intertwined.”
Casino Game Artwork Infringement Spells BIG BUCKS
Infringement Plagues Pharaoh’s Fortune
“…where the owner of a casino game uses another party’s artwork without permission—thus infringing the artwork owner’s copyright—the artwork owner is entitled to recover 75% of the profits earned from the infringing casino games…”
State Passes Law Protecting Itself From Copyright Infringement?!
North Carolina Attempts to Justify Copyright Infringement by the State
“Initially, this suit was brought up when the state posted film stills from filmmaker Rick Allen’s documentary, Queen Anne’s Revenge, which shows recovery of the wreckage of Blackbeard’s ship that ran aground in 1718.”
Censorship in Social Media – a Free-For-All
The First Rule of Social-Media Censorship Is That There Are No Rules
“The answer goes to the heart of the reason why Silicon Valley has lost the public trust of tens of millions of Americans. They know the rules are malleable. They know double standards apply. And they know that the campus-censorship culture is being imported online.”
Writing FAST: How to Write Anything with Lightning Speed
A systematic approach to writing that generates better quality quickly!
Chock full of ideas, tips, techniques and inspiration, this down-to-earth book is easy to read, and even easier to apply. Let author Jeff Bollow take you through a process that brings your ideas to the page faster, more powerfully and easier than ever before.
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https://writersweekly.com/books/3695.html
7.625 STRATEGIES IN EVERY BEST-SELLER - Revised and Expanded Edition
At this moment, thousands of would-be authors are slaving away on their keyboards, dreaming of literary success. But their efforts won’t count for much. Of all those manuscripts, trade book editors will sign up only a slim fraction.
And of those titles--ones that that editors paid thousands of dollars to contract, print and publicize--an unhealthy percentage never sell enough copies to earn back their advances. Two years later, most will be out of print!
Acquisition Editor Tam Mossman shares seven essentials every book needs to stay in print, and sell!
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https://writersweekly.com/books/5635.html
