Authors Protest Internet Archive Pirating Their Books
Authors have discovered that the Internet Archive has converted its lending library site into an out and out pirate site, and they are not happy, For...Continue reading
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UK to End VAT on eBooks (But Not Audiobooks)
After a decade of lobbying bu authors and book publishers, the UK government announced this week that the Value Added Tax collected on the sale of...Continue reading
eBook Piracy – How to Respond If Someone Steals Your eBook Online
Sunday, 16 February 2020, was the day that I became a real author. I have been a writer for over a decade now, but Sunday was...Continue reading
What To Do If Your Identity is Stolen and Used for Money Laundering in Createspace or Amazon
Did you find out the hard way that you were the victim of identity theft after the thief used your info in one of Amazon's services?...Continue reading
French Court Rules Consumers Have the Right to Resell Games, Bringing eBook Resale One Step Closer to Being Reality
Just about every type of publisher making digital content today uses restrictive licenses to deny your rights over the content you buy, but those restrictions are...Continue reading
eBook Resale Ruled Illegal in the EU (Actually, No, It Hasn’t)
For the past seven years it has been legal to resell software in Europe under what is known as the "UsedSoft" decision, a court ruling that...Continue reading
AAP Files Doomed Lawsuit Over Audible’s Caption Feature, Alleges Copyright Infringement
When detractors complained after Audible launched Audible Captions last month, I asked myself how anyone could know that this feature infringed on copyrights when no one...Continue reading
Guest Post: Amazon, Google and Facebook Warrant Antitrust Scrutiny for Many Reasons – Not Just Because They’re Large
There’s a growing chorus of U.S. politicians, antitrust scholars and consumer watchdogs calling for stricter antitrust treatment of Amazon, Google, Facebook and other tech giants. Some even say they should be broken...Continue reading
POD Giveth, and POD Taketh Away (Piracy)
About four years back I uncovered a massive textbook piracy operation running unchecked in Createspace. Enterprising scammers were stealing dozens of digital textbooks, then pirating them...Continue reading
PRH Buys Half of F+W Media At Auction, Including Half of Writer’s Digest
Do you know that story in the Bible where Solomon orders a baby cut in half in order to settle a dispute about who was the...Continue reading
The Biggest Plagiarism Scandal in the History of eBooks Slipped by Amazon Unnoticed
When news broke a little over two months ago that the Brazilian author person Cristiane Serruya had copied parts of Courtney Milan's book, The Duchess War,...Continue reading
IRS, FBI Raid Baltimore Mayor in the Wake of a “Books for Contracts” Corruption Scandal
When I reported on Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh taking a leave of absence a few weeks ago following revelations that companies and charities had bought her...Continue reading
The Problem with eBook Piracy Spam
Try this experiment. Go to Amazon and pull up any book, any book at all as long as it has been out for at least a few...Continue reading
At the Request of Their Union, Screenwriters are Firing Their Agents
An ongoing contract dispute is sending shockwaves through Hollywood, and it's going to have an interesting effect on what stories get told on your favorite show....Continue reading
Audible Settles Several More Class Action Lawsuits
A little over two years ago Audible was hit with several class action lawsuits that alleged that the Amazon subsidiary had engaged in bait-and-switch tactics and...Continue reading