So six years after EU members were punished for lowering the tax they collect on the sale of an ebook in violation of EU rules, the European Union decided...
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Are POD Publishers Pirating Your Book on Amazon?
While programs like Google Books are performing a great public service by scanning rare public domain books and making them available, sometimes in-copyright books are also scanned and inadvertently...
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Demos Parneros Files Wrongful Termination Suit Against B&N
The publishing industry had more questions than answers when Barnes & Noble abruptly fired its CEO last month. Demos Parneros was terminated with no notice or severance package, leaving...
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EU Screws Up Copyright Ruling on Student’s Presentation
One of the few bright spots in US copyright law (along with DMCA Safe Harbors) is the legal principle of fair use - the idea that under certain conditions...
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Someone Filed a Trademark on the “Guy Holding Axe” Book Cover Design
If you found Faleena Hopkins's attempt to trademark the word "cocky" infuriating then this next trademark could give you a stroke. An author in the SPF Community FB group...
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US Supreme Court Tax Ruling Means Authors Have to Collect Sales Tax on Direct Sales
Whip out the Advil, because a recent ruling by the US Supreme Court is going to cause a lot of headaches for authors and other small operators who sell...
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How to Cheat the Kindle Store (and Get Away With it!): The Chance Carter Story
For quite some time now I have been reporting on Amazon's over-reliance on poorly programmed bots that punish the innocent while letting scammers run rampant. Today I have an...
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US-Based Instapaper Cuts Off Access in Europe in Order to Fix GDPR Compliance
If you thought the GDPR didn't apply to you because you weren't in Europe, think again. Techcunch and other sites are reporting that Instapaper, which is owned by Pinterest...
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Internet Archive Wants You to Turn Your Site Into a Pirate Site
The Open Library is a free web library slash pirate site run by the Internet Archive. It lends ebooks, and can be used by anyone online. A recent update...
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Guest Post: If Small Print “Terms and Conditions” Require a PhD to be Understood, Should They be Legally Binding?
You may not realise it but you are signing legal agreements all the time. Think of all those “terms and conditions” boxes you tick when you buy new software...
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Cockygate: Faleena Hopkins Has Registered a Trademark on Cocky, and is Using it to Threaten Other Romance Authors
Trademark bullying is a pox on industries ranging from breweries to whatever over-priced junk Monster Cable is making this week. A trademark bully's ostensible goal is to keep consumers...
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DragonCon Invites the Infamous Lori James of All Romance eBooks as Author Guest
All Romance eBooks was at one time a leading romance ebook retailer, but by the time it shut down in late 2016 it was clouded in scandal. Not only...
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Amazon’s CreateSpace Provides a Safe Haven for Textbook Scams, Money Laundering, and Rampant Piracy
Amazon is destroying the Kindle Store from the inside out by letting broken algorithms run the show, punishing innocents while letting major scammers off scot-free. Createspace, in comparison, would...
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Amazon Seeks Court Confirmation of Arbitration Ruling, Inadvertently Shows Just How Badly-Run the Kindle Store Is
In September of last year Amazon filed for arbitration against several companies that were using various nefarious means to scam the Kindle Store. Now Law360 brings us the news that...
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Online Piracy Is More Popular Than Ever … Says Company That Sells Anti-Piracy Services
Piracy is such a huge problem that several industries reported record revenues last year. TorrentFreak brings us news of a new global piracy report from Muso that shows record...
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