The NYTimes has finally caught up with the two-month-old story about California’s new law concerning autographed memorabilia, and in spite of the multiple opinions that the law will not impact...Continue reading
Category: Law
Part Two: No, Authors, California Isn’t Abusing You (or Bookstores)
About a week and a half ago I debunked the FUD about California supposedly passing a law which was going to make it difficult to sell an autographed book in that state....Continue reading
Donald Trump: Amazon has “a Huge Antitrust Problem”
Now that Trump is the presumptive GOP candidate for president, some pundits have said that he would tone down his rhetoric and start wooing the mainstream voters he had driven...Continue reading
Donald Trump Attacks Jeff Bezos, Amazon (Video, Complete Text)
Determined to make orange face paint popular again, Sideshow Donald continued his campaign for the US Presidency this week with a new attack on Amazon, Jeff Bezos, and the media in...Continue reading
Minnesota Man Cited for Reading James Patterson While Driving
Many smartphones and tablets can read ebooks aloud, but that’s not good enough for one Minnesota man. Fox9 reports that a man was pulled over in Eagan, Minnesota this week for swerving...Continue reading
The UK’s New Consumer Rights Act Will Protect The Right to Return eBooks
We’ve all encountered badly made ebooks, but with only Amazon offering a reasonable return policy there wasn’t much that we could do about it. But today that situation changed for...Continue reading
Delaware Passes Law Which Makes eBooks and Other Digital Content Inheritable
Do you know that clause in the TOS for the Kindle Store and many other digital content stores which says that the content is licensed to you and is nontransferable? The...Continue reading
Used eBook Sales Now Illegal in Europe (For The Moment)
Used ebooks are a hot topic right now, with Apple and Amazon each pursuing a patent over reselling digital content and as a result sparking a debate on the legality,...Continue reading
Connecticut is About to Force* Publishers to Sell eBooks to Libraries
If you shared my dismay yesterday when you read the details about Macmillan’s library ebook pilot then I have something to cheer you up. A new bill has been proposed...Continue reading