Google's Books project, which has indexed millions of titles and made them available online, hasn't always been on completely solid legal footing. After all, Books operates without the permission of authors, which has understandably drawn some ire from copyright holders, not to mention other web ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
A U.S. judge has thrown out a long-standing copyright infringement case brought against Google by the Authors Guild, saying the company’s book-scanning project provides significant benefits to the public. Judge Denny Chin, formerly of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2013-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
A debut novelist who spent nine years trying to get her first book published is rewarded for her persistence with a £10,000 literary prize for original fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
PEN American Center's report "Chilling Effects," offers some disturbing data about the effect of government surveillance on free expression and self-censorship in the literary world.PEN American Center’s report “Chilling Effects,” officially released Tuesday morning, offers some disturbing data... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Self-publishing, despite its community's diversity of style and material, may need awards and other 'gatekeeping' devices for coherence in the marketplace. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan has acquired five self-published and two unpublished novels by bestselling ebook... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
On the last day of the inaugural China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair (CCBF), held from November 7-9, the winners of the Golden Pinwheel Awards were announced. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Our weekly round-up of web buzz looks at Italy's RCS Libri / Rizzoli Lab effort in co-publishing; self-publishing in Germany; author contracts; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Neil Gaiman is revealed as the final short story author of the Doctor Who stories. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jaques Ferrandez is beloved and celebrated in France yet practically unknown in the Anglo-Saxon world; his recent adaptation of 'L’Étranger' (The Stranger) has been a bestseller. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Porter Anderson looks at reactions to the news of Larry Kirshbaum's departure from Amazon Publishing, plus problems with print, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Edinburgh author Angela Jackson is named the winner of the 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival's First Book Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
A look at a the week's round of web musing on the future of publishing in concept, creative work, and technical production, after Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, a destination literary and arts festival created in response to the Bali bombings in 2002 Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writer Sherman Alexie asked other authors to work at an indie bookstore on Small Business Saturday this year and hundreds of other writers have already pledged their support. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Porter Anderson looks at the Frankfurt Book Fair, at Sprint Beyond the Book and Book Sprints, at pen names, and more in Ether for Authors this week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
It was just more than a year ago that Ev Williams and Biz Stone created the publishing platform Medium. The Internet officially met the site in August 2012, and since then, Medium’s popularity has grown enough for even the most ske ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oscar Hijuelos, the author best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love," died Sunday, his publisher Gotham confirmed. Hijuelos was 62 and died in New York.Oscar Hijuelos, the author best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Mambo Kings Play... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The author of literary thriller The Killing Lessons, snapped up by Orion at auction on the eve of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Val McDermid tells the BBC's Nick Higham about her latest book Cross and Burn, the eighth novel in The Wire in the Blood series. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]