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Read to your Kid, It's Children's Book Week!

Kymry ~ A look in time.... wrote 3 days ago: Book Cover, Close Looks in a Spring Woods, by Author & Photographer ©Martha McKeen Welch.  Book … more →

Tags: Photography, wildlife, Conservation, Environmental, New York, bedford ny, connecticut, Adventurers, Explorers

Google Appeals Class Action Suit

huntfortheverybest wrote 1 week ago: Google argued today that the Second Circuit Court of Appeals appeal the lower court’s order to … more →

Tags: Copyright, News, Google, class-action

“Fair use” takes center stage at Google Books appeal — paidContent

Terry Irving wrote 1 week ago: Summary: The long-running fight over Google’s decision to scan the world’s library books took a new … more →

Tags: a new world, Google, PaidContent, Copyright, google books, fair-use, Wednesday, Manhattan

"Fair use" takes center stage at Google Books appeal

Jeff John Roberts wrote 1 week ago: Google (s goog) and the Authors Guild resumed an eight-year battle on Tuesday morning before the U.S … more →

Tags: Barrington Parker, Copyright, copyright law, fair-use, Google, google books, Pierre Lavel, seth waxman, US Second Circuit

"Fair use" takes center stage at Google Books appeal12 comments

Jeff John Roberts wrote 1 week ago: Google (s goog) and the Authors Guild resumed an eight-year battle on Tuesday morning before the U.S … more →

Tags: Barrington Parker, Copyright, copyright law, fair-use, Google, google books, Pierre Lavel, seth waxman, US Second Circuit

US Appeals Panel Speaks Well Of Google's Plan For World's Largest Digital Library

timothybella wrote 1 week ago: NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals panel in Manhattan has expressed support for Google Inc.’s p … more →

Tags: News, Google, Trending, Digital Library, us circuit court of appeals, copyrightd material

Guild: A medieval association

slworona wrote 2 weeks ago: A few weeks ago, the Supreme Court issued a decision that’s good for garage sales and flea mar … more →

Tags: Internet Policy/Law, Copyright, first sale principle, Scott Turow, Kirtsaeng v. Wiley

Professor Expert Award

Jonathan Taylor wrote 3 weeks ago: My first ever Professor Expert Award goes to writer Scott Turow for his total non-understanding of   … more →

Tags: Distractions, Scott Turow, Copyright, eBooks, Piracy

DPLA should push overhaul of copyright laws3 comments

hsikaiyang wrote 4 weeks ago: In my posting made earlier in the semester, I argued that building a solid and rich infrastructure i … more →

Tags: Copyright, copyright law, DPLA, first sale doctrine, hathitrust, Law, Lawsuit, Mass-digitization, orphan work

Article: The Authors Guild

particularkev wrote 1 month ago: The link below is to an article that looks into the Authors Guild. For more visit:http://www.techdir … more →

Tags: Article 2, Article

Scott Turow and The Zombiefied American Author14 comments

Jason Braun wrote 1 month ago: “Loose Leaves” | flickr creative commons Last week, Scott Turow wrote of “The Slow Death … more →

Tags: the digital margins, future of the book, writing, Reading, Digital publishing, New York Times, Scott Turow, zombie, Matt Kindt

Silverfish and Scott Turow2 comments

Rick Wiedeman wrote 1 month ago: We take issue with Scott Turow’s April 8 Op-Ed article, “The Slow Death of the American Author.” Fir … more →

Tags: Personal, Books, eBook, Copyright, American Library Association, Scott Turow, silverfish, library cardholders, plant fiber

A List of Things Scott Turow Doesn't Care About

Christine Keleny wrote 1 month ago: Another good article by David Gaughran. I don’t know much about the Author’s Guild but t … more →

Tags: Self Publishing, Writers, Random House, Author Solutions, david gaughran, goodreads, Amazon, scoot turow, paul aikens

Authors Guild and NRA Comparison2 comments

Kathy Temean wrote 1 month ago: Here is illustrator Joanne Friar’s painting of a rainy day done in acrylic gouache on HP water … more →

Tags: Article, News, Publishing Industry, Dueling Opinion Pieces, Forbes Magazine, Jeremy Greenfield, Joanne Friar, NYTimes Op-Ed, Scott Turow

E- BOOKS: PUBLISHERS vs. AUTHORS - THE BROKEN REVENUE MODEL

whitherthebook wrote 1 month ago: New Post Every Wednesday, 8:30 pm, ET. Note: This Post will stay up for 1 more week, with the additi … more →

Tags: The Book, Advretising, Art, Authors, book, change, Copyright, E, eBook

Slow Death of the American Writer? Not So Fast...1 comment

@j_boissonneault wrote 1 month ago: Here’s an interesting blog post I came across today, and had to share. It’s a rebuttal o … more →

Tags: Worth a Share, writing, Storytelling, Fear, united states, Fiction, writer, Literature, Amazon kindle

Author Scott Turow’s Red-Baiting Rant12 comments

A.M.B. wrote 1 month ago: In a disjointed piece in The New York Times over the weekend, Scott Turow railed against our copyrig … more →

Tags: On Writing/Publishing/Marketing, Authors, Books, Libraries, red-baiting, Scott Turow, Writers, writing

A List of Things Scott Turow Doesn't Care About83 comments

davidgaughran wrote 1 month ago: Scott Turow woke up from his slumber recently to bark nonsense about Amazon’s acquisition of Goodrea … more →

Tags: archway, Author Solutions, Backinprint.Com, iunverse, Paul Aiken, Penguin, Random House, Scott Turow, Simon & Schuster

Copyrights and Other Thoughts

RSAGARCIA wrote 1 month ago: I’m not an expert on this stuff. But I’m a writer, so when people are talking about stuf … more →

Tags: on writing, writing, publish, Caribbean, Author, Literature, Scott Turow, Oww.


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