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12/12/10: This Week in Publishing
In Scandanavia, readers and libraries want more e-books and are getting e-books from other countries. But publishers distrust libraries, thinking they help piracy, and they are facing a dilemma with...
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Fun(ny) Copyright Cases
Learning about publishing law may be a lot of work, but it sure is entertaining. In my last class, we discussed a couple of particularly interesting cases, one of which involves the video you see...
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Other Self-Publishing Tips
Self-publishing can be a challenge. To do it successfully, you basically run the business of you. Below are some additional things, aside from the writing, editing, marketing, and conversion, to keep...
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Intellectual Property and the Indie Writer
Courtesy of Ulfbastel, Wikimedia Commons By Ron Glick This post was originally published on http://godslayercycle.wordpress.com/. Ron Glick, an indie author of 9 comic trivia books and 5 novels, shares...
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This month I’ve started working seriously on my passion project, I Know Dino. One of my goals is to get a few dinosaur ebooks out, starting with a picture book I’ve been working on for a while about...
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Guest Post: Piracy on the High Ether
By Valley Brown – author of Speeding Tickets Piracy can be a serious issue for indie authors of ebooks. Valley Brown explains her personal experiences with digital piracy, and what she did to fight...
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Indie Authors: Legal Considerations
By Jonund (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsAs an indie author, there are a lot of things to take into consideration. In addition to all...
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Guest Post: Keep Calm, Your Authorship is Protected: What Publishers and...
By Alisa Korzh Alisa Korzh is a marketer and copywriter for Unplag, a site that checks for plagiarism online. Below she covers the basics of copyright. Writers and publishers work with texts on a...
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Guest Post: Can Copyrights Be Inherited?
By Josh T. In the United States, a writer’s work is automatically copyrighted under their ownership once it’s in consumable form. The copyright lasts as long as the writer is alive and 70 years after...
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Guest Post: How Can I Protect My Novel from Copycats?
By Mariah For every JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis, there are hundreds of aspiring authors trying to write their book and get it published. If you are one of the lucky ones who has managed to finish your...
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