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Jun.14.2010
An interesting dispute has broken out between The Authors Guild and John Wiley over what is the best way to calculate royalties. The dispute may seem a little arcane but it is interesting in that the issues bring to light fundamental questions of how best to structure royalty rates that are in the...
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Jun.10.2010
As you know by now, I'm a longtime Authors Guild member. This message from the Guild is astonishing and could conceivably impact many writers. Read on.
John Wiley & Sons acquired Bloomberg Press, the books division of Bloomberg, in March. At the end of April, it began sending a letter to...
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Feb.24.2010
I'll make this post brief - a link to the e-news source, Wired, "Authors Guild: ‘To RIAA or Not to RIAA’," says it all, and I don't want to be too repetitive. Suffice it to say that some rather high octane writers have come out against the Google settlement, in particular the role the...
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Feb.18.2010
Here's another message from the Authors Guild.
The Authors Guild is pleased to announce the launch of WhoMovedMyBuyButton.com, which is now live in fully-functional beta form. Who Moved My Buy Button? allows authors to keep track of whether Amazon has removed the "buy buttons" from any...
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Feb.12.2010
As you know, I am a longtime Authors Guild member. I recently received this email about the Google book project settlement. Interesting reading, and I encourage you to peruse it.
As you may be reading in today's paper, the Justice Department in its filing regarding our settlement with Google...
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Feb.06.2010
Well, it looks like as of yesterday, Amazon has restored the "buy" buttons for books published by Macmillan. During the past week, Macmillan has been negotiating terms with Amazon. Apparently they have reached an agreement. We don't know the details. Two days ago, Macmillan CEO John...
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Feb.02.2010
The Authors Guild, the largest advocacy organization for authors in America, weighed in on the Amazon-MacMillan affair yesterday. Their position is, I believe, a fair and balanced position on the interests of authors as it relates to the controversy. In a rare show of solidarity, Author's Guild has...
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Jan.12.2010
As a longtime member of the Authors Guild, I've been following the Guild's legal case against Google's book project with eagerness. I truly have mixed feelings about the outcome thus far. Indeed, I'm not overly pleased. That said, at least something's been done.
This email message was sent to...
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Aug.22.2009
There's a new Rumpelstiltskin in town, but he's not going after the miller's daughter. This Rumpelstiltskin has set his sights on authors, who, according to critics, may unwittingly spin him buckets full of gold. Judging from the panic issuing from home offices and cafes across the country, you'd...
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Mar.27.2009
As some of you may know, for the past several years Google has made books "searchable" online. In other words, they scanned nearly all books--regardless of whether or not said books were still copyrighted--to make the contents searchable by anyone on the Internet. The Authors Guild...
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