After a week where I was seriously considering checking out of the writing business and just admitting that the entire effort was futile, some good news this morning ( Read more... )

For those who have been watching the U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit against five of the big six publishers (and now we can all guess why Harcourt, Brace wasn't also thrown into that mix), Penguin and Macmillan have now released their official legal responses. You can read a summary here, which also contains links to the full pdf files from ( Read more... )

As most of you know, the U.S. Department of Justice instituted a lawsuit against five of the Big Six publishers and Apple, accusing them of price-fixing/colluding when they chose to set up an agency price model to sell ebooks. Three of the publishers agreed to settle.

Here is a very detailed response to the settlement from one literary agent, ( Read more... )

New York Times (yes, yes, I know) on the recent decision by Harper Collins to limit the number of times an ebook can be checked out from any given library. Slightly interesting tidbit: that despite the need to replace hardcovers/softcovers after they've worn out, libraries face losing a potential revenue source: selling off their used hardcovers/ ( Read more... )

In which the author manages to embarrass herself yet again ( Read more... )