Publishers Weekly today announced that the Author’s Guild is warning Simon and Schuster authors to be extra careful when signing an addendum to their book contract that alters their ebook royalties.
According to the article, the addendum may actually change author’s rights in favor of the publisher.
I don’t have a contract with Simon and Schuster […]
Yikes! I missed this until just now. According to Rosemary Haworth writing for PC Advisor in the UK Arts Council-funded YouWriteOn is calling for a one day strike against Amazon… today, May 1st.
The article is entitled Writers call for 1 May Amazon, eBay boycott. Amazon’s attempt to force POD publishers to use their BookSurge POD […]
According to Publisher’s Weekly, AuthorHouse (a large Print On Demand publisher) gave into Amazon’s demand they print with Booksurge rather than with, presumably, LighteningSource. The PW article is titled: AuthorHouse Bows to Amazon Pressure Over Booksurge
The post points to AuthorHouse’s Position Statement, calling it ambiguously-worded and I agree; I can’t tell what they’re doing. I […]
Although PODdyMouth is optimistic about the initial response of the Attorney General’s office in Washington State about the Amazon/BookSurge issue, I’m not impressed - it sounds like the usual political cya, but I’m old enough to be a bit of a cynic.
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In a thoughtful essay, The Authors Guild points out how Amazon is probably after the long tail profits and says why they suspect any statement that tries to spin their move to insist people print with their BookSurge to anything like customer service or energy savings, etc.
The AG is considering legal action under antitrust laws […]
According to Publisher’s Weekly last Tuesday the Authors Guild sent a warning to it’s members about a change publisher Simon and Schuster is making in its contracts with authors. The warning spelled out the fact that S and S would control books even after they were out of print because they would retain them in […]
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