Thursday News: Klout sells to Lithium, Diesel eBooks closes, Books on Board...
Klout acquired for $200 million by Lithium Technologies – Remember when everyone was checking their Klout scores? Well, apparently Klout’s own score has just risen exponentially, with this $200 million...
View ArticleThursday News: Death comes to Archie Comics, Comcast’s anti-trust challenge,...
Comic book icon Archie to ‘die heroically’ – I have to admit that this is pretty clever, although I’m guessing it’s going to make some readers feel manipulated. Although the Archie comics that continue...
View ArticleTuesday News: New suit against Apple et al, the recession’s effect on the US...
Judge Says Price-Fixing Suit Filed by Retailers Can Proceed – Judge Cote has ruled that an antitrust suit brought by independent bookseller DNAML against Apple et al can move forward, likely in tandem...
View ArticleFriday News: Authors United to call on the DOJ, Amtrak’s Writers Residency...
Authors United’s Next Move: DOJ – Apparently this story originally appears in the Financial Times, but since the site has a paywall, I’m not going to link to it. So not many details beyond the fact...
View ArticleWednesday News: Antitrust concerns for Comcast merger, China’s book banning,...
Antitrust experts slam Comcast merger plan, warn of threats to Netflix and Amazon Prime – As the FCC considers whether to green light the pending merger between Time Warner and Comcast, more than 36...
View ArticleFriday News: Two plagiarism cases, Apple appeals to SCOTUS, and Beverly...
Don’t Do This Ever (an advice column for writers): Plagiarism Warning edition – Laura Harner has apparently “written” 75 books in the past five years. I quoted “written” because some of them, at least,...
View ArticleThursday News: ebooks v. games, DOJ sues DirecTV, Facebook’s growth, and Bono...
Paypal’s New eBook Report: Consumers Are More Willing to Pay for eBooks Than Video Games – Nate Hoffelder’s take on a new report from Paypal that looks at international ebook and game buying patterns....
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