What "The Morning Show" shows us about power in contract negotiations

Posted on 01/24/2020 at 09:27 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s post about understanding your own power in contract negotiations just might be the only pep talk you...

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Tagged As: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, TV adaptation

Sunday study session: Writer Beware’s year in review

Posted on 01/19/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The folks behind Writer Beware would hate to hear that any author missed one of their alerts. So Victoria Strauss...

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Tagged As: Contests, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, Writer Beware

Joanna Penn's priorities for her writing career in 2020

Posted on 01/05/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Joanna Penn has an incredibly ambitious 2020 planned for herself, almost so much that we hesitated to share it. But...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, Joanna Penn, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese

Business updates: Amazon ads, print price woes, and OverDrive's sale

Posted on 12/27/2019 at 10:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The holiday week has been full of minor and major business moves, so we’re rounding them all up in one...

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Tagged As: Amazon, E-reader, Libraries, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, The Digital Reader

ALLi looks back at 2019's self-publishing trends

Posted on 12/22/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’re fast approaching longer days and a new calendar year — two reasons to reflect on how things have gone...

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Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), Audiobook, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, Marketing

Kristine Kathryn Rusch's current approach to translating her fiction

Posted on 12/19/2019 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’ve shared some posts from Joanna Penn on pursuing translations for your work and what role AI plays now in...

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Tagged As: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, Literature in translation

Writer Beware shares two issues with Audible's ACX

Posted on 12/06/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Before the Thanksgiving holiday, Writer Beware shared news of two issues with Audible's ACX. If you haven’t heard from any...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Audiobook, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, Writer Beware

Kristine Kathryn Rusch's licensing lessons from "Die Hard"

Posted on 12/05/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If you thought that your story needed to be brand-new or buzzworthy on its own to license, Kristine Kathryn Rusch...

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Tagged As: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, Marketing, Pop culture

Author applies for trademark on the word "dark" in books

Posted on 12/02/2019 at 08:36 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

At least one writer wasn’t following #cockygate and its aftermath very closely. BoingBoing reports that Christine Feehan has applied for...

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Tagged As: Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, Scandal

4 copyright myths debunked

Posted on 11/20/2019 at 02:41 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

No one wants to run afoul of copyright law — and everyone wants to protect their hard-earned intellectual property if...

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Tagged As: Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, The business of writing, The Passive Voice