A lawyer's guide to copyrighting your book

Posted on 02/27/2020 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Looking for a deep dive into copyright that you'll actually understand? Dave Chesson, the Kindlepreneur, has you covered. He invited...

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Tagged As: Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese

What to do if your ebook has been pirated

Posted on 02/18/2020 at 10:09 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You may have taken all the steps you could to prevent your ebook from being pirated … but ne’er-do-wells have...

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Tagged As: Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, The business of writing, The Digital Reader

Is there any way to avoid book piracy?

Posted on 02/12/2020 at 03:26 PM by Guest Author

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Book piracy is an issue that any author could run into. But it doesn’t have to affect your writing career....

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

The Creative Penn: Why authors must understand copyright

Posted on 01/27/2020 at 04:19 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Does working on your novel — or, heck, even marketing novels you’ve already written — sound more fun than boning...

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

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

Settlement has been reached in the Audible Captions copyright lawsuit

Posted on 01/15/2020 at 12:04 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon and the publishers objecting to its new Audible Captions feature have reached a settlement in their copyright-infringement argument. The...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Audiobook, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, The Digital Reader

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