Blog Profile / Writer Beware!
| URL : | http://accrispin.blogspot.com/ | |
|---|---|---|
| Filed Under: | Arts / Writing | |
| Posts on Regator: | 436 | |
| Posts / Week: | 1.6 | |
| Archived Since: | April 2, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Outrageous French Copyright Grab: ReLIRE Goes Live
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Just over a year ago, I wrote about a new French law that, under the guise of dealing with the pressing issue of orphan works, implements a truly massive rights transfer. The law empowersShow More Summary
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Author Solutions Inc.
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware In March, I wrote about New York law firm Giskan Solotaroff Anderson & Stewart LLP, which had opened an investigation of Author Solutions Inc. (ASI). Well, now the other shoe has dropped.Show More Summary
ASJA Annual Conference 2013, Plus Tidbits
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware I was in New York this past weekend for the 2013 ASJA Annual Writers Conference. I participated in two panels with Writer Beware-er Richard White: a Writer Beware panel (of course) on schemes,...Show More Summary
Tidbits
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
It's spring! Here in chilly New England, climate change seems to be taking a break, and it felt as if the warm weather would never arrive. But daffodils and primroses are blooming in my garden,...Show More Summary
Why I'm Not Here
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware You may have noticed there was no blog post last week. That's because I'm currently dealing with a family emergency (caring for a disabled relative) that's eating up a huge amount of my time. Show More Summary
Author-Unfriendly Terms at Autharium
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Over the past few weeks I've gotten a number of questions and alerts about author-unfriendly Terms and Conditions at Autharium, a new epublishing startup. So I thought I'd check into it myself. Autharium...Show More Summary
For Those of You Who Are Wondering Why Someone Might Want to Launch a Class Action Lawsuit Against PublishAmerica
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
Here is an example of the sort of solicitation PublishAmerica authors receive daily (if not more often).
Dear author:
For authors with multiple titles only!
The March Madness Multi-title option...Show More Summary
Random House Announces New Terms at Digital Imprints Hydra, Alibi, Loveswept, and Flirt
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Yesterday afternoon, I had a cordial conversation with Allison Dobson, Director of Digital Imprints at Random House, about the the recent controversy over deal terms at Hydra, Alibi, Loveswept,...Show More Summary
Another Class Action Suit Launched Against PublishAmerica
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware I wasn't optimistic that I would ever be writing a post like this, after the class action filed last year against PublishAmerica was dismissed. However, on January 31, 2013, the Maryland law...Show More Summary
SFWA De-Lists Hydra; Random House Responds
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Following on my post last week about unattractive deal terms at Random House's new digital-only imprint, Hydra, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America has determined that Hydra...Show More Summary
Law Firm Investigates Author Solutions Inc.
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware The New York law firm of Giskan Solotaroff Anderson & Stewart LLP has opened an investigation of Author Solutions Inc. (ASI), alleging deceptive practices. Authors using Author Solutions have...Show More Summary
Second-Class Contracts? Deal Terms at Random House's Hydra Imprint
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Over the past few years, more and more trade publishers have created digital-only imprints. Another new one just popped up in my newsfeed today: Little, Brown UK's Blackfriars will be launching...Show More Summary
Why Not to Register Copyright for Unpublished Work
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware If you have an unpublished manuscript that you're shopping to agents and/or publishers, or considering self-publishing, there's no need to register your copyright prior to publication. Why? Well,...Show More Summary
Solicitation Alert: Close-up TV News / Close-up Talk Radio
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Writer Beware has received reports that authors are receiving phone solicitations from an outfit called Close-up TV News, which describes itself as ...a premiere news magazine TV program spotlighting the most successful businesses across America. Show More Summary
Solicitation Alert: Blessed Hope Publishing
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Recently I received a question about an apparently new Christian publisher, Blessed Hope Publishing. The writer who contacted me was suspicious because Blessed Hope had not only solicitedShow More Summary
A Partridge in a Penguin Tree
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware India is a vast book market, and print is still king. So it only makes sense that Penguin (whose parent company, Pearson, acquired self-publishing giant Author Solutions Inc. last year) has...Show More Summary
Orphan Works: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Weighs In
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware The issue of orphan works--out of print, still-in-copyright books, films, photographs, etc. whose rightsholders can't be found--is one that has been much in the news over the past few years. Concern...Show More Summary
Christian Writers Guild Publishing: Pay to Play from Jerry B. Jenkins
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
Earlier this week, a press release caught my eye: Bestselling Author Jerry Jenkins Announces Innovative Publishing Firm. Since "innovative" in publishing press release-speak often means "charges...Show More Summary
Legal Tidbits
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware
Author Solutions Inc. and Free Speech
In 2008, following a bitter divorce, Iowan Scott Weier paid one of the Author Solutions Inc. imprints to publish his memoir, Mind, Body, and Soul. Subsequently,...Show More Summary
Venerable Vanity Publisher Vantage Press Closes Its Doors
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware You may have heard that Vantage Press, one of the USA's oldest vanity publishers, closed its doors at the end of 2012. PW reported on this in December: In a letter to creditors received by PW, law firm Hendel & Collins of Springfield, Mass. Show More Summary