March 8, 2010
- Dr. Terry Rich Hartley is a former research psychologist, psychology professor, and journalist who has recently returned to his first love of fiction writing.
In the early 1980's he sold seven science fiction stories and worked as a writer and copy editor for the Twin Falls, Idaho, Times-News. He then went to The Glens Falls, New York, Post-Star, where he earned two first-place awards for his satirical column and a third one for business/finance editing by the New York State... - Using the power of online publishing and the viral nature of social networking, storytellers Andy Scearce and his Kansas-City-based brother, Steve, have created a speculative science fiction tale of time travel, deep space exploration, and dangerous genetic tampering that has captured the attention of readers across the globe in just over two months from their first posting.
Beginning with a small online collaboration in December of 2009, blog fiction writers Andy Scearce and Steve... - A newly launched Website marking the 20th anniversary of The Adventures Of Ford Fairlane, the controversial 1990 motion picture released by 20th Century Fox, directed by Renny Harlin, and starring Andrew Dice Clay, is offering Ford Fairlane fans for the first time the original stories on which the movie was based. The website, http://www.fordfairlanethesequel.com/, also promises a story sequel if 1001 emails are...
February 28, 2010
- Lonnie Hicks, in his blog, is tackling the issue of how to write the great American novel. An ambitious project indeed. Intended to be part of his outline chapters for his new book on this topic, Hicks takes us through a mini-course with concrete information, suggestions and exercises. An interesting one is "Writing the One Page Novel."
He shows us how that works, invites us to try and best of all shows us right on the page how to write one. Then each reader can... - North Wind Publishing is accepting non-fiction manuscript proposals in the following subjects: Nautical (boating, cruising, navigation, boat repair, etc.), Outdoor Sports (kayaking, canoeing, hiking, backpacking, mountaineering, etc.), and Christian Non-Fiction.
Already published are NOAA's 2010 Tide Tables and Tidal Current Tables in Book form. Tide Tables and Tidal Current Tables are used for Navigation and are required by the U.S. Coast Guard aboard all passenger... - The US Justice Department determined that copyright and antitrust issues haven't been adequately addressed in the latest proposed settlement between Google and authors and publishers in the ongoing copyright infringement suit against the online giant.
The lawsuit, now in its fifth year of litigation, claims that Google is breaching artist copyright by attempting to digitally scan copyrighted books and include them in the Google books online repository.
The Author's Guild...
February 21, 2010
- PubMatic (http://www.pubmatic.com/), the company that provides online publishers -- including the majority of the comScore Top 10 -- with the tools and services to significantly increase revenue and better manage their advertising inventory, today unveiled a revolutionary new set of offerings to give publishers more revenue generating opportunities and more control over their brand. For the first time ever, sales and ad...
- Barnes and Noble, Inc. announced it has unveiled its plans for Tikatok, a children's book publishing website, which it acquired in September.
Created in collaboration with a team recruited from MIT University, Barnes & Noble said that Tikatok is the first Internet publishing platform for children. The site, which serves parents with children between the ages of 5 and 12, offers a safe studio environment for budding child authors,... - Today, jexbo.com, the site for self-published authors, and Authors Digital, a new service to create audio books, announced they are working together at www.jexbo.com/authorsdigital.
"By teaming with jexbo, now authors who self publish can create, market and sell audio versions of their self-published books online quickly and easily," states David Wolf, Authors Digital Founder.
"We are working...
February 11, 2010
- Indian authors and publishers, along with the Indian Reprographic Rights Organisation (IRRO) and Federation of Indian Publishers (FIP), filed their objections against Google Book Settlement's (GBS 2.0) blatant violation of Indian and International copyright laws. The filing at the New York District Court has been made by eminent Indian authors and publishers including Star Publications Pvt. Ltd., Abhinav Publications, Daya Publication House and Pustak Mahal.
“The Google Book...
