Some time ago, I decided that I wanted to keep up with the press releases of the various New York publishing houses. Mostly I wanted to know what they thought was important enough to issue press releases about, and I thought it would be enough to simply subscribe to...
I've been following the Amazon vs. Hachette dispute with interest, mostly for the entertainment value. I don't have much time to write on it myself, unfortunately, but one thing has finally prompted me to say something: the fact that Doug Preston, Authors United, and...
I can, of course, understand the need for businesses to protect their revenue streams. What I cannot understand, and likely never will, is when a business chooses a short term high revenue stream instead of a longer term low revenue stream that will be more beneficial...
I've just seen the truly bizarre news that Hachette, one of the big publishing houses, is demanding that any author with titles published by Tor in some territories and Hachette in others keep the DRM on their ebooks. Tor have recently begin to offer DRM-free books,...