Sometimes a story calls out for the use of celebrities or other real people as characters in the plot line. But many people, famous or otherwise, are not interested in being written about in a novel. Here are three things…
I wrote a post for Molly Greene explaining how self-published writers could have unauthorized download links to their ebooks removed from what appeared to be a pirate site, General eBooks — Has Your eBook Been Pirated? What To Do: Step…
Many writers want to be traditionally published. Years of querying, submission and rejection are often endured in the quest. When a publisher does accept a manuscript, the thrill of having accomplished that goal can cloud a writer’s judgment when it…
There is a site called General eBooks. A large number of pirated ebooks can be found there. Recently, Molly Greene, a well known blogger and author, asked me to help her get the links to illegal downloads of her books…
The Copyright Office released a draft of its Third Compendium of Office Practices this past August. This is the first comprehensive statement of the Office’s practices in three decades (the first since the internet became an integral part of everyday…