Quick Note: Why I’m not posting certain documents in the Charles Michael Segaloff (Michael Makai) case.

There has been a valid point brought up that I want to make sure I clarify, since I cannot remember all the places I have clarified it. (Fibrofog is a bitch, so…blog post.) And I’m tired of repeating myself, so, huzzah, blog post. In the Charles Michael Segaloff (Michael Makai) arrest and federal case, I’m … Read More

#notchilled Ellora’s Cave vs Dear Author lawsuit update (10/14/2015)

Writer Beware in red text.

Over on the Write Your Ass Off blog I’ve posted the latest update (and my latest rant). New filings in the case by DA, and there’s a jaw-dropper of a footnote on one of the pages that you DEFINITELY will want to read about if you’re following the case. http://writeyourassoff.blogspot.com/2015/10/elloras-cave-vs-dear-author-more.html

Copyright Infringement – It’s not just about the text.

Photographer Jon Paul Ferrara posted today on Facebook about finding some of his artwork illegally used as covers on e-books available on Amazon. It has been brought to my attention Amazon is republishing my artwork on e-books being sold throughout the world on their web-sites without my consent in at least 12-14 countries that I … Read More

Repost: Asshole Alert: Cyber PC Experts, Super Scammers!

This is a complete repost from Heidi Cullinan’s post at: https://heidicullinan.wordpress.com/2015/08/25/asshole-alert-cyber-security-experts-super-scammers/ Please, please, please, visit her blog and reblog it, retweet it, share it on Facebook and Google+ and everywhere.   So on August 20th, my mother went to a hotel in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She was there because she’s been going back and forth … Read More

KU info and Amazon WTFery – Reviews rejected/removed?

Two different ‘Zon topics to touch upon today, the new KU/KOLL payment structure, and the ‘Zon’s sooper-seekret sawce algorithm review removal process for…reasons? (What reasons, apparently, we’re not allowed to know.) New KU/KOLL Payment Structure Hugh Howey (as always) does a great job with going through the points: http://www.hughhowey.com/great-ku-flip-2015/ Susan Kay Quinn also dissects it: … Read More

F*ckery afoot – TOR Books throws editor under the bus to appease misogynistic and homophobic trolls.

Yeah. That blog headline pretty much sums it up. Chuck Wendig, as always, has written a great summation that explains it. http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2015/06/09/i-stand-by-irene-gallo/ Sigrid Ellis also discusses it: https://sigridellis.wordpress.com/2015/06/09/tom-doherty-placates-bigots-by-disavowing-irene-gallo/ (Note: Comments will be moderated. Trolls will be mercilessly mocked and made to look like even ragiery douchebags than they already are. Fair warning.)

Yay! Google is FINALLY getting off its ass about piracy in GooglePlay Books.

Remember a couple of weeks ago when I bitched about piracy in GooglePlay Books? Well, it hasn’t been just me bitching, either. Ink, Bits, and Pixels (formerly The Digital Reader) picked it up and ran with it, and has been doing a series of posts about it, applying Google’s feet to the metaphorical digital fire. … Read More

WTF GooglePlay Books? You are ALLOWING pirates to operate!

This shitstain of a cuntnugget needs to go down: https://play.google.com/store/books/author?id=Dogukan+Akbulut ALL the books he has posted are ILLEGALLY POSTED. And I found out today, after discovering he’d posted at least one of mine, that authors have been sending takedown notices to GooglePlay Books for WEEKS and their books are STILL showing up there. The illegally … Read More