The eBook User’s Bill of Rights is a statement of the basic freedoms that should be granted to all eBook users. The eBook User’s Bill of Rights Every eBook user should have the following rights: the right to use eBooks under guidelines that favor access over proprietary limitations the right to access eBooks on any [...]
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Vook Launch Digital Serial Rights Program
October 27th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
If you’re wondering WTH that means, don’t worry; so did I. Vook are now able to sell a work by the chapter or section. It’s kind of like how novels used to be published as a serial across several issues of a magazine. They have one title in iTunes that’s ready for the new program, [...]
Must-have Clauses for Digital Rights Contracts
August 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
There’s a must-read post about digital backlists over on Michael Stackpole’s blog. I learned at least 5 different things. I knew it would happen. It had to happen. There is money to be made and whenever there is money to be made, people will rise up to make it. I don’t, in this instance, refer [...]
Digital Rights issues coming to a head in China
August 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · publishing news
Do you remember the lawsuit between Rosetta Stone and Random House about 9 years ago? It was the first lawsuit in the US over whether or not contract written before ebooks existed could also convey ebook rights. Rosetta won, btw, because the literal statements of the contract outweighed the implied agreement. We’re seeing something like [...]
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