Barbara Bauer has been busy suing every writer or agent or well, gee, anybody who dares to suggest there may be something fishy about her. This should come as no surprise to anyone who writes. Look through the archives at misssnark.blogspot.com if you want to know about Barabara Bauer.
It's really not fair to suggest that this is in any way a rational series of actions.
If you look through the exhibits, it's apparent that he's in prison. And, not getting his medications. I agree the suit is silly, but it's also plain he's not mentally competent. It's sad, actually.
It's incorrect that Amazon provides only snippets. As of last week authors discovered that in Search Inside the Book it is possible to do a search that returned every page of a 400 page novel. Author Jennifer Ashley discovered this to be the case with one of her Regency-set mysteries (written, I believe, under the name Ashely Gardiner). Those novels are written in first person and searching for "I" returned every page. Search on any common term (he or she, for example) and just about every page gets returned. From what I've seen on the author loops (most publishers, including my own, have email loops just for their authors) publishers are telling authors they did not give permission for an electronic version to post anywhere.
It's not clear to me what the ultimate financial impact might be on authors, but Google and Amazon have both posted books without obtaining permission from the rights holder. Sometimes this is the publisher, sometimes it's the author. As an author, I just wish this didn't feel like Amazon and Google saying they don't care about working with the rights holders or authors, to assess the impact or, in fact, provide only a snippet.
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Uh, a known scammer
Barbara Bauer has been busy suing every writer or agent or well, gee, anybody who dares to suggest there may be something fishy about her. This should come as no surprise to anyone who writes. Look through the archives at misssnark.blogspot.com if you want to know about Barabara Bauer.
It's really not fair to suggest that this is in any way a rational series of actions.
Problem Child
If you look through the exhibits, it's apparent that he's in prison. And, not getting his medications. I agree the suit is silly, but it's also plain he's not mentally competent. It's sad, actually.
Not just snippets
It's incorrect that Amazon provides only snippets. As of last week authors discovered that in Search Inside the Book it is possible to do a search that returned every page of a 400 page novel. Author Jennifer Ashley discovered this to be the case with one of her Regency-set mysteries (written, I believe, under the name Ashely Gardiner). Those novels are written in first person and searching for "I" returned every page. Search on any common term (he or she, for example) and just about every page gets returned. From what I've seen on the author loops (most publishers, including my own, have email loops just for their authors) publishers are telling authors they did not give permission for an electronic version to post anywhere.
It's not clear to me what the ultimate financial impact might be on authors, but Google and Amazon have both posted books without obtaining permission from the rights holder. Sometimes this is the publisher, sometimes it's the author. As an author, I just wish this didn't feel like Amazon and Google saying they don't care about working with the rights holders or authors, to assess the impact or, in fact, provide only a snippet.