Google will pay $125 million in a settlement with the Authors GUild and AAP (the american publishers’ association), which still must be approved by a federal judge before it takes effect. $34.5 million will be used to set up an independent Book Rights Registry. Authors whose books have been scanned in Google’s book project might […]

yourauthor.org supporter Matthias Mala sent us a letter he wrote to the VS-Bundesvorstand, in which he comments on the e-book, on the associated risks of piracy, and on the example of Paulo Coelho.
Liebe Kollegen,
Thema der diesjährigen Buchmesse ist das E-Book. Es ist zwar noch nicht so top, wie dies berichtet wird, dennoch wird das E-Book […]

Paulo Coelho got quite some press exposure after his speech at the Frankfurt Book Fair last week — which he startet with a reference to the heretic Giordano Bruno. Quite purposefully, I think, as he goes along picturing himself as the “pirate Coelho” who is giving his books away for free, on the Internet and […]

A new organisation, the Featured Artists’ Coalition was launched yesterday (Sunday 5 October 2008) at the music industry’s In The City in Manchester to campaign for the protection of performers’ and musicians’ rights. Formed by some of the best-known names in music — Billy Bragg, Craig David, Iron Maiden, Radiohead, Robbie Williams, Wet Wet Wet […]