TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » piracy http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:30:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Ten years after publication, The Time Traveler’s Wife to come to e-books http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/ten-years-after-publication-the-time-travelers-wife-to-come-to-e-books/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/ten-years-after-publication-the-time-travelers-wife-to-come-to-e-books/#comments Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:09:13 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/?p=86572 The Guardian reports that author Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler’s Wife, is finally giving the go-ahead for an e-book version of her popular 2003 novel to be published through new independent e-book site Zola Books that her agent is starting. She is also writing a short-story-length sequel for the site. Niffenegger said that [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/ten-years-after-publication-the-time-travelers-wife-to-come-to-e-books/feed/ 2 BEA Panel Suggests Publishers Still Clueless about Library E-Books and Piracy http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/bea-panel-suggests-publishers-still-clueless-about-library-e-books-and-piracy/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/bea-panel-suggests-publishers-still-clueless-about-library-e-books-and-piracy/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 03:52:38 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/?p=86245 Unlike some of our writers, I wasn’t fortunate enough to be able to attend BookExpo America, so I end up having to learn about it second-hand. But I happened across a blog post that led me to another that led me to some interesting articles, which in turn led me to wonder, are the Big [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/bea-panel-suggests-publishers-still-clueless-about-library-e-books-and-piracy/feed/ 0 The Raynfall Agency misses the point in its article on e-book piracy http://www.teleread.com/piracy/the-raynfall-agency-on-piracy/ http://www.teleread.com/piracy/the-raynfall-agency-on-piracy/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 18:09:54 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=85407 Claire Ryan of The Raynfall Agency posted a pretty good article today on piracy; it includes the agency’s thoughts about what authors need to know, along with some practical tips for avoiding piracy of their works. Ryan didn’t cover anything new, but she did discuss the basics. I agree with most of what she wrote, but [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/piracy/why-we-pirate-and-why-we-dont/feed/ 3 Oh, the irony! Pirate Bay to Sue Anti-Piracy Group http://www.teleread.com/piracy/oh-the-irony-pirate-bay-to-sue-anti-piracy-group/ http://www.teleread.com/piracy/oh-the-irony-pirate-bay-to-sue-anti-piracy-group/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:00:25 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=79013 In another story to make me wonder if April Fool’s is coming early this year, Pirate Bay is going to sue the Finnish group the Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Centre (CIAPC) for their anti-piracy campaign that copies the design of Pirate Bay. Not only do they copy the website design, their logo looks like the Pirate Bay [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/why-do-people-pirate-e-books/feed/ 53 Wizards of the Coast starts selling D&D PDFs again http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/wizards-of-the-coast-starts-selling-dd-pdfs-again/ http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/wizards-of-the-coast-starts-selling-dd-pdfs-again/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:31:01 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/?p=77272 Remember how, back in 2009, Wizards of the Coast pulled all its PDF products from on-line gaming store Paizo and announced it was ceasing PDF sales altogether? Apparently it only took about four years for the company to change its mind again. Wired’s GeekDad reports that WotC has launched a new e-book store site, dndclassics.com, [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/piracy/dbw-2013-piracy-does-harm-sales/feed/ 13 Public domain and piracy: Once Upon a Time and my epiphany http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/public-domain-and-piracy-once-upon-a-time-and-my-epiphany/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/public-domain-and-piracy-once-upon-a-time-and-my-epiphany/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:15:00 +0000 Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/?p=74791 When I was visiting relatives over the weekend, I had a fairly potent reminder of the enduring power of the public domain—and I finally succumbed to the inevitable realization, that in some cases, piracy is just too much work. On Saturday night of our stay, it turned out we didn’t have time to watch Marvel’s [...]

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