No penalty for misrepresenting a work of fiction as truth. The lesson of "A Million Little Pieces" is publishers will not worry about misrepresentation when it generates publicity for book. We have a new category of work "semi-fiction" - formerly know as BS.
The drugstore chain CVS and Tedeschi Food Shops, both based in New England, have announced they won't sell the new issue of Rolling Stone magazine because it features a dreamy cover photo of Dzhohkar Tsarnaev.
In what has become a crowded digital conference circuit, Digital Book World seems to have solidified its importance to the industry with an impressive turnout.
The argument between the author of a best-selling memoir and his publisher over the amount of royalties he was owed from sales of the digital editions of his work, has led to the author not only leaving the publisher, but going on to set up a new publishing house for himself and calling on other writers to join him.
In response to discussions with writers groups regarding contract terms for their new digital imprints, Random House is adjusting proposed terms for authors with Hydra, Alibi, Loveswept, and Flirt.
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