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New York Times, Catapult, and Epiphany. She holds an M.F.A. in fiction from New York University. Alisson teaches creative writing at her alma mater and at Sackett Street Writers’ Workshop. She is the founder and editor in chief of Pigeon Pages, a New York City literary journal and reading series. Alisson was a winner of the inaugural Breakout 8 Award from the Author’s Guild and Epiphany.

Foster said he needed the royalties, citing his wife’s “serious medical issues” and his diagnosis with an advanced form of cancer in 2016. Foster’s story provoked mass outrage, with the hashtag #DisneyMustPay trending on Twitter. “When one company buys another, they acquire its liabilities as well as its assets. You’re certainly reaping the benefits of the assets. I’d very much like my minuscule (though it’s not small to me) share,” said Foster in November. Foster recently hin...

Amazon has published thousands of e-books since 2009. Public libraries are a way for Americans to access books and media, some of which are paywalled by Amazon. Amazon does not sell its thousands of e-books or tens of thousands of audiobooks to libraries, The Washington Post reported. The e-commerce giant has published books since 2009 under more than a dozen imprints spanning different genres, and it also owns Audible Studios, a major audiobook player. Publishers decide how to distribute works...

Amazon reveals why it doesnt sell the e-books and audiobooks it publishes to libraries mmeisenzahl@businessinsider.com (Mary Meisenzahl) Amazon is the only US publisher that does not sell e-books or audiobooks to libraries. Amazon has published thousands of e-books since 2009. Public libraries are a way for Americans to access books and media, some of which are paywalled by Amazon. Amazon does not sell its thousands of e-books or tens of thousands of audiobooks to libraries, The...

"Idiom" Book Sculpture, Prague City Library. Books endure. We discard newspapers the day after, magazines stick around a bit longer, junk mail not at all, but books we keep. After we read a book, we shelve them, we show off our book collection as backdrops in our Zoom calls, we stack books in corners, we store them in boxes, we might drop them off at a used bookstore, we might even make books into works of art, but we almost never just toss them out. Printed books endure. Book printing company ...

Mon, Feb 1st 2021 3:37pm — Mike Masnick A few days ago, a friend asked if Id ever heard of the "Digital Creators Coalition," an apparently new group that claimed to be representing independent artists. I was unfamiliar with it, and its website provided basically no information about who was actually behind it, beyond this vague statement on its "who we are" page: The Digital Creators Coalition (DCC) is a group of associations, companies and organizations that represent individual creators, in...

The federal financial package passed by Congress this week includes long-sought legislation that will help those who post copyrighted content on the internet pursue legal action against those who steal their work. The CASE Act establishes a mediation panel for copyright claims of $30,000 or less. It is considered a win nationwide, but particularly in Maine, which has a large number of independent and individual creators, said Douglas Preston, president of the Authors Guild, which was instrum...