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Book links roundup: U.S. threatens Apple and publishers with lawsuit, Audible hires A-list celebrities, and more

Apple and five U.S. publishing houses may face antitrust lawsuit Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Dustin Hoffman, and other celebrities record book series for Audible Video: Can bookstores maintain the same loyalty as record shops? Torontoist ... Read More »

March 9, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Windsor Library settles in wrongful dismissal suit

By Natalie Samson

A controversial lawsuit brought against the Windsor Public Library Board by its former CEO, Brian Bell, has been settled out of court. Windsor Star columnist Anne Jarvis criticized the settlement with Bell, which she pegs ... Read More »

December 6, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Plagiarism case heads to court as Canadian authors file lawsuit against Zhang, Penguin Canada

By Natalie Samson

The controversy surrounding Ling Zhang's novel Gold Mountain Blues continues to escalate, as a group of Canadian authors are now taking their allegations of plagiarism to court. On Thursday, Wayson Choy, Sky Lee, and Paul ... Read More »

October 31, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

East Coast author files lawsuit against Warner Bros.

By Natalie Samson

A Nova Scotia sailor and writer is suing Warner Bros. for allegedly plagiarizing his novel, Fandango's Gold, for their 2008 Matthew McConaughey/Kate Hudson vehicle Fool's Gold. In a statement of claim filed in federal court ... Read More »

February 8, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: world’s biggest book; Thompson at the Vancouver Sun; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Frankfurt Book Fair kicks off with unveiling of world's biggest book (which doesn't look all that big to us) FBF to stay in Frankfurt at least until 2022 New Ken Follett and ... Read More »

October 6, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Harry Potter and the … Adventures of Willy the Wizard?

By Suzanne Gardner

When you're richer than the Queen, you're bound to attract some money-hunting crazies. J.K. Rowling and her publisher Bloomsbury are rejecting "unfounded, unsubstantiated, and untrue" plagiarism claims from the estate of author Adrian Jacobs, which ... Read More »

June 16, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Court ruling doesn’t faze author of Harry Potter encyclopedia

By Steven W. Beattie

You've got to hand it to Steven Vander Ark: the guy's got chutzpah. In September, a Manhattan judge ruled against Vander Ark in a lawsuit launched by mega-selling author J.K. Rowling over a proposed Harry ... Read More »

December 8, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Twilight tourism, a nonprofit press, and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Patrick Ness's first book for children, The Knife of Never Letting Go, wins the Booktrust teenage prize Stephenie Meyer's Twilight causes a tourism boom in Forks, Washington Is Obama Book Club the newest craze? A mother sues ... Read More »

November 18, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Google, publishers settle book-scanning suit

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Google will pay $125-million to settle a class-action lawsuit with The Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers over its book-scanning project. As part of the agreement, Google will expand its Book Search program ... Read More »

October 28, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

U.S. court rules print-on-demand services not liable in defamation cases

By Steven W. Beattie

A fight between two high-school cheerleaders has resulted in an American court ruling that print-on-demand services are not liable in defamation lawsuits. (Sounds like a plot twist on Gossip Girl...) The two cheerleaders, Ms. Calcagni ... Read More »

September 15, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: lawsuits

Book links roundup: U.S. threatens Apple and publishers with lawsuit, Audible hires A-list celebrities, and more

Windsor Library settles in wrongful dismissal suit

Plagiarism case heads to court as Canadian authors file lawsuit against Zhang, Penguin Canada

East Coast author files lawsuit against Warner Bros.

Daily book biz round-up: world’s biggest book; Thompson at the Vancouver Sun; and more

Harry Potter and the … Adventures of Willy the Wizard?

Court ruling doesn’t faze author of Harry Potter encyclopedia

Bookmarks: Twilight tourism, a nonprofit press, and more

Google, publishers settle book-scanning suit

U.S. court rules print-on-demand services not liable in defamation cases

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