Philadelphia: A Perpetual Punching Bag

On my way home to Philadelphia from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that the book I was reading has ties to

The HarperCollins Lawsuit: Keeping Authors Aboard As Traditional Publishing Sinks

In March, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, sitting in Manhattan, handed a victory to HarperCollins in its lawsuit against

Anonymity Doesn’t Only Protect The Trolls (It Protects Nice People, Too)

There has been a lot of talk lately (and in the past) about the merits (or lack thereof) of anonymous reviews on Amazon and other

What’s Troubling About Amazon?

In Cheap Words, an interesting article in The New Yorker this week, George Packer claims that Amazon is “good for customers,” but wonders whether the

Does it Matter if Authors Have Faces?

An author’s appearance means nothing about the quality of a book, but that doesn’t stop publishing companies from emphasizing the importance of author photographs on

Harper Lee’s New Lawsuit (Is Someone Taking Advantage of Her?)

In the Prologue of her recent complaint (filed Oct. 10, 2013) against the Monroe County Heritage Museum, Harper Lee asserts through her New York and