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Amazon, POD, Booksurge Update

Posted April 30th, 2008 by Jilly Dybka

Since my last post regarding this topic:
1. The Washington (state) Atty General has said “talk to the  hand  Feds.”
2. The National Writers Union (I am a member - they are UAW Local 1981 btw] has called for Justice Dept. and Congressional investigations.
3. AuthorHouse and Lulu.com have caved, though I can’t find any official announcement [...]

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Poetry News For April 8, 2008

Posted April 8th, 2008 by Jilly Dybka

Poetry News:

— Poet d.a. levy memorialized in new book —

— Write, stop, pivot, punch —

— But tomorrow is another day that he can enjoy twice, full of bees, birds, and breezes in a beet field —

— Road Scholar Copy Edits America —

— Sinéad Morrissey’s Through the Square Window won the 2007 National Poetry Competition. [...]

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Amazon & POD (Provoke On Demand)

Posted April 6th, 2008 by Jilly Dybka

I posted some links last week regarding Amazon.com’s attempt to force publishers to use Amazon’s BookSurge print-on-demand service. Or the book won’t be available for sale on Amazon. I think Amazon took some non-BookSurge POD book’s “buy” buttons off, too. Is that still the case? My friend Scott’s book is only available through the used [...]

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