When is an E-Royalty not a Royalty?

When the 9th Circuit Court says it isn't. This is music, but it might as well be novels -- and probably will be, soon. If I was making good money from my books at 25% royalty, I'd be pushing for License -- especially if it's only available in one format. Hard to say it is NOT a License, then.

http://ereads.com/2010/10/when-is-e-royalty-not-a-royalty-when-9th-circuit-court-says-so.html

"For a cogent analysis of the case and its implications for the book industry, read Copyright Alert: 9th Circuit Holds Digital Downloads are Licenses Not Sales by copyright authority Lloyd J. Jassin, to whom we’re indebted for bringing the case to our attention."

Here's more on Jassin's opinion: http://www.copylaw.org/2010/09/copyright-alert-is-big-publishings.html

Book View Café Publishes Kimbriel’s Fires of Nuala

Hey, I made the press release this week!

Book View Café has published FIRES OF NUALA from Campbell Award-nominated Katharine Eliska Kimbriel. FIRES OF NUALA concerns the people of the planet Nuala, a world cursed by radiation...and riches. Mutant microbes and high ground radiation make it a deceptive paradise, but wealthy planets always attract predators. This time, one predator may be Nuala's salvation. Originally published by Warner Books in 1988, FIRES OF NUALA garnered much praise and recommendations for reading from such entities as Locus Magazine. BVC is releasing the ebook version of the book in epub, mobi, pdf, and prc formats.

Read chapter 1 of FIRES OF NUALA for free: http://www.bookviewcafe.com/index.php/Katharine-Eliska-Kimbriel/Novels/

Buy the ebook for $4.99: http://www.bookviewcafe.com/index.php/Kimbriel-Fires-of-Nuala

21st Century Publisher Remix?

What do you think?


http://loudpoet.com/2010/10/05/the-ideal-21st-century-publisher-a-remix/