Publishers’ early insistence on treating consumer ebook transactions as sales for royalty purposes, even though the files are provided to paying individuals under limited license rather than sold, is being challenged in an author lawsuit filed in New York Supreme Court on May 19, seeking class action status. But the author and his attorneys appear to have brought suit against the wrong company, so the current filing will likely be rejected for lack of standing. The brief six-page lawsuit, first noticed by CopyLaw, was filed by Sheldon Blau, author of How to Get Out of the Hospital Alive against Simon & […]