Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel by Jeannette WallsHer Fearful Symmetry: A Novel by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Children’s Book: A Novel by A.S. ByattGoing Away Shoes: Stories by Jill McCorkleJuliet, Naked: A Novel by Nick HornbyThe Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover BartlettStardust: A Novel by Joseph KanonAmerican on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot by Craig FergusonStitches: A Memoir by David SmallThe Brutal Telling: An Armand Gamache Novel by Louise PennyA Quiet Belief in Angels: A Novel by R.J. ElloryGenerosity: An […]
Google Case: Objection Deadline Moved to Tuesday
Due to “scheduled maintenance” in the Federal Court’s electronic filing system that starts this afternoon at 2 and goes until 8:00 am on Tuesday, September 8, Judge Denny Chin has postponed the deadline for filing objections to the Google Books Settlement and amicus curiae briefs until 10:00 am on the 8th. Note carefully, there is no indication in the judge’s order of a change in the Friday opt-out deadline itself (rightsholders opt out through the settlement web site).
Briefs
In addition to their preview piece of 25 hot fall titles (see the Automat link below), USA Today tips H.M. Naqvi’s Home Boy, David Small’s Stitches, and Gwen Cooper’s Homer’s Odyssey; A Fearless Feline Tale, Or How I Learned About Love and Life With a Blind Wonder Cat as “sleepers” for the season. Seattle is closing its entire public library ssytem for a week due to budget cuts, which will save approximately $655,000. The city took similar measures in 2002 and 2003 (closing for two weeks each time). “City Librarian Susan Hildreth said this week was chosen because school is […]
Today in the Google Court Docket
In the latest filings with the court on the proposed Google Books settlement, the biggest new objection comes from the American Society of Media Photographers, the Graphic Artists Guild, the Picture Archive Council of America and the North America Nature Photography Association along with four individual photographers, claiming the agreement favors written copyright owners over visual artists. They say it “would sacrifice the interests of Visual Arts Rights Holders to promote the interests of a subset of copyright owners (authors and publishers) and Google. This abuse of the class action process cannot fairly be judged to be in the public […]
NYT Breaks Kennedy Embargo
The Times “obtained” a copy of the forthcoming TRUE COMPASS, set for release on September 14, and shares generously and broadly: “The book does not shy from the accident [on Chappaquiddick in 1969], or from some other less savory aspects of the senator’s life, including a notorious 1991 drinking episode in Palm Beach, Fla., or the years of heavy drinking and women-chasing that followed his 1982 divorce from his first wife, Joan. “But it also offers rich detail on his relationships with his father, siblings and children that round out a portrait of a man who lived the most public […]
Amazon Bought Two Locks to Keep LOST SYMBOL Secure
The New York Times won’t be obtaining any copies of Dan Brown’s new book from Amazon, where the e-tailer’s home page carries a note promoting the new release from Jeff Bezos–who insists that “even inside Random House, only a half dozen employees have been allowed to read The Lost Symbol in its entirety.” (Is it supposed to be reassuring that almost no one at the publisher worked with the author on preparing his book for publication?) Amazon has “agreed to keep our stockpile under 24-hour guard in its own chain-link enclosure, with two locks requiring two separate people for entry.” […]