Category Archives: Publishing
Catcher in the Rye (Alleged) Sequel Temporarily Enjoined From Being Published In The United States
I attended the hearing to show cause today in the J.D. Salinger lawsuit against the unauthorized (alleged) sequel to Catcher in the Rye, “60 Years After.” The judge, Deborah Batts, upheld a preliminary injunction prohibiting sale of the book in the United States.
Why J.D. Salinger May be Justified in Seeking to Stop Publication of Catcher in the Rye Sequel
J.D. Salinger has sued the anonymous author and publisher of a book called 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye, which is essentially a sequel to Catcher in the Rye that features a geriatric Holden Caulfield escaping from an old age home and taking a trip to New York.
NYC Grassroots Media Conference
I attended the NYC Grassroots Media Conference yesterday and I came away with a lot of great information. In particular, I went to two sessions: one on the demise of print journalism and another about basic journalism skills. The session about print journalism was something of an open conversations. The subject is complex and enormous; [...]
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Terminating John Steinbeck’s Copyright Grants
The Supreme Court just turned down an appeal by John Steinbeck’s heirs to terminate John Steinbeck’s 1938 copyright grant to Viking Press (now held by Penguin).
Book Piracy is Increasing
A story in today’s NYT describes what has been inevitable for some time: the proliferation of digital book piracy. It seems that it won’t be long before I will be the equivalent of a vinyl record enthusiast, castigating people I meet who refuse to recognize the physical book’s inherent advantages over digital copies. In the [...]
Foreign Authors and the Google Book Settlement