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Posted by veinglory on April 24, 2011

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Court Rules: Amazon is not a Publisher

An unfortunate couple found that their engagement photo had appeared, without permission, on the cover of a book suggestively entitled “A Gronking To Remember”. Recently a court ruled that they could not, as a result, sue Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Smashwords. The reason being that these websites are not publishers... they are shops. Which is a reminder that when we self-publish in these venues we alone take on all the liabilities of a publisher, and should be correspondingly careful abut the choices that we make.

REVIEW: Escaping Reality Without Really Trying

Title: Escaping from Reality Without Really Trying Author: Robert Jacoby Genre: memoirs Price: $17.95 (paperback) $9.99 (Kindle) Publisher: Cloud Books ISBN: 978-0615434896 Point of Sale: Amazon Reviewed by: Chris Gerrib As an ex-Navy man, when Robert Jacoby queried POD People about his book, Escaping Reality Without Really Trying , subtitled “40 Years of High Seas Travels and Lowbrow Tales,” I had to request it for review. The book proved to be an interesting read. The book is the story of “Ronnie,” a 40-year veteran of the US Merchant Marine. It’s written in an extremely conversational tone, as if Ronnie is sitting across the bar from you (if you know Ronnie, this would have to be at a bar, bordello or at least with a bottle in hand) telling you all his old sea stories. I have to say, Ronnie either has an encyclopedic memory or some kind of log book, because he remembers every ship and every captain he served under. I also have to tell you that Ronnie considers his true oc...

Free Book Friday

Title: MultiReal (Volume 2 of the Jump 225 Trilogy) Author: David Louis Edelman Price: $15 Genre: Science Fiction ISBN: 978-1-56102-647-1 Point of Sale: Amazon It's that time of month - time for our free book giveaway at POD People. This month's book is MultiReal by David Louis Edelman. His first book, InfoQuake , was called “the love child of Donald Trump and Verner Vinge.” If that’s the case, MultiReal is what happens when that child starts driving and going out on dates – entertaining to watch but not something you’d want to experience. Let’s get my quibbles out of the way. MultiReal is a very tight sequel to InfoQuake . In order to understand the second book, I had to read the summary of InfoQuake (included) as well as the glossary. Also, the ending of MultiReal is a cliff-hanger. Lastly, from a writing point of view, Edelman uses a lot of “said-isms.” A said-ism is where the writer, instead of using, “[Character’s name] said X” will use, “the neural programmer…” It’s a bi...

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