5 Resources on the Public Domain
Determining when work passes into the public domain is tricky. There are resources online that can help.
SFWA Blog
Quick Updates for 2010-07-28
SFWA member Marshall Payne is pleased to announce that he is now represented by Cameron McClure of the Donald Maass Literary Agency. #
Sample DMCA generator for authors
This sample DMCA form generates an email which authors may use as a model when sending a DMCA notice to a site infringing upon their copyrighted material.
Guest post–Revolution #9: Thoughts on Electronic Publishing Vs. “Traditional” Print Publishing
by Cat Rambo 1. Any debate about the current struggle between electronic and traditional print publishing begins with this fact: no one thinks that online publishing will not eventually overtake the traditional, hold-in-your-hand, made-of-dead-trees model. While you may well continue to be able to slip something paperback-sized into your back pocket two decades down the […]
Quick Updates for 2010-07-27
SFWA member @KayKenyon's BRIGHT OF THE SKY is free on Kindle: http://is.gd/dK45P # Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member @SamSykesSwears, author of TOME OF THE UNDERGATES (@Pyr_Books, 2010) # SFWA member @MaryRobinette is giving away two copies of her debut novel SHADES OF MILK AND HONEY. http://bit.ly/b0PFjM #
Sample DMCA notice for reading-kicks-ass.net
The website http://reading.kicks-ass.net/ contains a significant amount of material that is recognizably copyrighted by our members. Often sites which post material without permission are outside the United States and governed by different copyright rules. In this instance the hosting company’s policy explicitly prohibits distribution of copyrighted materials. Legally, DMCA notices must come from the […]
Quick Updates for 2010-07-26
See the full-cast book-trailer for SFWA member Robert J. Sawyer's WWW: Watch at http://is.gd/dFQss # Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member @stinaleicht author of OF BLOOD AND HONEY http://www.csleicht.com/ #
Speculative Literature Foundation Gulliver Travel Research Grant opens to proposals
The Speculative Literature Foundation (SLF) is accepting proposals for the Gulliver Travel Research Grant from July 1st 2010 until September 30th 2010.
Quick Updates for 2010-07-25
Resources, Industry News, and Member News for David D. Levine, Harry Heckel, and Saladin Ahmed!
Quick Updates for 2010-07-22
SFWA member @daviddlevine sold story "Finding Joan" to new online market Daily Science Fiction (http://is.gd/dBnvg) # SFWA member @daviddlevine also sold story "Floaters" to podcast The Drabblecast (http://bit.ly/dsaLkm) # Welcome to SFWA's newest Active member Harry Heckel, author of SONS OF FENRIS (Black Library, 2005) #
