Merchandising Rights – Do you have control?
People who love books also love book-related merchandise. Tie-in products, also known as swag, have long-term promotional benefits, whether you are giving product away or selling it. If the book is popular, so will the related...
Happy Holidays!
Or should I say — Happy Holidaze! Fizz the season. Hope your holiday is festive, fun, and filled with a good book or three. Mine has been so calorie-laden, I’ve earned a new greeting — Merry Fitness and Happy...
Mandatory Copyright Deposit – Must You Comply?
An author recently contacted me about a letter they received from the Office of the Register of Copyrights. It was a Notice for Mandatory Deposit of Copies of her book for the use of the Library of Congress. The author thought it...
Adding Criminal Law and Procedure to Your Fiction: Part III
The Courtroom—Guilty Plea and Trial Welcome to Part III of Adding Criminal Law and Procedure to Your Fiction. See Part I for a discussion of search warrants and exceptions to the warrant requirement, and Part II for stop &...
Website Privacy Policies – Is Your Website GDPR Compliant?
Confession time! I finally updated our Sidebar Saturdays privacy policy to comply with GDPR. Have you updated yours? If you are asking yourself what the heck is GDPR, you have most likely seen the term associated with personal...