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To follow up on yesterday’s post about author Faleena Hopkins trademarking the word “cocky” in order to bring down her competition and force them to remove their books from sale, I’d just like to point out that one thing you can do to help is buy the books of those other authors. This is not a …
The #cockygate saga has brought trademark trolls to the attention of the publishing world. The selfish practice of trademarking common words and phrases to shut out competition is not new, but it does seem to be getting more ridiculous every day. Cocky, forever, rebellion – all words nobody should be able to “own”, and yet …
Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin – with the National Carillon (a gift from the Queen that she personally opened in 1970) – late on Saturday afternoon. It was a surprisingly dreary week here. Usually winter is really sunny, but the last few days felt like winter! At least it got sunny on Saturday afternoon! This week in the book …
If you keep up with dramas in the publishing world, you’ll probably have already heard about the scammers infiltrating the Kindle Unlimited program. You can go to this Twitter thread to understand in detail what is going on. Authors who enter their books into the Kindle Unlimited scheme must agree to sell exclusively through Amazon. They are …
Following on from yesterday’s post about why Faleena Hopkins attempting to “out” the identities of authors she’s taking to court over her ridiculous trademark dispute, here is another reason why it’s such a terrible thing to do. In 2014 a self-published author – who pretty much embodies the stereotype of angry, entitled incel – received …
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In the ongoing trademark wars, it seems there’s a new drama every day. In court last week, the lawyer for trademark troll Faleena Hopkins attempted to have the real names of authors under attack made public. From what I understand, this is an ongoing dispute. Here is one reason why it’s so awful to take …
Continue reading Why “outing” someone makes you an utter arse – #1
The book world had quite the start to the weekend, with the #cockygate trademark drama making it to court on Friday afternoon New York time (Saturday morning here). Even E L Fifty Shades James stood up for the authors by promoting the Cocktales anthology that has been released in support of Faleena Hopkins’ victims and of Romance Writers of …
The last of the autumn leaves. Release Day for Brynn Kelly Reconciliation Day Bad First Sentences More Trademark Drama Cocktales: the Cocky Collective Want to Read: The Last Of The Bonegilla Girls by Victoria Purman
In response to the #cockygate trademark drama, a number of authors banded together and – in a very short space of time – have produced and published a book. It was released this week, and immediately hit the USA Today bestseller list! 10% of the profits are going to help those authors dragged into the …
The #cockygate trademark drama – started by an author obtaining a trademark to the word “cocky” and threatening authors with legal action – has taken an even more serious turn over the past few days. The author in question, Faleena Hopkins, has now filed legal proceedings against some of the authors and others caught up …
