Erotica Book Banning Roundup – Part 2, and Smashwords Bows Under Pressure
NEWEST UPDATES (currently 4:45 p.m. March 13th) ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN ORANGE. For previous info on the erotica book banning imbroglio of this past week, please see my previous posts: PayPal, eBay, Visa,...
View ArticleShilling for Traffic –“Rebuttals” Against Speaking Out Against Censorship...
Warning — the inevitable mix of politics into this discussion will occur. For two weeks or so, writers, many of them not even involved in erotic writing, have spoken out against the decision by PayPal...
View ArticlePayPal Reverses Course, Possibly, Somewhat — Stay Vigilant
The Good News Banned Writers just posted that PayPal has reversed its earlier decision to prohibit all content with controversial themes in it. This is extremely good news. Smashwords has a site update...
View Article2012.11.02 – The Soapbox: The Amazon Review Crackdown, and Konrath Fails Again
Amazon has effectively decided that you cannot be both an author and a reviewer. At least not on their store website. The Scandals After a series of high-profile scandals involving sockpuppetry,...
View ArticleThe Soapbox – Take Your Job %$^&*#@ Seriously
Take Your Job %$^&*#@ Seriously Today’s topic requires some background reading. First, you should probably check out Lousy Book Covers. Hold those thoughts! Now read/skim Nathan Shumate’s blog post...
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