N.H. Senzai's Blog, page 6
February 25, 2010
Protect your IP
E-mail is copyrighted as soon as it is sent or saved.
All the talk of Google and copy right infringement got me thinking about a worry many writers have -- Will our work be stolen? As an intellectual property (IP) consultant, we don't do a lot of copyright work -- mainly patents an trademarks. As an author, who's created a piece of IP in the form of a book, I knew that my work was protected once I wrote it down. So copyright protection for a work begins when the work is fixed in some sort...
All the talk of Google and copy right infringement got me thinking about a worry many writers have -- Will our work be stolen? As an intellectual property (IP) consultant, we don't do a lot of copyright work -- mainly patents an trademarks. As an author, who's created a piece of IP in the form of a book, I knew that my work was protected once I wrote it down. So copyright protection for a work begins when the work is fixed in some sort...
February 22, 2010
Celebristories
The latest celebrily entrant into children's writing is Tori Spelling with PRESENTING TALLULAH. She is the latest addition to a string of celebrities turning their hand to writing - From Madonna to Kylie, John Travolta, Bill Cosby, Julie Andrews, Jay Leno and Whoopi Goldberg, A-list actors, comics and singers are reinventing themselves as children's authors.Celebs writing children's book is in itself not new. Shirley Temple wrote a series of books1930s, and Elizabeth Taylor wrote NIBBLES AND ...
Celebrity Story Tellers
The latest celebrily entrant into children's writing is Tori Spelling with PRESENTING TALLULAH. She is the latest addition to a string of celebrities turning their hand to writing - From Madonna to Kylie, John Travolta, Bill Cosby, Julie Andrews, Jay Leno and Whoopi Goldberg, A-list actors, comics and singers are reinventing themselves as children's authors.Celebs writing children's book is in itself not new. Shirley Temple wrote a series of books1930s, and Elizabeth Taylor wrote NIBBLES AND ...
February 19, 2010
Judge Chin Put Off
The Google search engine receives about a billion search requests per day
Over the past few months I've been watching the Google Books brouhaha over their digital book settlement to create the world's largest on-line library. At the center of the fray sits U.S.District Judge Denny Chin, who said during Thursday's hearing, that he did not know when he would issue a ruling on the proposed settlement, which has already been revised once to satisfy concerns raised by the Justice Department. Chin s...
Over the past few months I've been watching the Google Books brouhaha over their digital book settlement to create the world's largest on-line library. At the center of the fray sits U.S.District Judge Denny Chin, who said during Thursday's hearing, that he did not know when he would issue a ruling on the proposed settlement, which has already been revised once to satisfy concerns raised by the Justice Department. Chin s...
February 16, 2010
Donkbrary
The smallest member of the horse family, donkeys have become the "all-terrain vehicle" of the horse kingdom.
For the past ten years, Luis Soriano, a teacher in the small town of La Gloria, Colombia, has been following the same ritual. Every week-end, he gathers his donkey in front of his house, straps on the "Biblioburro" pouches to its back, and loads them with a selection of books from the eclectic collection he has acquired over the years. Soriano began loaning books from a stash of 70...
For the past ten years, Luis Soriano, a teacher in the small town of La Gloria, Colombia, has been following the same ritual. Every week-end, he gathers his donkey in front of his house, straps on the "Biblioburro" pouches to its back, and loads them with a selection of books from the eclectic collection he has acquired over the years. Soriano began loaning books from a stash of 70...
February 11, 2010
Kirkus - Alive and Well
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome - Jimi Hendrix
Herb Simon, Chairman emeritus of Simon Property Group, owner of the Indiana Pacers and a co-owner of Tecolote Books in Montecito, CA, has purchased Kirkus Reviews. Chief executive of Calendar Holdings and the other partner in that bookstore (as well as former Barnes & Noble employee) Marc Winkelman will be ceo of the new Kirkus Media and hold a small stake in the operation, with Elaine Szewczyk and...
Herb Simon, Chairman emeritus of Simon Property Group, owner of the Indiana Pacers and a co-owner of Tecolote Books in Montecito, CA, has purchased Kirkus Reviews. Chief executive of Calendar Holdings and the other partner in that bookstore (as well as former Barnes & Noble employee) Marc Winkelman will be ceo of the new Kirkus Media and hold a small stake in the operation, with Elaine Szewczyk and...
February 9, 2010
MobiStories
In 1919, the Macmillan Publishing Company hired the first children's book editor in the United States - eHow
Move over ebooks, enter Mobi Stories by Still Motion Media. They take existing children's picture books and repurpose them for the digital screen. Their books are professionally narrated, have sound effects and original music, kind of like a a mashup of eBooks and audio books with a dash of cartoons to create children's picture books. It is viewable on iPhones, iPods, computers or...
February 7, 2010
Feel the Love
In honor of Valentines Day, the Class of 2k10 is giving away signed copies of THE SECRET YEAR by Jennifer R. Hubbard, LEAVING GEE'S BEND by Irene Latham and ISLAND STING by Bonnie J. Doerr and other good stuff.To enter, give a shout-out to someone you love – maybe the librarian who first showed you where to find the good books, a teacher who encouraged you to write, or a fictional character who got your through a tough time.Contest ends midnight February 14. Open to US/CANADA residents only...
February 5, 2010
Unwanted Phone Call
Yesterday I picked up the phone and got news you never want to hear. I learned that my good friend Victor had passed away. I had known him nearly two decades and he was like a brother to me. He was there through good times, tough times, birthdays, graduations and my wedding. Although we weren't in touch as much as I'd like over the last few years, he was often in my thoughts. He was one of the smartest guys I knew – after college he went on to be Vice President of one of the most esteemed...
February 2, 2010
Keep Your Day Job
Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators - Monica Ali
A friend of mine teaches middle school and one of her students, an aspiring author, wanted to interview a writer for a paper she was writing. Of course, I said yes… moments later I had thoughts of… Egad… she wants ADVICE? From me? I don't even know what a dangling participle or a preposition is (really, my critique group had to tell me) Well she rang me a few days later and we sat...
A friend of mine teaches middle school and one of her students, an aspiring author, wanted to interview a writer for a paper she was writing. Of course, I said yes… moments later I had thoughts of… Egad… she wants ADVICE? From me? I don't even know what a dangling participle or a preposition is (really, my critique group had to tell me) Well she rang me a few days later and we sat...
