The Web, The Memoir, and the Lexicon
March 01, 2008 | Saturday at 2:09 am | 106 CommentsMany interesting links related to all things publishing. First, NEW RULE: Don’t write fiction and call it a memoir. For further explanation as to why this is Bad Idea Jeans, consult James Frey. In the age of the internet, you can’t get away with it.
Second, giving the book away for free for a few days hasn’t hurt sales after the giveaway ended. According to the Publisher’s Weekly top lists this week, Suze Orman’s book Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny is the #2 bestseller in the nonfiction/general category.
And lastly: a lawsuit that may define the limits of what fans can do with a written work under copyright: J.K. Rowling is suing the owner of the Harry Potter Lexicon because he intends to publish his work as a book encyclopedia of the Potter series.
a fan-created collection of essays and encyclopedic material on the Potter universe, including lists of spells and potions found in the books, a catalog of magical creatures and a who’s who in the wizarding world.
Rowling said she was especially irked that the site’s owner and the lexicon’s would-be publisher, RDR Books, continued to insist that her acceptance… read more »
