Image Copyright Concern & Etiquette.. by: Aaron Barnhart

Image Copyright Concern & Etiquette.. by: Aaron Barnhart

There is no need to acknowledge any artist of a public domain artwork
unless you want to. Furthermore, your transformative use would be
acceptable under copyright law as fair use — a landmark case involved
copyrighted Grateful Dead posters (google Bill Graham Archives v. Dorling
Kindersley Ltd.).

Everyone who self-publishes owes it to themselves to understand the
fast-changing world of fair use. *Reclaiming Fair Use* by Aufderheide and
Jaszi is the best review of this subject. Jaszi has a nice summary of BGA
v. DK on page 7 of this:
http://centerforsocialmedia.org/direct/education-and-fair-use.pdf

Aaron Barnhart's new book: Take a ride on The Big Divide! http://thebigdivide.com/

IngramSpark Is Coming: a new interface that acts as portal to Lightning Source by Aaron Shepard

If I have a problem with publishing anything, I look to see what Aaron Shepard knows about the matter. 

IngramSpark Is Coming by Aaron Shepard

June 12, 2013

In case you haven’t heard, Ingram will offer a new service called IngramSpark starting July 

1. Well, not exactly a new service, but a new interface that acts as portal to bothLightning Source for print on demand and—starting in August—CoreSource for ebook distribution. If you were planning to sign up with Lightning or CoreSource soon, you should wait to see what IngramSpark offers. But if you already work with one or both, you may find less to interest you.

Basically, IngramSpark will substitute for the labyrinthine Web interfaces now in place, making it much easier for small publishers to sign up and get up to speed. But at least for now, it will not replace the interface for existing accounts. IngramSpark accounts will be separate, with slightly different terms, including required standard discounts for wholesale distribution. (And, no, contrary to rumor, existing Lightning accounts will not be migrated to ones with those more restrictive terms.)

READ MORE AT Aaron Shepard's Blog: http://www.newselfpublishing.com/blog/#IngramSpark

Latest pic. :D

This is the latest picture I've worked on though it doesn't have a title. It does go with a short story for my short stories collection but I'm have to find a title I like for the story. ~ JD

`POSTED THIS BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT: Article by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware ~ Writer Beware ® Blogs!: Outrageous French Copyright Grab: ReLIRE Goes Live

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware 

Just over a year ago, I wrote about a new French law that, under the guise of dealing with the pressing issue of orphan works, implements a truly massive rights transfer.

The law empowers the Bibliothèque Nationale de France to create an online database of works published in France before 2001 that are currently out of print (this includes not just works by French writers, but foreign works translated into French). Once a work has been listed in the database for more than six months, the right to digitize it transfers to a collective management organization, which thereafter has near-unlimited power to exploit that right--including granting it to publishers without the author's permission. The collective management organization will also be responsible for distributing (an unspecified portion of) the proceeds from such grants to rightsholders.

READ MORE AT:
Writer Beware ® Blogs!: Outrageous French Copyright Grab: ReLIRE Goes Live 

Its Story Time: GUIDELINES for It's Story Time and Chapter Book Review

Its Story Time: GUIDELINES for It's Story Time and Chapter Book Review

GUIDELINES for It's Story Time and Chapter Book Review

 For It's Story Time:
To read  your children's picture book on, It's Story Time, Saturdays at 10am est, 9AM cst, 8AM mst & 7AM pst, books need to be a storybook/picture book and be at least 8 to 12 minutes long when read aloud or if your book is shorter we will add another author's book of the same duration on one show.   
We need:
. to send a physical copy of the book. The book is needed even though you are reading the book yourself on the show to see the length of the book, scan and display 4 to 5 pictures from it, one being the cover, and have it in case we have technical problems to finish the show. (It does happen! :D )

.OR you can send us a PDF file of your book, plus 4 to 5 JPEGS /pictures from the inside of the book, one being the cover.
. We Need you to Call in the show at 10 minutes to show time: 10am est, 9AM cst, 8AM mst & 7AM pst. WE will send you an email with the phone number to call and the show's link at 
Blog Talk Radio.

For Chapter Book Previews: 
Authors who come on can read THEIR favorite passage from their chapter books: about a ten minute reading. The show will need a copy of the book in pdf or rtf to view and the exact passage specified as well as a jpeg of the book's cover. 


WE CAN READ YOUR BOOK FOR YOU if you like. If you live outside of the USA or would just like us to read your book for you we can do that. AUTHOR Jan Britland, of the Rodger Dodger Dog series will be reading books for authors in the show. 

It is a FREE show for everyone to listen to, and the shows are archived and can be listened to at another time listeners want to.  Our audience is 20,000 and up!

Books given the us are sent to the Children's Shriners Hospital in Philadelphia and St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN.

Here's the link, check It's Story Time on The World of Ink Network out: 
It's Story Time,on the WORLD OF INK NETWORK:http://www.blogtalkradio.com/worldofinknetwork


Also, if your book is going to be read on the show, PLEASE send me your book trailer or its link on YouTube so it can be added to the YouTube player! THANKS!

To contact, email us at:  itsstorytimeforkids AT gmail  DOT com

Sketch for The Boy In The Leaves; a short story

This is a sketch for a short story called, The Boy In The Leaves, which will be in my short story collection: SHORT STORIES AND OTHER IMAGININGS FOR THE READING SPOT.

In the story, two boys stumble on a horrible truth about child abuse.