Litigation

JZs New Book on SSRN
Personally, I bought the hard copy (I like bound books more than stacks of copy paper), but kudos go out to Jon Zittrain for putting his brand new hot-off-the-press book on SSRN. I’ve made the point before that many authors like reaching the public as much as making money- and often these aren’t mutually [...

Send a Free Copy to Management
As a part of my continued efforts to promote "Strategy and the Fat Smoker" practices and principles, I am hosting the "Give a Copy to Management" campaign at my website.If you feel that your workplace could benefit from the ideas put forth in Strategy and the Fat Smoker, then sign up at my website and provide the name of the senior executive or managing partner to whom you would like a book sent...

Maister Offering Book Free To Managers
 David Maister, management consultant and author of several books, has made an offer on his website to give a free copy of his book, Strategy and the Fat Smoker, to a senior executive or managing partner of your firm...

Book Recomendation: Its a Guy Thing
Scott Seegert recently sent me a review copy of his new book, It’s a Guy Thing: awesome real innovations from the underdeveloped male mind, and I’m pleased to report…it’s a hoot! It’s the book I wish I would have written...

Speaking of Crime: The Language of Criminal Justice
This book sounds fascinating. (You may read excerpts of the book using Google Book Search.) I ordered my copy today. This book review notes that Speaking of Crime makes a genius observation: The courts appear to accept compliance to indirect speech (e...

Found treasure
I happened across a copy of John B. Bremner's "Words on Words" on a bookshelf in The N&O's computer training center last week. It had been left behind in an editor's office...

Google
Settles Book-Scanning Class Actions for $125 Million

Amazon
Facing Class Action over Book Deletions

Ram Publishing
alleging phone book advertising contract fraud.

Joke Book
Judy Brown and publishers pay undisclosed settlement to comedians and talkshow celebrities for copyright infringement.