Tuesday Morning LitLinks
Happy Bloomsday!
Today in Literature: On this day in 1904, James Joyce and Nora Barnacle had their first date, giving us “Bloomsday”, the day upon which Ulysses would be based.
The Guardian Book Blog takes us on a Bloomsday adventure around the “blogosphere and Twitterverse”.
Ulysses as a comic: Check out Robert Berry’s adaptation brought to life on the internet.
John David California’s legal team submitted a 33-page “defendants’ memorandum” in federal court yesterday, claiming that his book 60 Years Later is a “legally protected commentary and parody”…
…meanwhile Sara Nelson, former Publishers Weekly editor, joins the defense, filing “expert testimony” that 60 Years Later is “critical analysis” and further states: “Through my experience covering the publishing industry as a reporter and an editor, I understand the myriad variables that contribute to–or detract from–a book’s commercial success … 60 Years will have no detrimental impact on sales of Catcher … Anticipated sales of 60 Years, a critical analysis by a little-known author, pale in comparison to Catcher’s success … It is more likely that 60 Years, through its critical content and the attendant publicity it will likely generate, will actually contribute to renewed interest in, discussion of, and consequently sales of, Catcher.”
A full list of links to expert testimony and other documents compiled by the 60 Years Later defense team can be found here (note: dreaded .pdf format)
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says that the Google Book Settlement “needs to be revisited”: “It doesn’t seem right that you should do something — kind of get a prize for violating a large series of copyrights…You just can’t believe that’s the way it actually works.”
Harry Potter publisher, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, denies allegations that J.K. Rowling copied “substantial parts” of The Adventures of Willy the Wizard — No 1 Livid Land,” a 1987 book by Adrian Jacobs.
What happens when authors and poets report the news?
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