The Writing World

The publishing world is becoming more dangerous for authors.  I belong to a Yahoo Group named Romance Books R Us.  We have a website, blog, Twitter and Facebook Account. 

The owner of Romance Books R Us started this group in 2010, but recently an author named Adele Dubois was asked to cease and desist using the name Adele by Sony Cooperation.  Sony sent a letter to Google telling them to remove all articles on Blogger by Adele because her name infringed on the singer, Adele.  Sony threatened Google with a lawsuit, so they removed her articles.  Eventually, this ended up being solved because Adele was the real name of the author, Adele Dubois. 

Another author had a series using realtor, and had to use something else because Realtor is a trademark.  I've gotten off track here, but now I'm going to tie back into the first paragraph.  Because of the lawsuits, the owner of Romance Books R Us decided she'd better trademark the name Romance Books R Us.  After applying for the trademark, she received an email from the lawyers for Baby's "R" Us and Toy's "R" Us that she had 5 days to remove her site or face the consequences of a lawsuit because R Us was their trademark. 

At this time, I'm not sure how this is going to turn out, but I'll keep you informed.  This is something that concerns anyone who has a business, and writing is a business.  It's getting late, and I just hope I'm making sense. 

Thank you for stopping by.  Have a lovely week, and I'll see you next Sunday. 

Sandra K. Marshall
http://www.amazon.com/author/sandramarshall

Contest at Romance Books Or Us Starts April 1st

BUNNY HOPPING at "Romance Books R Us"! 

Prize: $50 gift Card for Amazon, Barnes and Noble and RBRU XL tee and tote!
Contest starts 1 April and ends midnight EST 21 April. Gift cards can be sent by
email anywhere but tee and tote to USA and Canadian addresses only.

To Enter:

Check all our advertising pages and find the 20 Hopping Bunnies!
List all the pages where you find the bunnies and send your entry to:
contests.rbrus@gmail.com

Come by and enjoy the fun at http://www.romancebooksrus.com and while you're there visit our blog at http://www.romancebooksrus.com.blogspot.com where you'll find interviews of some of your favorite authors.  My last blog there was on the 29th and it was about Point of View. 

Thank you for visiting my blog. 

See you next Sunday.  Have a great week. 

Hugs,

Sandy
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1496954556
Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/SandraKMarshall
Author Page - http://www.amazon.com/author/sandramarshall

Contest! Contest!

Don't you just love contests? Here's a biggie with lots of wonderful prizes.

Kris Kringle's Kindle (& More) Kontest! Contest starts 1 Dec. and ends midnight ET 31 December. Sorry, but we only ship to US and Canadian residents. We're giving away a new Kindle and other goodies from Santa's bag of surprises! Totes, hats, tee-shirts, ornaments and more could be yours! To enter, you need to do TWO things:

1. Join "Romance Books R Us" at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/romancebooksrus. If you're already a member, great! PLEASE NOTE: WE'RE NOT ACCEPTING MORE PUBLISHED AUTHORS FOR MEMBERSHIP AT THIS TIME. The contest is open to ALL our current RBRU members and any readers/industry reps/unpublished writers who join NOW.

2. Visit the the participating authors and their URLs listed on our blog under the Kris Kringle KINDLE (and more) Kontest message at: http://romancebooksrus.blogspot.com/ , and answer their questions. SEND A LIST OF ALL PARTICIPATING AUTHORS AND ANSWERS TO THEIR QUESTIONS IN ONE EMAIL TO: _contests.rbrus@gmail.com_

Here's my question: What does Melanie Dubois detest? Hint: Books

Thanks for visiting today. Remember you can't until the 1st, or your answers will be deleted. Be sure to get your answers in by December 31st. Have a great day and see you next Sunday.

Sandy

http://eirelander-publishing.com/

Contest, Contest, Contest

Hello Everyone,

No one wants to wait for Christmas to celebrate the holidays...so...we're having a Christmas in July Event! Great Prizes, to include a new Sony Touch eReader, hats, totes, tee-shirts, gift cards, and more!

To enter our BIG contest:

1. Join our yahoo group at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/romancebooksrus (Sorry - we're not approving authors for membership at this time, only READERS and INDUSTRY
REPS). WHEN YOU JOIN, PLEASE GIVE YOUR FULL NAME AND IF YOU'RE
A READER, PRE-PUBBED WRITER, OR INDUSTRY REP. Your information will
not appear on a membership list at our group site as that is not shown for privacy reasons.

2. Become a Follower at our blog: http://romancebooksrus.blogspot.com .
Click on FOLLOW and follow directions. If you have a problem with this,
contact april@aprilash.net (aprilATaprilashDOTnet).

3. There are 20 RBRU Bloggers' Websites/Blogs listed on the right
sidebar at the blog. Click on each one. Send a list of 20 authors' names
and one book title for each one to: contests.rbrus@gmail.com
(contest.rbrusATgmailDOT.com) . If an author has two pen names, you only
need to click on one. You'll need a total of 20 author names and 20 book titles.

Contest runs from 1-midnight ET 31 July. Sorry...we'll ship big prizes
to US and Canadian residents only. Others may receive an emailed gift
card/certificate. Winners will be announced on our Yahoo group and blog
during the first week in August.

Please note: If you join just to enter the contest and then leave the
group, you won't be permitted to rejoin when we do another BIG contest.
Like Santa, I'm "making a list and checking it twice" so will keep track
of those who join and leave. ALSO...going NO MAIL sometimes happens to
everyone...but please don't make this permanent. We want you to be a
part of our group and hear all our news...and join in! I also check this
"list".

MORE AUTHORS WILL SPONSOR ADDITIONAL CONTESTS DURING JULY...SO...KEEP CHECKING OUR YAHOO GROUP!
http://www.mariannestephens.net/
http://www.aprilash.net/

“ROMANCE BOOKS R US” NEW YAHOO GROUP & BLOG!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/romancebooksrus

“Anything You Can Do” by Marianne Stephens at:
http://www.breathlesspress.com
5 STAR REVIEW by Diana Coyle, NOR, REVIEWER’S TOP PICK!

Other Books at: Ellora’s Cave, Cerridwen Press

The leader of Romance Books R Us is Marianne Stephens, and I'm reading her book, Gone to the Dogs, right now. I laughed out loud last night while I was reading. There's humor galore and mystery to boot.

Good luck to all of those who enter this contest.

Also, remember ADDICTION comes out in print July 1st at Eirelander Publishing, http://www.eirelander-publishing.com/addiction.htm

Until next Sunday, have a great week.

Sandy
http://www.skaymarshall.com/