Some new research, anecdotal but telling, suggests that female writers have a much tougher time getting their book proposals into agents’ hands than male authors do. What’s the truth behind this? Plus all the latest news from the crazy/weird nexus where publishing meets the law…

• Homme de Plume: What I Learned Sending My Novel Out Under a Male Name
• Hamilton Ends Deal with SMP Claiming Lack of Support
• Florida Parents Try to Ban Books With Characters That Pray to Non-Christian God
• Freelancers of the World, Unite!
• A Publishing Contract Should Not Be Forever - The Authors Guild
• Georgia sues Carl Malamud group, calls publishing state's annotated code of laws online unlawful
• Online shopping startup ready to rival Amazon

Follow ups:

• Judge Finds Hill's Book Infringed on TD Bank Copyright
• $60M Settlement Between NCAA and College Athletes
• Happy Birthday Copyright Bombshell: New Evidence Previously Hid Shows Song Is Public Domain

Photo: Ianqui Doodle

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