@jensilber@mastodon.socialCopyright / trademark question:
Why is it that an author can refer to a trademarked product in a book at their whim, but when that book gets adapted into a film or television show the product cannot be included without approval of the trademark owner?
Tagging #bookstodon because that might catch the attention of a writer or editor who knows the answer.
@outer@mas.toThis a great book! Teri's a great author! This is a great price!
If someone tries to charge you more for it, don't go there.
#Bookstodon #Humanity #GreatWriting
@matematico314@social.linux.pizzaChegou a última parte dos meus presentes de Natal!
#bookstodon #ursulaKLeguin
@qurlyjoe@mstdn.socialJust started reading “Killing the Dead — Vampire Epidemics from Mesopotamia to The New World”, by John Blair. Looks fascinating. 300 pages so it’ll take a while. The idea of the undead has been around for probably as long as we’ve had any awareness of our mortality. Mythologies, oral and written, are chock full of the undead. I’ll try to post snippets of this story as I go along. #bookstodon
@usul@piaille.frHappy to report I got it almost for xmas.
#n4sa2e #bookstodon
@Xavier@infosec.exchangeHey there #bookstodon folks. Would love help finding my next #audiobook adventure. I just finished the latest book in "Dungeon Crawler Carl" and, while amazingly fun, it reminded me that I try to only read series that have endings. I hate waiting for the next book!
So what are…
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaI moved from @… to @…!
#Bookstodon
@emd@cosocial.caI was gonna do some work today, but I had to finish my book.
#bookstodon
@qurlyjoe@mstdn.social#whatImReading #bookstodon
Where the Water Goes, by David Owen. Water in the US South West is way more fraught than elsewhere. Who “owns” it, who gets it, and why, have been contentious issues for over 150 years. Basically there’s not enough, but no one wants to cut back. Severe drought isn’…
@andrewspink@mastodon.greenBooks read in 2025:
#bookstodon #books #boeken #storygraph
@emd@cosocial.caThis book is so fun, and I’m only a little bit into it: #bookstodon
@qurlyjoe@mstdn.social“If a pregnant person, due to head injury or illness is brain-dead, on a ventilator, their organs will keep functioning for the duration of the pregnancy. Once the baby is delivered, the normal cascade of organ failure will begin. The baby’s brain seems to be producing something that sustains the organ of the mother. What that something is, is unknown.”
Replaceable You, Mary Roach. #bookstodon
