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Several years ago I was working on a story where I had a character reading aloud from a well-known book to an older relative. I wanted to include a few of the lines that were being read out. However I wasn't sure how much of it I could include, if any. I also had no idea how to get the permission I might need. So, when I rewrote it I still had my character reading aloud I just didn't include the words being read.       How many of you have been in a similar position? Wanting to include a quote from someones else's book, feature, article etc. and not knowing how to get consent for that use. Thankfully there's now an easy way to gain the permission you require, PLS Clear. Visit www.PLSclear.com to quickly and easily request permission for use of copyrighted material PLSclear is designed and operated by the PLS ( Publishers' Licensing Services ) who collect revenue generated by people/companies paying to use a publishers copyright  (similar to the ALCS , who...

Recently a fellow author found many of her books were available for free on a website, therefore infringing her copyright. The site in question was Oceanpdf. It allowed people to download any book  on the website, without payment to the author. I decided to see if any of my books were available. To my joy I discovered the site is no longer available. However what I did find was a conversation on Reddit about the loss of this site. Some of the comments made me really, really mad! If you'd like to read them for yourself then just click here. I screen grabbed some of the comments as I wanted to share them. I debated about including the names of those who wrote them but decided to remove. However if you follow the link above they'll be easy enough to find. Here are a few of them with my reply below: My books are available for everyone - to BUY! My ebooks are just 99p or 99¢ - a token price. I've chosen to share some of my stories for free and if you want to read the...