The Sunday Salon ~ 2 Bloggers, 1 Topic, 1 Week

A few weeks ago, Swapna from S. Krishna’s Books discovered that her content was being stolen and used on other sites. Her discussion of it on Twitter set into motion a week’s worth of posts on copyright infringement here and on her website.  I wanted to use my Sunday Salon post to recap the week and [...]

Take Action Against Copyright Infringement

This week, Swapna from S. Krishna’s Books and I have tackled fair use versus copyright infringement and ways to find out when your content has been stolen. Today, in our last installment, we’re both discussing what you can do once you’ve discovered that your blog has become victim to copyright infringement. This theme was the [...]

Has Your Content Been Stolen?

Today Swapna from S. Krishna’s Books and I are presenting Part II in our three part series on Copyright and the Blogger.  In case you missed our posts from Monday, Swapna and I both defined Fair Use versus Copyright Infringement.  Today we’re going to discuss ways you can check to see your work has been [...]

Copyright and Fair Use For Bloggers

A few weeks ago, Swapna tweeted about finding some of her posts copied completely without her knowledge or consent. I’ve noticed this before from time to time with my own content, but have never done anything about it. I don’t have any real knowledge about what is acceptable to do with web content and what [...]

A Reawakening to Music

There was a time in my life when music meant everything. It was vital. Although I can’t sing a note on key or understand anything about how it’s made, music spoke to me, for me, and about my experiences like nothing else.  Around the time I became a mother, however, my interest in music started [...]

Literate Housewife ~ Adventures in Pop Culture

This is fun little post was prompted by my reading of Paul Is Undead. I thought I posted this a long, long time ago. I planned to simply repost the older post, but I can’t find it. I don’t think I dreamed that I posted it before, but anything is possible. If you’ve already heard [...]

#310 ~ Paul Is Undead

Paul Is Undead by Alan Goldsher Published by: Simon & Schuster Published on: June 2010 Page Count: 310 Genre: Fiction/Mashup My Reading Format: Audiobook won as part of a promotion Audiobook Published by: Blackstone Audio Narrator: Simon Vance Audiobook Length: 7 hours 50 minutes Available Formats: Paperback, eBook, and audiobook Cautionary Note If memory serves, [...]

Has It Really Been 4 Years?

While it might not be a PhD from the University of Michigan, today is a milestone. Four years ago today I began what is now The Literate Housewife Review.  Time certainly rushes forward. When anniversaries role around, the temptation is to reflect on the beginnings of whatever it is that you’re celebrating: a relationship, a [...]

Gearing Up for Some Heroine Love

What better way to celebrate February than with a bit of Heroine Love? Celebrate your love of literature’s greatest heroines along with Erin Blakemore, author of The Heroine’s Bookshelf, and 12 incredible bloggers’ love letters to the women who changed their reading lives. You just might win a heroic selection of books and trinkets on [...]

Congratulations, Dr. Dodde!

Today is a grand day.  My little brother, Rob, earned his doctorate from the University of Michigan.  I cannot tell you how proud I am of him and his accomplishments.  It’s been a long road for him and his beautiful wife, but I’m sure they feel that it’s all worth it.  You go, Rob.  I [...]