Here are just a few things I’ve found on the web recently.

Asteroid named after Scottish author Iain Banks

The late Iain Banks had some influential fans and this one decided to honour him after his death by naming an asteroid after him.

Mills & Boon and Cosmopolitan sign up sizzling bestselling author to kick off new e-book series

Here we go, M&B goes electronic with a sizzling new series designed specifically for the ereader.

Has Amazon got a monopoly yet?

Not sure I agree with the summation in this article, but I’m sure that’s where Amazon is heading.

Kickstarter pulls the plug on a campaign due to a copyright issue.

I’m of two minds with this one. It’s good for copyright issues but it makes it hard for the fan to write fan fic when everything they write could potentially cause copyright issues. My first thought was that I was okay then I remembered Mondayitis and I can’t help wondering how close I’m coming to having potential copyright issues in the future. Food for thought.