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I called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal beganThe granting of patents and trademarks to foods and words from the global south is part of a long colonial grab. It’s time to realise we share what we cook, and what we call it Vegetables, in my experience,…https://www.theguardian.com/food/commentisfree/2025/dec/04/recipe-book-sabzi-vegetables-yasmin-khan-trademark#Food #Books #Foodanddrinkbooks #Culture #Publishing

Excellent new paper.https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820"The domination of scientific publishing in the Global North by major commercial publishers is harmful to science; we need the most powerful members of the research community – funders, governments and Universities – to lead the drive to re-communalise publishing to serve science not the market…The costs of inaction are plain: wasted public funds, lost researcher time, compromised scientific integrity and eroded public trust. Today, the system rewards commercial publishers first, and science second. Without bold action from the funders we risk continuing to pour resources into a system that prioritizes profit over the advancement of scientific knowledge." #Assessment #Funders #OpenAccess #OpenInfrastructure #Publishing #Universities

Question for #publishing folks:I've sent 2 rights reversion requests to my publisher (address verified with my former editor). Can't get confirmation of receipt. What's the best approach here? Keep sending the same letter? Have a lawyer send a copy for me? Head to NYC and try to deliver the letter by hand?FWIW I'm pretty clear they're going to refuse, but I can't even get confirmation they know I've asked. #books #writing #writingcommunity