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Publishing: Brian Price – owner of small press Chivalry Bookshelf, which publishes manuals and textbooks relating to the Society of Creative Anachronism, and other related businesses – is accused of failing to pay royalties, providing shoddy goods, and selling items he doesn’t have the rights to . In answering these accusations, he admits some of his authors haven’t seen payment of royalties since 2006. Academic Librarian ‘Lady Charlotte’ does a little digging and turns up evidence Price has plagiarised other works in his own books, and a possible problem with the insurance for one of the SCA clubs he owns. Funnily enough, Price doesn’t come back to answer these accusations. The whole thing’s ongoing, and it looks like it’s going to end up in court at some point.

Interest-Piquing: Churnalism, a tool for checking if lazy journalists have just copy-and-pasted a press release. Also, a historical currency converter, which not only works out currencies but relative worth, too.

Procrastination: Beyond Victoriana, a blog looking at multicultural perspectives on steampunk.