Comments on: Writers, Why It’s Time to Renew Your Love Affair with Pinterest

By: Pintrest for Writers | Hot & Bothered

Pintrest for Writers | Hot & Bothered — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:34:57 +0000

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By: Pinterest: A Worthy Writer’s Tool? « Speaking to the Eyes

Pinterest: A Worthy Writer’s Tool? « Speaking to the Eyes — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:24:29 +0000

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By: James D. Layton

James D. Layton — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:10:38 +0000

I’ve just created a Pinterest account and a board for my character Eloise Crimson. I’d never thought of using it before. But since Elly is a 40′s character and I’m shooting a model for the cover, there will be some interesting pics to pin. Thank you for the heads up!!

James

By: char

char — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 03:36:10 +0000

Glad I ran across you as I was searching. Great article. I was actually searching for dangers of copyright infringement using Pinterest for just such a project. I wanted to pin some home pictures from an architecture firm, but was nervous. I’ll have to check out your WANA Commons. I wish we didn’t have to worry about the stupid copyright. It’s not like I’m trying to sell anything on my boards. I just need places to stack pictures to help my creativity at time–to SEE.

By: The Hook

The Hook — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:52:42 +0000

I have yet to take the Pinterest plunge; I can barely keep up with my WordPress blogs, Twitter, my online newspaper column and oh yeah, marketing my book!
But Pinterest seems to have really caught on with the natives, as it were. I just wish I knew which sites would be the most effective for my needs…

By: Pinteresting « writermummy

Pinteresting « writermummy — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:00:23 +0000

[...] to be safe than sorry. You can read about someone who has learned this the hard way here and here (comment [...]

By: Author Kristen Lamb

Author Kristen Lamb — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 17:13:31 +0000

I am so sorry to hear this :C. This is one of the big reasons I started WANA Commons and encourage writers to use their own images. I knew a lot of writers were using Pinterest, so it has been my hope to train them to use it in a way that is safe and that doesn’t land them in copyright hot water. I hope this works out for you, and again, very sorry.

By: helleborine (@helleborine)

helleborine (@helleborine) — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 17:01:09 +0000

Hey I’m being sued for pinning an image on Pinterest even though it was properly credited!!! She’s asking for $8000.00!!!!!!

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I’ve been hitting that delete button all morning. Goodbye boards, goodbye Pinterest. Finally done. No pin left behind.

i WANTED to delete them before, but I kept putting it off. Like, I thought, what are the chances? Pretty small, right? I should have listened to that little voice.

By: exmoorjane

exmoorjane — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:39:56 +0000

Totally agree with this. Whole lot of people are so terrified of their words/images being ‘stolen’ that they never put anything out there. A sadness indeed.

By: exmoorjane

exmoorjane — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:38:28 +0000

Adore Pinterest! Use it both for inspiration (mood/character boards for upcoming books) and as (hopefully) a lure for published books. Interestingly, have had a publisher get in touch regarding one of my WIPs, solely on the basis of the board.

http://pinterest.com/exmoorjane/