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"Potty Rules Mean Author Could Be Sued...for Paper Cuts."
Oh. Dear. God. I'm hoping there's more behind this story than is being reported. There must be. Surely.
An author published a book about World War I soldiers. He had sold about 1,000 copies of them in the Tourist Information Centre in Swindon, UK. But when they asked the Centre if they wanted more, they were told they would have to take out five million pounds of liability insurance, in case someone bought the book and then sued after getting paper cuts or dropping the book on their foot while on the premises and then sued the local council. Huh?!
OK, this is nuts. But are there times authors really should have liability insurance? For example, should diet book authors get liability insurance in case someone has health problems from their diet? What about authors who write instructional manuals for anything involving tools? And what about novelists? Surely they don't need liability insurance. I hope.
Oh. Dear. God. I'm hoping there's more behind this story than is being reported. There must be. Surely.
An author published a book about World War I soldiers. He had sold about 1,000 copies of them in the Tourist Information Centre in Swindon, UK. But when they asked the Centre if they wanted more, they were told they would have to take out five million pounds of liability insurance, in case someone bought the book and then sued after getting paper cuts or dropping the book on their foot while on the premises and then sued the local council. Huh?!
OK, this is nuts. But are there times authors really should have liability insurance? For example, should diet book authors get liability insurance in case someone has health problems from their diet? What about authors who write instructional manuals for anything involving tools? And what about novelists? Surely they don't need liability insurance. I hope.
