tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post9189605827440638575..comments2024-03-29T12:42:15.329+00:00Comments on The Speculative Scotsman: Dead Dog BluesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-15680665002993034292010-06-25T20:38:02.730+01:002010-06-25T20:38:02.730+01:00Shouldn't the SFWA or comparable organization ...Shouldn't the SFWA or comparable organization throw their weight into stuff like this?<br /><br />NSB does seem to miss their release dates on a frequent basis.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546050685623369173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-61048239706691480072010-06-24T05:16:50.008+01:002010-06-24T05:16:50.008+01:00There's always the possibility of going to cou...There's always the possibility of going to court pro se (on your own) and/or only hiring a lawyer partially to at least deal with the procedural aspects. <br /><br />This is only recommended if you have the time and again comes back to whether it's even worth it at all. <br /><br />I know many law libraries are public, so finding legal info isn't actually that difficult.<br /><br />It's still one (of the many) shortcomings of the legal system and most likely still not worth it.Bryce L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13951278240008332023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-90191349481171608672010-06-23T21:47:49.947+01:002010-06-23T21:47:49.947+01:00Good man, Hat. I'm beginning to suspect you...Good man, Hat. I'm beginning to suspect you're not so evil at all!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-23276214347120303662010-06-23T21:32:13.478+01:002010-06-23T21:32:13.478+01:00I've sent Night Shade an email and mentioned i...I've sent Night Shade an email and mentioned it on my blog. Hopefully, the publicity from all this will make Night Shade change their ways, at least in this one instance.Nathaniel Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12852939663324751332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-45382233119636416532010-06-23T20:10:02.445+01:002010-06-23T20:10:02.445+01:00I guess you blog about it?
I think it's safe ...I guess you blog about it?<br /><br />I think it's safe to say the vast majority of us bloggers have designs, however far-fetched, on writing fiction one day, and even if that weren't the case, it's in everyone's interests to see writers treated fairly and decently. The happier the writer, the better the writing.<br /><br />Is that true, I wonder?<br /><br />In any case, this seems to be a larger problem than I'd imagined. Small presses in particular seem to be chancing their luck by bullying their authors into knuckling under. How in God's name to seek recourse, I wonder. Any ideas?<br /><br />I mean, any ideas that aren't going to court?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-9825035572082850552010-06-23T19:14:52.297+01:002010-06-23T19:14:52.297+01:00I wrote a non-fiction book that came out in 2008 a...I wrote a non-fiction book that came out in 2008 and my publisher has yet to provide any royalty statements. After repeated e-mails they claimed I haven't earned any royalties yet, but have not sent me the regular statements required by our contract. I don't have an agent to bug them for me and know that it would cost too much to take them to court. It's depressing, but what can you do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-8145117028030784462010-06-23T16:10:13.327+01:002010-06-23T16:10:13.327+01:00This is not the first time I have heard about the ...This is not the first time I have heard about the negative side of Night Shade Books. It was not long ago that I stumbled across a post from Liz Williams, author of the Inspector Chen novels, about her <a href="http://mevennen.livejournal.com/777134.html" rel="nofollow">unpleasant experience</a> with Night Shade Books (which is also linked from Brendan's blog and now I remember how I stumbled across the post in the first place).<br /><br />That's two of their authors speaking out against them... how many more are being fucked over?<br /><br />News like this is sad and yes, this sort of thing should be talked about more. We get discussion enough about how TOR screwed over Daniel Abraham (and readers), but it is not often that we hear anything from the small press side of publishing.Jameshttp://dazedrambling.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com