Ooops! Dorchester Publishing did it again
Starting Feb. 28 I wrote the New York Times, The National Enquirer, The Wall Street Journal, People Magazine and the CBS TV affiliate in NYC. And 60 Minutes. And many other media outlets. I was attempting to get the media to pressure Dorchester before they did this. No one responded.
Today when Brian Keene warned us via Twitter that this was coming down the pike I again emailed the NY Times. Its offices are very close to Madison Ave. I asked why a company basically foreclosing on itself was not national news. Even before this happened--I asked all the media outlets why it was not national news that the USA's oldest indepenent mass market book publisher was committing fraud. No response. I also asked why the 250,000 or so subscribers to True Story and True Confessions magazines that were defrauded were not mentioned in the national news. Some of the USA's longest-running magazines.
I was considering contacting the Justic Dept., the Dept. of Labor, the NY AG and the FBI.
Today they apparently auctioned off the magazine division. We know for a fact they owe me and Bubastates money. We know of others also--but most are not as "mouthy and sassy" about it. LOL! Technically they auctioned off stolen goods.
Since I am still owed for three stories--I suppose I can go after the new owners and insist they do nothing with their stolen goods. And I can also turn those stories into novels now.
And what is the media and law enforcement going to do to stop Dorchester Publishing from auctioning off the book division? We also know for a fact they owe authors money and have no right to auction off stolen goods.
And yes--today we still were being told a move to Park Avenue was happening.
And yes--a Dorchester employee was still on the writing loop asking for stories (more stolen goods) and presenting a deadline schedule for the next year.
As Brian Keene suggested--we need to remember these people's names and make sure we never deal with a company again where any of these people are working. I will do that--but I would prefer a jail sentence for them. This is fraud--plain and simple.
I am almost certain that Dorchester's owner, John Backe, has it all legally tied up where his own holding company can foreclose on himself so to speak. Again--this may be legal, but it's immoral and I want to know why the media is not digging into this. If they don't--it will probably happen again
Just for kicks--go to Twitter (I just learned how to Twitter yesterday in honor of Dorchester) and type in Dorchester. You'll see just a handful of tweets. I'm asking writers to flood Twitter with tweets about this. It mught be a good way to get the attention of media and consumers--who can still unwittingly by Dorchester books in stores.
