Jenna, the ads at the top of the page are interesting. One page back there was an ad for PublishAmerica books at Ebay. Just thought you would want to know so people don't think we are supporting them.
No, I don't think so....they mean aunts, uncles, moms, dads, kids, pets.....ResearchGuy said:I am thinking, they meant "family" as in the phrase "the family of Man" -- i.e., everyone on the planet.
--Ken
Kevin Yarbrough said:Jenna, the ads at the top of the page are interesting. One page back there was an ad for PublishAmerica books at Ebay. Just thought you would want to know so people don't think we are supporting them.
JennaGlatzer said:In the event that a third party requires the cancellation of this Agreement as a condition for separately publishing the work, the Author may request the termination of this Agreement, and the Publisher shall agree to start the terminating process, provided that the third party shall be a legitimate publishing company, and that the Author shall furnish evidence of the third party's offer to publish the said literary work along with evidence of that offer's cancellation contingency, and that the Publisher shall at that time issue a confidentiality covenant that the Author and the Publisher shall mutually sign,
Mem, either get a shotgun or make him buy a cell.T42 said:Sheri, I had to get off the dang computer so my hubby could use the phone. (I sent him to a pay phone with some quarters) Hope I didn't miss the "deadline". Julianne I can't see how they could possibly make us sign a contract that involves the family. (we would all have to sign) Idiots!
Oh, wow -- you are free to refuse your freedom. What simple, unfettered eloquence. What purity of thought. Wonder which one of the cuties they brought in to work today from the lap dancing joint down the street thought that one up?T42 said:You are free to refuse your freedom.
T42 said:We are offering you total freedom. You don't like us, period? No problem, we are
holding the door wide open for you.
The only thing we will not do is cancel your contract altogether at this
time. It carries your own signature, so it remains in full force. This does
not restrict you in any way if you were to agree to making it non-exclusive.
Until you do, it remains an exclusive contract, which is perfectly fine with
us as well.
Thank you,
Author Support Team
T42 said:I posted my letter to Pa yesterday that I had sent them. I just got this email.
From :
Author Support Team <[email protected]>
Sent :
Monday, March 28, 2005 5:14 PM
To :
Subject :
Memory McDermott : non-exclusive contract
Dear Ms. McDermott:
You are free to refuse your freedom. We have gone ahead and mailed the extra
copy anyway, just in case you change your mind. (has hell frozen over?)
If you prefer to stay within your current, exclusive, contract, that will be
fine with us. One correction, though: book rights are sold while being under
contract all the time, every day. Those who tell you the opposite don't know
the first thing about the publishing industry. (oh contraire!)
Either way, it is important to register that we have offered you to take
your book anywhere you want. Under the proposed amendment, you are free as a
bird. (until we ban you) You may elect to self-publish the book, or turn it into an e-book, or
find yourself any other publisher of your choice, and if that publisher
prefers to secure the exclusive rights to your book, we will terminate the
contract within a matter of months, well before your new publisher would be
ready to produce and release the book. In other words, we are offering you
the best of all worlds. (The hell you say!)
Again, we are offering you freedom, and you are refusing it. (Damn Right!)You don't like
our no-return policy that was disclosed to you before you signed the
contract? Fine, the amended contract allows you to find yourself another
publisher who will make your book returnable. You don't like our pricing,
though there were approximately 8,000 book prices on our website for you to
see before you signed the contract? That's alright, we are offering you to
find yourself a new publisher who has different pricing schedules. We are
offering you total freedom. You don't like us, period? No problem, we are
holding the door wide open for you. (Well, don't let it hit you in the a**)
The only thing we will not do is cancel your contract altogether at this
time. It carries your own signature, so it remains in full force. This does
not restrict you in any way if you were to agree to making it non-exclusive.
Until you do, it remains an exclusive contract, which is perfectly fine with
us as well.
Thank you,
Author Support Team
[email protected]
You woulda thunk huh? Sheri are you taking a tone? (put it back)robeiae said:We are offering you total freedom, if you define freedom as being chained to our townhouse! (but at least you get out in the sun!)
Heinous...heinous...heinous!
You would think that after having been in business for a while, company spokespersons would know how to act like proffesionals.
Rob
I second that. Some of us don't have the power to do what some of you can. Heck I didn't even have time to get on the private board before they gave me my freedom!DaveKuzminski said:It's clear to me that sending copies of PA's responses to the AG, BBB, FTC, and media are having an almost immediate effect. PA just doesn't want it's laundry aired in public.
The new letter from PA's author support is evidence to me as to why PA made Janet a general partner. She's got more brains and tact than Larry, Willem, and Miranda combined.
Now our next important tast is to get this message about NOT SIGNING THE NEW CONTRACTS to the other authors at PA, even if it means exposing a few authors who are still posting there as well as here. So, if you want to do something important despite the fact that you'll probably be banned, post a message on the PA forum asking their other writers to visit here and read this topic where we have the information about the new contracts. It's the right thing to do.
...we will terminate the contract within a matter of months...
...well before your new publisher would be ready to produce and release the book.
Anybody else notice the time stamp on the e-mail?T42 said:I posted my letter to Pa yesterday that I had sent them. I just got this email.
From :
Author Support Team <[email protected]>
Sent :
Monday, March 28, 2005 5:14 PM
Duncan J Macdonald said:Has PA inventied a time-machine, or are they displaying for all and sundry that they play shennanigans with time stamps?
I'm not sure how my clock is set up...I'm a computer dummyDuncan J Macdonald said:Anybody else notice the time stamp on the e-mail?
T-42, what is the time-stamp of your e-mail system's received marking?
Has PA inventied a time-machine, or are they displaying for all and sundry that they play shennanigans with time stamps?
T-42, can you post the complete header from that e-mail? It should show time stamps for all the places it went through from Frederick to you.