If she worked at a grocery, was an office drone or hair dresser, the owner would be within his/her rights to fire an employee who pulled a stunt like this.
Maybe the rules are different at a lending library. If she PO'd the people in charge of its budget I can see they'd have a point in getting rid of someone who could cost them funding.
Apparently she PO'd a few cranks who may not be in a financial position to hire a local Denny Crane to read her the riot act.
As it is, I think her firing is likely a panicked knee-jerk reaction that will cost the library more in the long run if she files an unfair dismissal suit.
She showed little wisdom in making herself so traceable, but she is more likely to have bags of burning dog poo on her doorstep than lawsuits.
It was something to do with, I believe, a husband writing a nasty tell-all about his ex-wife, if I remember correctly. She was a romance writer.
That was with AuthorHouse, starring Rebecca Brandewyne and the ex from hell.
Be it noted that I just signed a contract with one of my publishers, and for the first time had to sign an insurance rider in case they found out later I was being naughty.
Original post on AW.
"The broad areas of coverage are libel, invasion of privacy, plagiarism, copyright infringement, and certain forms of unfair competition"
The insurance pays for court costs, but my publisher will *generously* share those with me--up to $125K worth per occurrence--if I've gotten stupid with my words.
I wonder if PA has anything on
that in their contracts? If not, then their uncovered arse could be hanging out there just waiting for a lawsuit to happen. We can but hope.
Of course, they could get out of it by claiming ignorance about the contents of the book.
Everyone knows they don't read 'em.