I’m not normally a big fan of boycotts of companies, but when it comes to the Dorchester Publishing situation I can’t help but agree with the calls coming from authors and former authors of the company. Spearheaded by horror heavyweight, Brian Keene, there is now a call for a boycott of Dorchester due to their selling of e-books that they don’t have the rights to. I’ve seen this firsthand at Amazon, as I came across Brian Keene’s The Rising for sell about a month ago—long after the rights had reverted back to him.
I support this boycott because I’ve seen firsthand how hard most authors work and how little they are compensated for their work. I’m a passionate reader and I’m a big fan of certain authors; and many of these authors have been screwed by unfair practices at Dorchester. I encourage you to explore the issue and consider showing your support for authors by not giving support to Dorchester Publishing.
For a much more in-depth look at the issue see Brian Keene’s post about it at his site.
1 comment:
Hi Neal, I'm glad to see your support for Brian and for the other Dorchester authors who have been affected by this. I, too, discovered many a great author through their horror line, including Edward Lee, but after what I've just read on his blog, I'm not going to support them any more.
Darkeva
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