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Post Auh8b3FCIuyYuRtV8S by [email protected] |
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Post #AugKzKfGBxBwBCTA9o by [email protected] |
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Over on BlueSky, authors are sharing their #unbound horror stories. It’s awfu… |
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Post #AugKzKnPhdiIaUHfrk by [email protected] |
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And #Boundless are stringing these authors along. Saying things like: We feel t… |
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Post #AugKzKvDEdx4yfvu1Q by [email protected] |
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That leaves authors having to choose between:A. Playing nice and letting #Bound… |
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Post #AugKzL44hh2bQA4yps by [email protected] |
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I supported several books through Unbound, bought others, and borrowed some fro… |
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Post #AugKzLBsEhHNoLjCzY by [email protected] |
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Aaron Reynolds of Effin’ Birds is owed £75k, including royalties paid by a U… |
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Post #AugKzRYmYRAXZ8UaX2 by [email protected] |
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Laura Kate Dale, who wrote Gender Euphoria #Boundless #Unbound |
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Post #AugKzW7fafS7iUqVSy by [email protected] |
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Alex de Campi, who wrote The Scottish Boy #Boundless #Unbound |
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Post #AugKzaigUzRBySC7iS by [email protected] |
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Russell Jones, who wrote The Decade in Tory: An Inventory of Idiocy from the Co… |
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Post #AugKzfATxa39lpENbE by [email protected] |
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Small Robots, who I think published a picture book of their art work #Boundless… |
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Post #AugKzjePIGMbfnGKnY by [email protected] |
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Tom Cox, author of many books, published seven through Unbound. #Boundless #Un… |
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Post #AugKzo7cfa6tXYxitM by [email protected] |
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Daniel Hardcastle, author of The Paradox Paradox #Boundless #Unbound |
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Post #AugKzskPTJVrt18ku8 by [email protected] |
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Brian Boston, poet #Boundless #Unbound |
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Post #AugKzx5TKwjnLV1dI0 by [email protected] |
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Chuck, author of Bird Brain, didn’t even get the email telling them they were… |
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Post #AugalxrZFq3kxpsEds by [email protected] |
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@clacksee It really doesn't cost much to use the online form to sue.It'… |
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Post #AugkMZjQpsgSQNbIFE by [email protected] |
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@TimWardCam I’m trying to use that to get an airline to pay compensation for … |
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Post #AugkMZqWPWM4mMuxIO by [email protected] |
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@clacksee For a court date, yes, I've waited a year. But sometimes the perp… |
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Post #AugkVK8KCSdueXPpIG by [email protected] |
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@clacksee And my experience of going to court (more than once) is that: the oth… |
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Post #Auh83xMh8pi77TcVvs by [email protected] |
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@TimWardCam Interesting. I’ve just got to the stage of the airline submitting… |
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Post #Auh8A37sdQSeizb1Jw by [email protected] |
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Post #Auh8A3FKBkPr654xvM by [email protected] |
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@Eetschrijver Ugh. Autocorrect. Thanks. |
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Post #Auh8BI9IGYLNbfqjiK by [email protected] |
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@clacksee @bookstodon @lgbtqbookstodon I receive marketing emails from Boundles… |
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Post #Auh8BIOXLsXMMwyuTQ by [email protected] |
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@alicemcalicepantsI supported 4 books with a total of £89 through #Unbound ove… |
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Post #Auh8BIYSkyTcrjcpwe by [email protected] |
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@clacksee damn 😦 |
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Post #Auh8BNQ8fLmzxMllAG by [email protected] |
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That’s a far cry from the tens of thousands of pounds authors who published t… |
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Post #Auh8EjuTVXe4ZgYvKK by [email protected] |
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@clacksee This is disgusting. |
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Post #Auh8LjwbmJE8hytkuG by [email protected] |
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@clacksee Option B, every time. Otherwise they're just setting themselves u… |
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Post #Auh8Lk3LNGcB2s38PA by [email protected] |
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@alan For some of them, they feel like they can’t afford to walk away. But, o… |
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Post #Auh8Oj95Ck856F9pXE by [email protected] |
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@clacksee Sounds like capitalism, working as designed. |
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Post #Auh8PVxlhbC4VLEzCa by [email protected] |
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Laura Kate Dale says there are rumours that Unbound was expecting a big investm… |
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Post #Auh8PW5vDHiQud3UuW by [email protected] |
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@clacksee so Laura's good faith interpretation is that they did something i… |
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Post #Auh8PWCIpYotEQ2arA by [email protected] |
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@brunogirin The flip side would be that they *weren’t* expecting an investmen… |
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Post #Auh8PWJ2QWCvZJByM4 by [email protected] |
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@clacksee so they took a business risk and used their authors money to do so. I… |
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Post #Auh8TuGdHVtv2c9tMu by [email protected] |
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@clacksee @bookstodon @lgbtqbookstodonI used Unbound for years. For me, a reade… |
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Post #Auh8UTUgJGw2IK06cq by [email protected] |
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@clacksee @bookstodon @lgbtqbookstodon Thank goodness for the comments. It too… |
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Post #Auh8ZObHvmRgZ8RBlg by [email protected] |
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@clacksee the situation is bad, but it's not your fault. You couldn't h… |
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Post #Auh8b3FCIuyYuRtV8S by [email protected] |
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@clacksee For people who first think about a DNS resolver when they hear the te… |
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Post #Auh8bqv3c4ZgySr7gW by [email protected] |
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@alicemcalicepants Same. |
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Post #Auh8cxaYIoAfwqnDns by [email protected] |
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@clacksee easy to make mistakes. No ethical consumption under capitalism - real… |
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Post #Auh8dMUjhZNDC3GQi0 by [email protected] |
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@clacksee we were all scammed. We believed there was a new publisher in town th… |
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Post #Auh8gXBOQ7xFD6jGPQ by [email protected] |
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@clacksee That's appalling. But also, I've been burned by a phoenix com… |
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Post #Auh8gXITzlcrZ62vSa by [email protected] |
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@cstross I assume he means the book took five years to write before it was sold. |
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Post #Auh8gXQdVS9DyNrRAW by [email protected] |
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@clacksee Yes: see edited toot. |
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Post #Auh8gcOh26Z3NnzSKm by [email protected] |
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@clacksee fuuuuuck :/ |
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Post #Auh8iO29PJtPPkI0TA by [email protected] |
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@brunogirin 100% |
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Post #Auh8jBG0Ob5e4u9GMq by [email protected] |
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@clacksee Just awful. I have to say, I've been self-publishing since 2022 a… |
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Post #Auh8jBMjzYTgPnIdrk by [email protected] |
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@crcollins Same (but 2020). |
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Post #Auh8kS7vA0Z0ghyQEa by [email protected] |
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@clacksee I should add: sue the directors of the failed company. |
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Post #Auh8t6VWuRvkF98qRs by [email protected] |
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@clacksee Oh, that's awful. I've supported #Unbound over the years too.… |
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Post #Auh8t8WJQVkEU9WUwi by [email protected] |
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@srslypascal Thanks! I was extremely confused for a bit haha |
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Post #Auh8w99lW7ozKNPdGS by [email protected] |
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@clacksee @juneussell You weren’t to know. I pledged to two books, one has ma… |
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Post #Auh8y9IZxYYALcUQDY by [email protected] |
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@clacksee Welcome! |
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Post #Auh97EtEXbOYIKy90y by [email protected] |
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Publisher in breach of contracts: do a class action authors law suit.......@cl… |
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Post #Auh9H7mhoTPJ9bd5Rg by [email protected] |
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@clacksee Corporate greed at it's worst. |
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Post #AuiRHVm0cG73t2b7AW by [email protected] |
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@clacksee The last part is the most interesting, because if they are still coll… |
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Post #Avr8gonstbOPF2z25g by [email protected] |
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@clacksee a.k.a. embezzlement and fraud... |
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Post #Avr8goucUYmRZw8Paa by [email protected] |
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@ljwrites Unfortunately, it looks like legal loopholes are letting them get awa… |
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Post #Avr8gxvIzNfzWfWaPI by [email protected] |
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@clacksee Maybe in the civil realm the law's hands are tied because of the … |
