
Some EC news…
Tuesday, October 4, 2016Posted in: Azteclady Speaks
Tags:Elloras Cave, Jaid Black aka Tina Engler
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Torquere Press LLC and Ellora’s Cave? (now, stupidly enough, “EC for Books”–because nothing says “publishing empire” like a generic, forgettable name, hemorrhaging authors, and piss poor service)
No?
Well, the former are not only amateurs in the ‘let’s not pay royalties and give trite, tired, unbelievable excuses for that’ field. They are also criminally stupid–as in, ‘let’s write a fraudulent check for those royalties, see if that’ll shut the unpaid authors up!”
Say what you will about Jaid give-readers-the-finger-I-despise-romance-professional-victim Black, she’s too cunning for that.
She’ll just never write checks for those royalties and other bills.
Update: Julia Talbot, former owner of Torquere, has her say on this mess (as of today, only dog knows what’s next)
For the past year and a half, a number of authors with books published by Ellora’s Cave have publicly asked their readers to refrain from purchasing those titles.
The latest is Em Petrova, who writes on her blog that she’s been waiting for royalty checks since December 2015 (that’s five months, for the calendar-challenged among us), and that that last check was for royalties for March 2015 (that’s a full nine months behind).
(Edit after the cut)
Customers, beware!
Apparently the security/trusted website certificate for Ellora’s Cave main website has expired.¹ What this means for customers is that, if you provide your credit card information to the website, in order to purchase books there, you have no guarantee that said information is secure.
I don’t know, nor care, what companty is the IPS for that site, but just as an example, right now GoDaddy has an offer for one-year certificates for $62.99, so it’s not as if it’s a terribly onerous expense.
Mind you, one would think that anyone who runs an online business, understands that, even if the cost was significantly higher, this is not a luxury, but an essential component thereof.
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¹ I’m not linking, for obvious reasons. Then again, I wouldn’t link even if the SSL was there :shrug: (more…)
Oh my good lord, can Jaid Black be any more delusional?
Some of our readers may know that Torquere Press LLC is having…issues *cough*
However, when I saw this tweet:
so, 84 days and author still not paid https://t.co/GptOv4VPxm #notchilled #torquereLLC
— juliatalbot (@juliatalbot) February 23, 2016
my first reaction was, “Amateurs! Ellora’s Cave owes several authors royalties from the beginning of 2015”
Brief comments, some numbers, and a couple of links in the comments, here.
Also, I recommend checking out this post at Zenobia Renquist’s blog. I hope she continues to update with more links–I’ve seen at least two more requests in that vein by EC authors.
Ellora’s Cave settled with Dear Author and Jane Litte, on the defamation suit the former brought against the latter.
The suit, you may remember, came about because Ellora’s Cave’s principals didn’t much like the fact that The Curious Case of Ellora’s Cave put together, cohesively and succinctly, the many bits of evidence, statements, and rumors, that have been hinting at deeply troubling going-ons at the company for the last decade or so.
I have thoughts on this, and go on and on about them here.
Good luck to all the many authors who are still owed royalties, and to those who only want to finally be free of their contracts with Ellora’s Cave.
Things have been quiet on this issue for months. Basically, litigation in the US moves at the speed of frozen molasses, and a lot of the minor stuff that does happen does not get filed, so this was not unexpected.
What was rather a surprise is to have Ann Jacobs, one of EC authors who’s stated that there are hinky goings on with the publisher, to file a motion to intervene in the EC v DA lawsuit, and a counterclaim to EC’s defamation suit. Please note that EC’s contract is part of this longer document. All sorts of interesting shit in there.
Courtney Milan is hosting both filings, and has posted a brief, yet pointed, update on the case, here.
Deirdre Saoirse Moen’s take is here.
Now I have a helluva lot of rather interesting stuff to read before I post anything more.
Coming out today from Penner Publishing, this is the first installment in a New Adult romantic fiction series, Meredith Falls.
Clearer in the Night, by Rebecca Croteau
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If you were at some point in the past associated in any way with Ellora’s Cave and happened to download a copy the video I describe below, please contact Ms Deirdre Saoirse Moen as soon as you possibly can.
The video:
Apparently, after firing most of the experienced editing staff a few months ago, Ellora’s Cave has been *cough* busy *cough* hiring a handful of editors.
One of them happens to be Jill Noelle.
I do not know if this is the same Jill Noelle Noble from Noble Publishing, but I confess that my first reaction is speechlessness, and amazement, and bafflement, because I have a feeling that, yes, yes, indeed, this is the same woman.
Talk about publishers behaving badly, yes?