August 19 Update on Publishing Dispute
Latest update (September 10th) can be found here
August 19th Update
As you know, I’m involved in a dispute with my publisher, Eternal Press (a division of Damnation Books), over Thereafter (the sequel to Hereafter). You can read the details of the dispute below, but basically the gist is that the final version of Thereafter is riddled with errors that make it unreadable and the publisher, knowing this, published it anyway.
So, the month that has passed since my last update has been spent in quiet legal maneuvering. Contractually, the publisher has forty-five days to correct any breach of the contract, once it has occurred. Through my lawyer, the publisher was formally notified that a breach had occurred; the publisher denied a breach had occurred.
Then the publisher was notified of my intention to invoke the early termination clause of my contract if she did not fix the breach; the publisher ignored/didn’t respond to this letter.
Then the publisher was notified that, as she had not fixed the breach (after the forty-five days), she was in breach of contract and all rights to the book, as per our contract, were now returned to me and she needed to remove the book from distribution, and if she didn’t, then I’d be filing suit for breach of contract and seeking an injunction to stop her from distributing the book; the publisher ignored this letter as well.
On Monday, August 12th, she was notified that we were filing for a Temporary Restraining Order; the publisher stated that even if I was awarded a TRO, she had no intention of stopping distribution of the book (she also told my lawyer to tell me that I should stop pursuing legal action for breach of contract because she hates to see people wasting their money).
On Tuesday, August 13th, my lawyer went to court and filed for a temporary restraining order to stop distribution of Thereafter and filed the suit for breach. Aaannnddddd the big news…
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