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Originally Posted by HarryT
Don't you think you're being a bit premature here? We don't know that anyone's been "ripped off". An accusation's been made, but there's a concept called "innocent until proven guilty" that may be applicable.
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It's fairly well-accepted that Harlequin "rips off" many of its writers, even if they stay within the bounds of law.
They work hard to keep their contracts obscure and complex, and to play corporate dodge games to make sure as little as possible actually gets to the authors.
That authors were convinced it was a good idea to sign up with a publisher who'll give them 3% of list price, and won't let them use their pen name on future books published elsewhere, doesn't make it less of a ripoff. They weren't cheated, which implies rule-breaking, but they were given much less compensation than most people would think they deserve.