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Originally Posted by RoboRay
Just curious if the lawyer commented on the merits of a case where you're suing a 3rd party because you don't like the terms of the agreement your own publisher made with them...
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My suit would be against the reporter for KCPQ, who labeled my book as pornography, thus causing Amazon to take it down. He was iffy on the case but felt I'd be better off talking to a lawyer in Seattle about the merits of it. He pointed out the fact is, the book IS still available in other places, like Barnes & Noble, so that hurts my damages claim. As does the fact that two of my other titles are still available through Amazon. If all I wanted was an apology and a correction, I wasn't going to get one...not from Fox News. They're notorious for making up their own facts and not backing down from them. Amazon MIGHT put the book back up if there was enough negative publicity about it, but I have no legal recourse to force them to sell it -- which he told me even though I said I wasn't interested in going that far.
As for the publicity and my ranting and raving on various sites -- Fox's lawyers would rip me apart no what I did, so why worry about it? As I told him, I own all my statements. Apparently, that's considered a plus in this case, so long as I maintain pride of ownership and don't waver or try to minimize or hide anything.
So...we'll see what happens. In the meantime, word is spreading...and I'm helping spread it.
And I have now decided I will NEVER buy an electronic book. I don't want ANYONE to have control over what I read, not in any way, form or fashion.