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Old 07-21-2012, 09:31 AM   #22
fjtorres
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Upon further review:

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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga View Post
• There are a lot of people willing to write for Harlequin.
That sort of thinking strikes me as W.C. Fields-style complacency.
(There's one born every minute.)
And a likely reason the mess got this far.

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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga View Post
...we're not talking about Harlequin jacking a gazillion dollars. It's probably a small amount per author...
All the more reason it should have been settled quietly with a payout and a muzzle. Scaring the suckers-to-be isn't good for business.

Also, we now have both Harlequin and Penguin lined up as big publishers that think ebooks are great for scamming writers.

I sense a trend...
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