There are a few things going on in the Ellora’s Cave world of late, so this is a catchup post. (March 16 Edit: there are some corrections, which I’ve detailed in an update at the bottom.) Ellora’s Cave Titles Per Month Decline I’ve previously shown a chart about the long decline in Ellora’s Cave’s titles […]
Ellora’s Cave v. Dear Author Suit Dismissed by Judge
Today, a dismissal order in the Ellora’s Cave v. Dear Author case was filed by federal court Judge John R. Adams. Here is the entire body text of that order: On October 22, 2015, the parties contacted the Court to confirm that the parties reached a settlement agreement on all claims. Therefore, the docket will […]
Ellora’s Cave: Former Managing Editor Speaks Out
This post was originally going to be about the Dear Author settlement, but then Ellora’s Cave’s former Managing Editor, Nina S. Gooden, spoke out. So I’ll cover that first. Second, It appears that the gears are finally starting to show some traction and we’re starting to see visible signs of the Ellora’s Cave v. Dear […]
Ellora’s Cave: Dear Author/Jane Litte Case Settled
Today there’s big news in this year-plus long defamation case: plaintiffs Ellora’s Cave and Defendants Dear Author and Jane Litte have settled. In an email to EC’s biz loop, Ellora’s Cave CEO Patty Marks said: From: patty@ellorascave.com [ec_biz] Date: Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 9:50 AM Subject: [ec_biz] Settlement with Dear Author We are pleased […]
Ellora’s Cave: So Who(‘s) Left?
Authors Who Reverted Between Sep 2014-Sep 2015 Based on screen scrapes taken of Ellora’s Cave author page on September 24, 2014 and September 29th, 2015. So, it’s as accurate as that data is. Boldfaced means the author has been an author of either a NY Times or USA Today bestseller. Note that some unknown percentage […]
Ellora’s Cave: Recent New York Times Bestsellers
Let’s look at the last few years of New York Times Bestsellers for which Ellora’s Cave is the publisher. So near as I can tell, the only author that’s hit the list with a book published by EC since February 2011 is Laurann Dohner. NYT List Date Book Title E-Book List Rank 1/15/12 Brawn 35 […]
Calling Current and Former Ellora’s Cave Authors
Are you an Ellora’s Cave Writer who: asked for your rights back as a response to this Jaid Black post (August 12, 2014)? For context, that would be the week before the editor (and other) layoffs, before the Curious article by Jane Litte, and before the lawsuit. If so, Dear Author’s defense would like to […]
Ellora’s Cave: An Interesting USDOT Finding
This was an interesting Google find that you can locate by searching on: USDOT Ellora’s Cave and clicking on the fmcsa.dot.gov link on the first page. The “OOS” (Out of Service) category column has an entry which states: New Entrant Revoked – Refusal of Audit/No Contact and the “OOS Date” (Out of Service Date) is […]
Ellora’s Cave: Tina Engler’s Legal Update to the Biz Loop
I’ll post Tina’s email first, then respond to her points. From: (Tina Engler) Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2015 2:39 PM Subject: [ec_biz] legal update We will not be responding in a public venue to the “trial by social media” smear campaign being staged by the defendant and her counsel and will instead keep this in […]
RWA Notice Regarding Ellora’s Cave
The Romance Writers of America (RWA), the largest industry group of romance writers, has just forwarded a statement to its chapter leaders (that may in turn be forwarded). From: Allison Kelley Sent: Sep 3, 2015 6:21 PM Subject: [Chapter Leadership] – notice regarding Ellora’s Cave Permission to forward granted: I have been in touch with […]
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