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 […]
Ellora’s Cave: Defense Pulls a Mic Drop!
So Ellora’s Cave finally filed a status report. (boring) And Ellora’s Cave filed their Motion for Summary Judgment. (yawn) tl;dr: We didn’t do anything wrong, it’s all lies, we don’t owe six figures. Here, have a sworn statement. Clarification: Note that this is an MSJ against Dear Author’s/Jane Litte’s counterclaims, not the whole case. The […]
Ellora’s Cave: Ann Jacobs’s Author Counterclaim
Ellora’s Cave author Ann Jacobs has filed an Intervening Counterclaim in the Ellora’s Cave v. Dear Author case. (Here, as with other similar situations, I’ll refer to her by her pseudonym.) From page 1 of the counterclaim: The future value of the specific performance and declaratory judgment is unknown, but the damages incurred from Ellora’s […]
Ellora’s Cave: A Whole Bunch of Biz Emails
This post includes the bodies of several emails from Tina Engler to Ellora’s Cave’s business list (hosted on yahoogroups). Note that where there are email addresses listed in the body, I’ve reduced it to the part in the front of the domain name (e.g., website@) to not be a source of spam. Aug 12: Website […]
Ellora’s Cave: Headquarters for Sale and Lawsuit Update
I got word about a week ago that Ellora’s Cave’s headquarters were for sale. This building isn’t owned by EC, but by sister company Brannon-Engler Properties, Ltd. Per Dear Author’s Curious post, one of the things alleged in the Brashear case was that the property was rented to Ellora’s Cave at inflated prices. I had […]
Ellora’s Cave: New Kindle Contract and Forthcoming Website
Two things: Ellora’s Cave has a new contract with Amazon for Kindle sales. Also, Ellora’s Cave’s website is currently down, but apparently a new site’s forthcoming. Emails from EC follow, along with minimal commentary from me. Yesterday, EC’s site was completely offline. Today, they’ve got a placeholder page up, which is an improvement. Ellora’s Cave […]
Ellora’s Cave: Judge Denies @pubnt’s Motion to Quash
Today, Judge Adams issued a ruling in the Ellora’s Cave v. Dear Author case relating to @pubnt’s letter to the court in February that the judge interpreted as a Motion to Quash (the defense subpoena to Twitter to determine the identity/identities of the @pubnt account). From the ruling (note: I’ve replaced Jane Litte’s legal name […]
Ellora’s Cave: Tina Engler Compares EC to Rape Victims
First, I’ll quote the long email that Tina Engler sent to an Ellora’s Cave email list, then discuss various points afterward. At the end, there will be a wrap-up section about “loyalty.” Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2015 11:46 AM Subject: [ec_biz] Rumor Mill 2 (Long) 1) Amazon pays its self-published authors every 60 days; they […]
Ellora’s Cave: EC’s Author Loops Letter
On March 29th, Tina Engler sent this email out to one of the Ellora’s Cave email loops, and I considered it not interesting enough to post. However, given the various concerns I’ve been reading in various places, I felt it was worthy of posting and commenting. Also, a Lolita Lopez update at the end. 1) […]