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@bookstodon Read a letter from authors affected by the collapse of Unbound in The Bookseller this week:“What Unbound’s demise has shown, to a quite alarming degree, is how little tangible, active advocacy is available to authors in this situation … As authors, all we expected was for our books to be published in line with Unbound’s stated mission – and for their sales and profits to be honestly and accurately reported. Readers simply expected the bare minimum any customer expects from any business; delivery of the product they had paid for.”
#unbound #Boundless #publishing #bookstodon
thebookseller.com/comment/the-

The BooksellerOpinion: The Unbound authors' viewThe authors affected by the collapse of Unbound deserve real support, honest accountability and clear answers.

Tom Cox: "I was invited onto BBC Radio 4's You And Yours today to talk about Unbound, who owe me and their other authors around £650,000 in total, which is not even taking into account the readers they have refused to refund."

Link (segment starts 19 minutes in):
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002d117

BBCYou and Yours - Fried Chicken, Contested Wills and Unbound Authors - BBC SoundsHow fried chicken is going upmarket.
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I supported several books through Unbound, bought others, and borrowed some from my library. Seeing how they’ve shafted so many people out of so much money, I’m really feeling like I participated in this scam. It’s awful. I’ve lined the coffers of management at the expense of the authors.

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That leaves authors having to choose between:
A. Playing nice and letting #Boundless keep selling their books, hoping they’ll someday get some of the money they’re owed (while allowing that figure to increase daily); or
B. Claiming rights reversion on the basis of nonpayment, thereby cutting their losses to an entire year’s worth of income and having to start fresh on their own.

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I know it's bad form to post links to Bluesky, but one of the authors owed several thousand dollars by #Unbound has found a clause in their contract that means the new (and ever more fucked up) #Boundless doesn't own their work.

Please read this thread by Alex De Campi:

bsky.app/profile/alexdecampi.b

And if you were thinking about working with #Boundless or its principals: don't. #Scam

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