Novelist Brian Keene Launches Dorchester Publishing Boycott

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Yesterday novelist Brian Keene detailed his long struggle with Dorchester Publishing, calling on readers and writers to boycott the publisher. More than 100 authors have already signed on to his campaign.

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Comments

[JDM73]

10:22 AM on 03/27/2011

I submitted to Dorchester...guess that's one rejection I don't have to get too broken up about, in light of this story. I hope this boycott applies some real pressure to DP.

[SF TKF]

05:33 PM on 03/25/2011

This makes me so mad. So many of my friends are owed royalties by this publisher and they're all finding this same kind of theft going on. It's an utter outrage, and there's almost nothing they can do. As soon as they get their books taken down from a site, the pop right back up. At this point somebody needs to go to jail.

[SirOtter]

08:30 PM on 03/25/2011

I know quite a few writers affected by this, as well. They have been treated shabbily, and I hope someone is able to figure out a solution that sticks it to what's left of Dorchester and gets those authors what they're owed. Jail would be too good for them, as far as I'm concerned.

[BlackJAC]

03:22 PM on 03/25/2011

The only thing Dorchester Publishing had to offer me was the Hard Case Crime imprint, and since they went to another publisher after Dorchester switched to pure E-book, this boycott is easy for me.