But by "here we go again" I mean that there will be copies of Forever Richard out there now that I get no money for. My second publisher, for the sake of trying to survive, severed their relationship with BookMasters for reasons that point back to the return policy shared between major wholesalers and bookstores. Tons of "hurt" copies of Forever Richard, over nine hundred dollars worth, are out there supposedly waiting to be destroyed which, by the way, my second publisher will have to pay for despite not knowing for certain the books she's paying to have destroyed actually exist or whether they'll actually be destroyed.
There is a way to verify that BookMasters isn't treating "hurt" books the way they say they do or I wouldn't have received "hurt" books as new when I ordered some author copies. The other proof is that over thirty, that I know of, "hurt" books were bought by my local Books-A-Million. According to my findings, BAM's wholesaler only sells "hurt" books.
So now that my publisher has severed ties with BookMasters and has given me the rights to Forever Richard back, any books you see on-line or otherwise of Forever Richard are technically "stolen" books and, that's right, neither I nor my publisher see any of the money from the sale of them. Not only that, my publisher actually lost a large amount of money paying fees associated with these books, over-sold by BookMaster employees for a commission.
However, there is also a deal being conspired of at this moment to get Forever Richard back out there. Cyn No more too.
So yeah, that's the deal.
Oh, the drama!
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