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"Companies selling my pirated book"

*Update 5/7/12*

Posted by ***********  on April 30, 2012 at 6:24pm

[UPDATE, 5/7/12,  By Bradley Flora: At this point, I'm not entirely clear if there ever was any "piracy". ******** has deleted her original post, and is no longer sure if the charge is valid. I have some queries into a few of the players in this little drama, and will let you know what I know once they have replied to my emails.]

"I started a small press in 2010, and one of the first books I put out did not sell even one print copy, so I took it off the market within a few weeks.  I was the author, so I wasn't concerned.  I had used Createspace, which to this day says I never sold one book through wholesale or resale.  I recently googled that book and it is being sold brand new by Better World Books.  I asked them where they are getting this new book from since Createspace never sold even one.  At first, BWB was proud and wouldn't let on like anything was wrong.  Then, they finally told me that they were getting my books brand new from Super Book Deal.  BWB said, "they're working directly with the publisher, so I assure you, it is all legal."   I wrote back and let them know: I am the publisher, and I had never heard of Super Book Deals until today.  Suddenly, BWB wasn't so proud and arrogant anymore.  My attempts to contact Super Book Deals have been ignored.  They are pirating my book, and Better World Books is not only selling them, they lied about the "publisher" being the distributor.  I am the publisher, and I haven't distributed anything to these two companies, let alone get a dime of royalties for any of it.   Just a warning about these two companies."

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