I agree!

And Herr Doktor,

Nope. That’s a whole ‘nother bag o’ crazy here at PII!

Example: the WSJ. The paper of the free market uber alles, even when it pisses off the LouDobbsian xenophobes. An organisation that, one would assume, knows the price of everything (and the value of nothing).

Its online enterprises? Curiously divided.

The news bit of the WSJ. Paywalled, by subscription only.

The batshit wingnut opinion section? Available gratis.

There is a value, beyond money, of getting that shit circulating. The reference to the coming wave of Murderous Dyke Hillary books is apposite, since the WSJ ran hard with the Vince Foster story.

If Regnery could generate wingnut propaganda with robots, they’d do it. (Right now, the tech is stuck at the level of ‘internet troll’.) The authors are just penny-liners, jobbing shitspewers. Tough titty if they don’t feel adequately compensated. It won’t be long before the job is outsourced to Bangalore and a team of ghostwriters, with some failed Faux News blonde playing the part of ‘author’ for the promotions.

If the publisher had just dumped slow-moving books off to an unrelated third party, the authors wouldn’t have any claim – IMHO. But if the books were shifted around to various subsidiaries as part of a plan to limit royalties paid to the authors, they might have a claim.

Actually, it will depend on the terms of the contract. If the contract stated that the publisher could discount up to a certain percentage of the hardbacks, the contract will be upheld–particularly if these “hot-shot authors” were represented by their own attorneys or agents–as opposed to Regnery’s attorneys. Corporations are free to use their best business judgment in such situations. Arguably, giving away or deep-discounting books is a cheaper marketing ploy than taking out several successive ads in the NYTimes or LATimes Book Review. And after the first sale, the purchaser is free to transfer the book according to his terms.

I’m just hoping it is appealed in the 2nd Circuit, where a majority of the appointees are the sort of hard-core conservatives who favor business. Attorneys should never have this much fun….

My money’s on short-sighted, greedy and stupid enough to raid the gravy train for provisions BEFORE the wheels fall off, so at least they’re sure they “get theirs.”

jillion – pittance = one shitload

remember to carry the fuck of a lot

What, you mean there isn’t a large market for books about why shipping middle class jobs to other countries is a good thing, or about what a good president W is, or about Bill Clinton murdering people with his bare hands????

I certainly couldn’t have – they’re very nearly indistinguishable.

Is that counting religion?

I suppose. But to me, it just seems like the beginnings of that lady who thought David Letterman loved her and was communicating his affections by blinking on camera during his monologues.

Y’know, insane stalking justifications.

I work with hundreds of average Americans and at least 75% of them feel they have a personal relationship with someone – a politician, a celebrity, a criminal even – who they have never met.

I don’t get it either, but the operational word is ‘feel’. They just feel a connection, ergo that connection exists.

From the co-worker who is convinced The Rock is going to marry her now that he is getting divorced to the manager who is ‘personally let down by George W. Bush’s failure in leadership’, they all feel some emotional connection. No amount of logic budges it.

I still haven’t figured out how to work with it. All I can do is not step on their fantasies because then… oh mama! Do they ever get mad!

That’s why I pick on wingnuts on-line; I can’t do it at work!

Can you say sammich?

I knew y’could…

mikey

Awesome.

LOLOLOLzerZ!!!!1!