46 thoughts on “List of Professionals Endorsing the Dorchester Boycott”

1. Matt R. Jones March 25, 2011 at 12:18 pm

   As both a devoted Keene reader and an independent author, I’m totally in support of this. We as authors already face enough bullshit without having to worry about companies like Dorchester trying to make a quick and easy buck off our sweat and blood — behind our backs, no less — and then acting like we’ll just go away if they ignore us long enough.

   To hell with those bastards. GIVE ‘EM HELL, BRIAN!

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2. Jennifer Caress March 25, 2011 at 12:19 pm

   Count me in as a supporting author. If there is one thing we writers do well, it’s support one another.

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3. Amy Grech March 25, 2011 at 12:31 pm

   Until the writers are paid or rights revert, join the boycott! Dorchester has no respect for writers! Down with Dorchester!!

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4. Big Steve March 25, 2011 at 12:50 pm

   HorrorTalk (http://www.horrortalk.com) has suspended the reviews of Dorchester Publishing/Leisure Books products until this matter is resolved.

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5. Ash Arceneaux March 25, 2011 at 1:20 pm

   Swampdweller Reviews/Rites of Romance refuses to review Dorcester/Leisure until the situation is resolved!

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6. John Grant March 25, 2011 at 2:02 pm

   Please add my name to the list of boycotters (authors division).

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7. Jaque Thay March 25, 2011 at 2:42 pm

   You can count me in for the boycott. As a freelance editor and proofreader (and recently published indie author myself) I’m well aware of how difficult it can be to make a living in this industry at the best of times. When your publishing house, an entity you should be able to trust completely, starts deceiving you and denying you access to funds that are rightfully yours that’s even worse.

   I’ll repost this to my blog and inform colleagues about the situation.

   Jaque

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8. Amy Grech March 25, 2011 at 2:43 pm

   Please add me to the list. Here;s a link to my post: http://amygrech.livejournal.com/316618.html

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9. Mark Orr March 25, 2011 at 3:41 pm

   Count me in. I thank God daily Dorcester rejected the book I submitted to that contest they ran just before the implosion. Belfire Press jumped on it like a loose ball in the end zone, and Smarter Than the Average Werewolf will come out under their imprint next year. Really dodged a bullet there, I think.

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10. Janrae Frank March 25, 2011 at 3:43 pm

    I support what you are doing, Brian. I have put links to your entries on Dorchester up on my fb page.

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11. Steve Vernon March 25, 2011 at 5:08 pm

    I’m just a small fry compared to a lot of you writers, but count me in on the boycott.

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12. JMS March 25, 2011 at 10:36 pm

    You can add me to the list as Booktweeting, if you like. My followtariat may or may not take up the call, but there are several thousand of them, and only a thousand or so seem to be spammers–the rest are apparently real people who like to read books!

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13. Esteban Silvani March 26, 2011 at 1:54 am

    Damn, man. I feel for ya. I will not review any of their publications nor buy their products either.

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14. Paul Bens March 26, 2011 at 3:42 am

    Both as a reader and an author, I completely endorse the boycott.

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15. Meli March 26, 2011 at 11:25 am

    Destroy The Brain would like to be on the list of supporters and will re-post your call to arms for a boycott on the website very soon!

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16. Neil Davies March 26, 2011 at 12:41 pm

    For whatever it’s worth, you have my support. A few years back it was my ambition to be published by Leisure. Not any more.

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17. M. S. Gardner March 26, 2011 at 2:34 pm

    Count me in! I’ll never buy one of their books again!

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18. Nancy A. Collins March 26, 2011 at 9:44 pm

    Add my name to the boycott list as well. Good luck!

    Nancy

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20. Scott Nicholson March 27, 2011 at 10:34 am

    Count me in

    Scott

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21. Gary Braunbeck March 27, 2011 at 11:13 am

    Brian, please add my name to the list of authors supporting the boycott. What they did to their stable of authors sickens me. In the end, right before I bailed (3 weeks before the ship sank), I was outright *lied* to about several concerns I had about sales, return percentages, and digital rights, to name but three. In none of my contracts for the 5 books they published was *anything* mentioned about giving them electronic rights. And thank you for bringing up the subject of advances and cough-cough royalties. (“What are these royalty things of which you speak?” asked the author to the all-powerful editor. “You need not concern yourself with such details,” replied the editor (as authorized by the publisher). You need only go over to the nearest corner, drop your pants, and bend over. We shall be happy to provide you with a pillow on which to bite.”)

    Oh, yeah — do put me on the list, my friend.

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22. Thomas Tessier March 27, 2011 at 3:55 pm

    Brian, thanks for your important work on this. I’m trying to regain my book and e-book rights from Dorchester. Count me in on the boycott.

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23. Anita Dalton March 27, 2011 at 4:56 pm

    I am small potatoes and arguably not entirely professional, but please add I Read Odd Books to the list of review sites boycotting Dorchester.

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24. Dave Dunwoody March 27, 2011 at 6:08 pm

    Authors affected by this, you have my full support and I hope you each get what’s yours.

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25. Lauren Bombardier March 28, 2011 at 12:24 am

    I found out about this from my friend, Kevin Lucia. This whole thing is a horror story in and of itself. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

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26. Roy C. Booth March 28, 2011 at 6:30 am

    Bravo for speaking up and taking the fight to them, Brian.

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28. Kelly Wittmann March 28, 2011 at 11:15 am

    Brian, I am so sorry for what you have been through. Please add me to your list of supporting authors. I will post links on my blog right now.

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29. Alan Goldsher March 28, 2011 at 12:01 pm

    Brian, my fellow zombie scribe, I’m sorry to hear what you’re going through. We’ve all been there to some extent, but not at this level, so, you know, fuck Dorchester. Add me to the list of authors. Fight the power, brother.

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30. Eric Polk March 28, 2011 at 5:16 pm

    Count me in on this! As a budding writer, just because we do it for the art doesn’t mean we shouldn’t get paid for it!

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31. Scoob March 28, 2011 at 8:13 pm

    Much support from The Blog of a Dead Dreamer! Hang in there!

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32. Carson Buckingham March 29, 2011 at 10:53 am

    Please add my name to the list of professionals supporting the boycott! Those bastards!

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33. Carson Buckingham March 29, 2011 at 10:54 am

    Oh, I should add that I am an author, so list me with them.

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34. Brian J. Hatcher March 29, 2011 at 7:13 pm

    A lot of people I consider good friends have gotten screwed by this Dorchester situation. I tried to believe this was simply a case of carelessness; putting out e-books of titles you never bought e-rights for, on books you’ve lost the rights to, is no accident. It will take more that platitudes to make this right.

    I, of course, support the ban.

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35. Jon Jordan March 29, 2011 at 8:46 pm

    Crimespree Magazine supports the boycott. Dorchester is stealing from authors and that can not stand.
    Jon Jordan
    Publisher of Crimespree Magazine

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36. David Hayes March 30, 2011 at 10:23 pm

    I’m all in favor of the boycott, let the indie horror film community chime in!

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37. Jim Steel April 1, 2011 at 3:11 pm

    Count me in.

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38. Guy Anthony De Marco April 4, 2011 at 5:50 pm

    It’s unfortunate how Leisure has fallen. I was hoping to send my first novel to them. Thanks for fighting the good fight, Brian. I fully support the boycott.

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39. Jason Hughes, Horror Author April 24, 2011 at 3:04 am

    FUCK Dorchester. I’m glad that they didn’t pick up my latest novel. It is now with a respectful company.

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40. Dale April 24, 2011 at 12:50 pm

    Count Graveside Tales and Graveside Books in as well.

    Truly enjoyed Dorchester’s books over the years. They introduced me to many of the fine writers on this list.

    ~Dale

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41. F. M. Parker May 9, 2011 at 1:09 pm

    Count me in on any method to get Dorchester to pay my royalties. I haven’t received my kindle royalties for two years. I’m damn glad they only have two of my books and not all 16.

    f. M.Parker

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42. richard bennett September 18, 2011 at 3:42 pm

    i was surprised to hear what dorchester was doing to its authors. i should not have been surprised because i had ordered WILDERNESS#65 and #66 and they have not arrived as of yet.also,i had noticed that WILDERNESS had stopped coming out in single volumns. a world without david[thompson]robbins and brian keene is like a world without college football,beer and military unit reunions.dorchester sounds like they belong in the old soviet union.

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43. Pinky November 23, 2011 at 12:08 pm

    I am so sorry for what you and other authors are going through. Indie authors have a hard enough time doing everything on their own without having their publisher screw them over!

    I run a review blog “Pinky’s Pub” (pinkyspub.blogspot.com) and a Free NookBook blog, the “Free NookBook Summary Blog” (freenookbooksummary.blogspot.com) and will definitely be joining this boycott! I will NOT support Dorchester in ripping off their authors! Guess they never heard the phrase “don’t bite the hand that feeds you” huh?

    Please add my review site “Pinky’s Pub” to the list of reviewers boycotting Dorchester Publishing. I have posted the article by Dread Central, “Dread Central Joins Boycott of Dorchester Publishing”, on both of my blogs and will post it anywhere and everywhere I can find! If there is anything I can do to help with this mission, please do not hesitate to contact me. Again, I am very sorry.

    Sincerely,

    Pinky
    pinkyspub.blogspot.com
    freenookbooksummary.blogspot.com
    pinkyspub (at) yahoo (dot) com

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44. Jess resides here December 20, 2011 at 8:20 am

    I have a review blog and am only just hearing about this. I’m so sorry to hear that a publisher would do this. If there is anything I can do please let me know. Have there been any further developments?

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45. Brenda Hardy May 7, 2012 at 1:37 pm

    I pledge my support both as writer and reader. When ink conjoins with the page, time, spirit and energy spent yields not to unjust deceit. The pen is mighty, as are the readers, the writers and this cause!!! Let the battles begin. I am in!

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46. Christopher Kahler May 30, 2012 at 12:19 am

    As an independent writer, reviewer, and artist myself, I find this entire saga to be infuriating. Writers create to share their art with the world. Unfortunately every once in awhile a situation like this happens (albeit not on such a grand scale). I fully support the boycott and hope for a just and speedy recourse for all the writers stuck within this quagmire.

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