BookLocker.com
Complaint 169896 Details
- Date Occurred: 10/01/2014
- Reported Damages: $1,274.00
- Location: 134355 McCall Rd, ort Carlotte, Fl. 33981
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I contracted with Booklocker, a self publish company,by purchasing their booklocker-color-pod-program, cost $1274.00. They couldn't do the job and they canceled the contract for no legitimate reason . Accusing me of planning to violate copyrights and called me a liar, thief and a jerk.I did not violate my contract with them. The owner Angela Hoy was repeatedly verbally abusive. But as I came to realize it was a smoke screne to get rid of me because they were in over their head, both technically and financially, to produce my book. They have ZERO experience with my kind of book. An agriculture/food history book with 25 original illustrations and 23 additional full color pictures from various sources.
I didn't get the package and they are keeping my money.
- Seeking Resolution: I'm Looking for a Refund
- Refund Amount: $ 1,274.00
- Ann SBID #9cb7ea6f68
- Posted 10/21/2014
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- WritersWeekly SBID #e04a37c8c6
- Posted 10/29/2014
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SUMMARY: WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE BUT ANN DUBOIS (a.k.a. "Stat") HAS THUS FAR FAILED TO PROVIDE US WITH WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM COPYRIGHT OWNERS OF IMAGES SHE INCLUDED IN HER BOOK. WE DO NOT COMMIT COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.
Seventy hours of design work and original cover design have already been completed on Ann DuBois' book, The Big Apples of New York. However, she has thus far failed to provide us with written permission from the copyright owners of images she included in her book. Using images without permission from the copyright owners is a violation of federal copyright law. We do not commit copyright infringement and copyright and trademark infringement are a violation of Ann DuBois' contract. Per her contact, if there is a problem with a book, the book is put on hold until those problems are fixed. Ann DuBois' refusal to provide permissions has forced us to put the book on hold.
We have repeatedly requested copies of these permissions that Ann DuBois allegedly has but she has refused to provide them. Therefore, we can only assume that the permissions do not exist. Otherwise, why refuse to provide copies?
Ann DuBois further implied she didn't have permission by insisting she would be the only one legally liable because she would give us a "waiver." Of course, a "waiver" won't stop anyone from filing a lawsuit .
When we attempted to educate Ann DuBois about copyrights and the penalties that can be assessed for each violation, she got very upset and demanded we publish her book without the permissions, or refund all her money. The design work on the book (70 hours) had already been completed.
We have published more than 5,000 books in the past 15 years and this is the first time an author has tried to coerce us into publishing images without providing permission. We respect the rights of other creatives and we will NOT violate federal copyright law. Period.
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- Complaints Filed: 1
- Reported Damages: $1,274.00
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