alt Hacker NewsErr, the publisher cancelled the author’s book deal. More specifically, cancelled the contract they had. The author procrastinated indefinitely (after losing interest) eventually leading to this.
Is it just me who took offence to the title?
Err, the publisher cancelled the author’s book deal. More specifically, cancelled the contract they had. The author procrastinated indefinitely (after losing interest) eventually leading to this.
Is it just me who took offence to the title?
Yeah this article didn't really sit well with me. Not the part where they procrastinated and never wrote the book... life happens. But as you say - the title is a bit misleading.
But the bigger issue to me is that after failing to write a book, they have now started accepting pre-orders and promising to deliver chapters as they are written. Because first, if they were capable of writing the book, they probably should have honored their original contract. And second, if they are not capable of finishing the book, they probably shouldn't be taking peoples' money in pre-orders for a book that they may not ever be able to deliver.
To be fair, it does sound like they were mistreated and/or mismanaged a bit by the publisher, which may well have hindered the writing process and helped prevent the book from getting written. So I'm not going to lose any sleep worrying about the poor publisher - who I am sure deals with this pretty frequently. It's mostly just the concern about not being able to follow through with their obligations to pre-order customers that concerns me.