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EC for Books: Early June Update

EC for Books: Early June Update #notchilled

Reminder: Ellora’s Cave has rebranded as EC for Books, so all posts will contain both the old and new branding in the first paragraph for a while. Since last October, EC for Books/Ellora’s Cave has completely reverted two New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Authors: Amanda Ashley and Lora Leigh. But one of the reasons it’s not easy to say how many authors or books there are, exactly, is the…

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EC for Books: May Update

EC for Books: May Update

Ellora’s Cave has rebranded as EC for Books, so I’ll be using that in my headers from now on. I will keep the header graphic as it was, though. I’m torn about the rebranding for two reasons: often, a rebranding for a troubled company signals a new direction that only hastens its demise, especially in the tech world. On the flipside, the Ellora Caves are a sacred site in India, and it would be…

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Ellora's Cave Update

Ellora's Cave Update #notchilled

There are a few things going on in the Ellora’s Cave world of late, so this is a catchup post. Ellora’s Cave Titles Per Month Decline I’ve previously shown a chart about the long decline in Ellora’s Cave’s titles published per month. Here’s an update on that chart covering the last few months including January and February, probably the biggest title push months for romance publishers. January…

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Ellora's Cave: Docket Item 69 Now Available

Ellora's Cave: Docket Item 69 Now Available #notchilled

I’d forgotten to set a due date on one January to-do item, so I missed that Ellora’s Cave v. Dear Author docket item 69 became available last week. I finally thought to check today, and have uploaded it to my Dropbox and also updated the docket. Docket item 69 is a transcript of the case management conference that took place on January 26, 2015. There are a lot of tidbits in this 22-page document…

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Ellora's Cave: Some Laurann Dohner Title Reversions

Ellora's Cave: Some Laurann Dohner Title Reversions #notchilled

I’ve suspected this was coming for some time: yesterday, some of New York Times Bestselling Author Laurann Dohner’s titles are no longer available from Ellora’s Cave. The only plausible explanation for same is that the titles have reverted. Because Laurann Dohner has been the only bestselling author for Ellora’s Cave (to hit the national lists in recent years), this really does signal that…

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Ellora's Cave v. Dear Author Suit Dismissed by Judge

Ellora's Cave v. Dear Author Suit Dismissed by Judge #notchilled

Today, a dismissal order in the Ellora’s Cave v. Dear Author case was filed by federal court Judge John R. Adams. Here is the entire body text of that order: On October 22, 2015, the parties contacted the Court to confirm that the parties reached a settlement agreement on all claims. Therefore, the docket will now be marked “settled and dismissed without prejudice.” The parties may submit within…

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Ellora's Cave: Former Managing Editor Speaks Out

Ellora's Cave: Former Managing Editor Speaks + Dear Author case wrapup + Cavemen Anthology Contracts #notchilled

This post was originally going to be about the Dear Author settlement, but then Ellora’s Cave’s former Managing Editor, Nina S. Gooden, spoke out. So I’ll cover that first. Second, It appears that the gears are finally starting to show some traction and we’re starting to see visible signs of the Ellora’s Cave v. Dear Author settlement. I’m going to give a summary of those recent developments,…

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Ellora's Cave: About Those Cavemen Anthology Boxed Sets

Ellora's Cave: About Those Cavemen Anthology Boxed Sets #notchilled

A couple of weeks ago, I got a heads up that Ellora’s Cave would be announcing new boxed sets of their Cavemen anthologies. There’s been something gnawing at me about that, but it didn’t occur to me until today what that was. I’ll first go through a few things that I don’t think are going to happen. Sure enough, they went up for pre-order a few days ago. Cash Grab by Ellora’s Cave One…

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