Incorrect novel depublished
Andrew Klavan is a very successful novelist and several of his books have been filmed. He has recently been informed that the French release of his thriller novel Empire of Lies has been canceled by publisher Seuil Policiers. Klavan comments:
"The book, as you know, is about a politically conservative and Christian man who believes he’s uncovered an Islamist terrorist plot that’s being obscured by the bias and political correctness of our leftwing media.
The novel was bought for Seuil by a brave and intelligent editor named Robert Pepin. Robert left to establish his own imprint at another publishing house and was replaced by a young woman. She was, as she herself explained to my agent, too upset by the “political and religious” aspects of my novel to go forward with publication.
She breached our contract–for which I’d already been paid in full–and canceled the book.
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Even IMAGINING (in a novel) anything incorrect cannot be allowed. Those Muslims are SCARY!
Sounds like Klavan is laughing all the way to the bank anyway.
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It's not the muslims who are scary. It's the weak-minded people who bow to them who are truly the scary ones. Rational people understand that when faced with a highly-motivated, incidious threat like radical Islam, the only logical reaction is to "totally and completely" eradicate that threat before it destroys you.
Leftists, with their in-bred guilt and self hatred, always refuse to see the obvious. They prefer to "imagine" some perfect solution, one which allows everyone involved to just hold hands and sing together. This is one of the reasons why the leftist philosophy has always, and will always, fail. It rejects reality.
Is he now free to sell the book to someone else or does the previous bought and paid for status of the book mean that the first publication rights are no longer sellable? If so, than the controversy might sell a few more books.
Unless the contract stated the book had to enter print and sell a set number of copies, he most likely has lost copyright to the publisher who therefore now has effectively prevented it from ever entering print.
In the interview he states that his agent will be shopping it around to other publishers.
Note that the publisher breached the contract, not Klavan. That would most likely nullify any copyrights the publisher would have owned if they hadn't violated the contract.
What I'm wondering is if he gets to keep the money they paid him.
leftists don't trust the public to view or read such material, it might be 'dangerous' lol what fascists.
"What I'm wondering is if he gets to keep the money they paid him."
If the contract was in fact breached, then yes, he can keep any funds they advanced to him.
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The fight may be fought against all odds and the life eventually lost
BUT,
Surrendering to any enemy you know has every intention of killing you, without resisting, is repugnant. It is the way of cowards!
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