…Then Hachette Book Group got involved. In May 2008, the publishing conglomerate — one of the largest in the country — cut a deal with Windblown Media to market and distribute the book. In the two years since, “The Shack” has become a 12-million-copy-selling phenomenon and the biggest Christian publishing sensation in decades.But unlike Cinderella — at least in the Disney version — there’s no happy ending in sight for Young, or for the two men, Jacobsen and Cummings, he once called friends and business partners.
For nearly eight months, the trio have been mired in a series of lawsuits, accusations flying over improper accounting practices, millions of dollars in missing royalties, contract breaches and copyright disputes. Hachette, meanwhile, just wants to know to whom it owes money — and how much.
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This is really sad. These Christians have gotten greedy. They’ve all become millionaires off this book, isn’t that enough? I mean, isn’t one million enough? Or two? Obviously they’ve all lost sight of why they published it in the first place. God forgive us.
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This is very sad, I wonder at what stage of monetary gain enough isn’t enough?
I agree, they’ve lost sight of what and why they published at the beginning.
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Look for the source of the greed and you will find the route of most of the issues discussed on this blog.
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