venuz
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Q: Legal issue

I'm the author of an ebook  ISBN No. 9789897141041 distributed on ITUNES book store.

I have had problems with the pubblisher that has "literally" disappeared. I have sent them a letter terminating the pubblishing contract for unfulfillment after several mails that remained unanswered (other authors had the same problem too).

Now I wish to know how can I do to recover my rights over my book and being able to know the number of copies sold, if any, on ITunes and ending Emooby's  control over my ebook. The book has been published in January 2012. I already wrote to your mail

iBooks.Store.Notices@apple.com but received no reply untill now.

May I have any advice from you on this issue?

Thanks

iBook

Posted on Nov 28, 2013 10:38 AM

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  • by vinnyvg,

    vinnyvg vinnyvg Nov 28, 2013 8:32 PM in response to venuz
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    Nov 28, 2013 8:32 PM in response to venuz

    Hi,

     

    Apple do not  monitor these discussion help groups.  So you cannot  expect any "official" Apple advice  here.

     

     

    If your books were made using Apple Pages or iBooks Author, you could contact iBooks support.

     

    I do not know or use "Emooby", but if you are not getting any  response, it suggests  any number of reasons. If the website is still online, it could indicate the staff are dealing with issues, but as a web builder, the web site host will have been paid a portion of the annual fees up front and dont care about anything until the  next payment due is missed.. then the site will go offline.

    If you can,-  contact and gather info from as many users as possible, it may be easier to  form some joint action.

    However, the facts are that usually, in cases like this,  nothing will  happen and nobody owed money will ever see it. In most cases the amounts owed  tend to be smaller than the costs of legal actions,  and whn not, if there is no money in their bank... they will be no payments no matter what a judge may say.

     

    Although Emooby  may be selling your books  via Apples iBooks, the contract is with Emooby and Apple will pay any money due to them - until they have sufficient reasons not to... even then they will only  put on hold any payments until a legal reason is given not to.  ( these are opinions  BTW, I am no lawyer) 

     

    Do you have your  own  book sellers account with the iBooks Store?   If so I think you need to advise Apple of the situation and request - even if under copyright  law, that Emooby do not have consent or contracts to deal with your publilcations as of... give a date, I would also  copy the document and send toEmooby

     

    I should put dealing with Emooby second to setting up accounts you control,  to deal with each and every online outlet.