“I am completely supportive of Canon Press withdrawing the book from circulation.” Douglas Wilson
Canon Press has “remaindered” and “discontinued” A Justice Primer, which means they intend to sell their remaining inventory — presumably at a discount — after which they intend to put the book out of print. Canon Press’ website states:
A Justice Primer
REMAINDERED AS OF 12/10/2015. Click “Product Description” below to read statements by Canon Press and the authors.
“Remaindered” is an industry term in publishing. It does not mean the publisher has removed the product from the market. It means the publisher has slashed the price to quickly move the product. “Remaindered” has no secondary definition. Wiki defines it:
Remaindered books are printed books that are no longer selling well and whose remaining unsold copies are liquidated by the publisher at greatly reduced prices. While the publisher may take a loss on the sales of these books, they are able to make some money off the sale and clear out space in the warehouses.
The Canon Press website also states: “As such, we have discontinued the book, effective immediately.” And by “discontinued,” they mean the book is available but no longer in production, or as Wiktionary defines it: “Permanently no longer available or in production.” If Canon Press had simply “discontinued” the book, this would mean that it is not available for sale or in production. But they “remaindered” and “discontinued” it, which explains why Amazon still sells it.
So WORLD Magazine reported incorrectly that “Canon Press has pulled from shelves A Justice Primer. . .” Carl Trueman was too kind when he described Pastor Douglas Wilson’s latest scandal as “mendacious buffoonery.” And Canon Press’ duplicitous statement furnishes us with a precursor of the CREC Review Committee’s findings. This is how these people communicate.
I leave you with A Justice Primer‘s plagiarized definition of “weasel words.”
UPDATE:
When I wrote this post in the late afternoon on December 13, 2015, Amazon listed A Justice Primer at $16. However, sometime this morning (December 14, 2015) Amazon reduced the price to $14.40 — for $1.60 savings. Justice remaindered is justice denied.
Hat Tip: Frank.
Note: The original Amazon link in this post incorrectly pointed to Amazon Canada. It has been updated to the US.
The Amazon link your furnish states it is “temporarily out of stock” which indicates that the primary supplier (Canon Press) pulled inventory (or possibly that it sold really fast…unlikely).
[False and misleading content has been edited from this comment because this website is not a platform for deceit, contra the land of Gog. The author of this comment — Pastor Douglas Wilson of Christ Church, Moscow — has been banned until he musters the courage to use his own name. — Ed.]
Actually it says:
It does not say “Permanently out of stock.”
So thank you for making my point and next time use your real name, as per your master, or I will put you in the spam filter.
That link is for Amazon.ca (Canada?)
Amazon in the US still has copies and is selling it.
http://www.amazon.com/A-Justice-Primer-Douglas-Wilson/dp/1591281784
Thank you, Rachel. I will update the link.
As of yesterday A Justice Primer was available to purchase for $16.99 on Amazon. Looks like their stock is out.
I just put the book in my shopping card at Amazon. $16 minus $5 “lighting deal” discount, plus shipping and tax = total $17.38.
These guys just can’t help themselves. Too small to do the right thing. Too small to admit to anything that matters. Too worried about money. Too lost in their own little shrinking world.
Like the Lord Jesus said, you can’t serve two masters. You can’t serve both God and mammon. If Canon Press keeps selling that book, they should change their name to Mammon Press.
The retail price of “A Justice Primer” just dropped from $16.00 to $14.40. The wages of sin are a bit lower now, but to paraphrase Doug Wilson in a recent blog post, there’s still gold in them thar remaindered books.
When G. Campbell Morgan, a London pastor who preceded Martyn Lloyd-Jones, came to believe that one of his books contained false doctrine, he bought the plates back from the publisher and had them destroyed. Wilson needs to pull these books or buy them back. That’s what a man of God does when he takes responsibility.
@Frank — G. Campbell Morgan’s assistant pastor was Martyn Lloyd-Jones. Martyn Lloyd-Jones’ assistant pastor was Ian Murray. And the authors of A Justice Primer plagiarized Ian Murray’s biography of Jonathan Edwards!
“Remaindered” book. This is a slimy way for Canon Press to pretend they care that the book is grossly plariarised by removing it from their publishing site BUT keeping it fully available at big book distributing places like Amazon (which of course is way more lucrative.)
Canon Press’s statement to the public could have said something like this:
“In an attempt to look like we give a damn about stealing from other writers, we would like to blather on about our sham repentance and how self righteous we are by removing the book from our site (ONLY.) Now, if you just hop on over to Amazon, you can still buy a copy and we can continue making a buck off the book. We appreciate this opportunity to fleece you.”
The epilogue to this disgraceful episode of plagiarism demonstrates the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. I wonder if this ungodly business behavior makes Doug proud? Apparently this is what Nathan Wilson and his pal Aaron Rench learned as a consequence of Doug’s preaching and teaching. This does not reflect positively on anyone and it certainly won’t help NSA recruitment. The Canon Press Facebook blurb makes interesting reading in light of this behavior.
“At Canon Press, we create and provide products that sketch a vision of a whole life – a whole culture. A mature culture with the church at the center – living out the good life one family at a time.”
https://www.facebook.com/canonpress/info/
Should the authors, whose work was stolen, have any confidence that Canon Press, Doug Wilson and Randy Booth are sincerely sorry for marketing plagiarized material when they continue to receive money from its sale? Why can’t Doug, Nathan, and Aaron see that it is dirty money?
Clearly, a second generation of worthless gits is visible on the horizon.
Rose Huskey
Plagiarism followed by intentional distribution of plagiarised work subjects the perpetrator(s) to civil and criminal penalties. Selling the book like this, after admitting to plagiarism, sets them up for potentially serious legal trouble. My guess is that they’ve since contacted the plagiarism victims and offered them some kind of remuneration in exchange for publishing rights. If they haven’t, they’re banking on the kindness of strangers.
A Brian from Canon Press (Presumably Brian Kohl) used his wife’s Amazon to reply to Terri Rice’s review. He says they’re not making money off of Amazon sales.
Not sure exactly how it works, but since it’s clearly being sold by Amazon and not third parties, why don’t they buy back Amazon’s stock? Yes, they don’t have to seek every last copy out there and destroy it, but if a major book retailer is still selling it, that’s a problem!
That’s ridiculous, of course they’re making money off of Amazon sales. This must be one of those classic examples of Dougspeak where one of Doug’s minions is trying to redefine the notion of “making money.”