Canon Press has amended one word on its website, from “remaindered” to “discontinued.” Canon Press did not change the date. It now says,
A Justice Primer
DISCONTINUED AS OF 12/10/2015. Click “Product Description” below to read statements by Canon Press and the authors.
Canon Press has not said if they sold their inventory for resell or destroyed it.
Here is a screenshot of the original “Remaindered” announcement:
Ha…they read this blog site and changed their wording. They know you are on to them. I don’t think they destroyed any of their inventory – there’s still a buck or two to be made on it.
It’s still available on Amazon as of Wednesday morning, December 16th. And it’s still going for a ten percent discount.
So in Biblical terms, what was worth 30 pieces of silver is now only fetching 27.
They absolutely refuse to pull it from Amazon. They insist on squeezing every last dime out of this abortion, which is why I suspect they sold their remaining six skids of books rather than destroy them. But they did yank the endorsements — however, I suspect they did that only because they heard from opposing counsel. Just a guess.
It now says the book was discontinued by publisher. It is possible that the actual process of getting it removed from Amazon (which MAY require them to buy back stock sold to Amazon. Do not know for sure how it works) is a long one, so getting the info up there is a good step.
My personal confusion stems from the fact that one of their editors commented on a review on Amazon saying they could do nothing about it. That seems to suggest that they weren’t in the process of fixing the problem (that the book still being sold by a major retailer, in case anyone is confused about what the problem is). If this wasn’t the case, it’s an impression that could easily be fixed by stating that they are working on it.
Don’t know for sure how it works. One source says Amazon is a consignment deal. If that’s the case, then one email to Amazon instructing them not to fill any more orders should finish the job. Even if it’s not consignment, one email should end the conversation. Either way, if Canon really wanted to put an end to it, they could buy up Amazon’s remaining inventory. Brian Kohl is lying, which is a pattern for followers of Doug Wilson. If the book was being offered by someone other than the publisher, it would be noted on Amazon in the “See all formats and editions” link, which is how you use Amazon to buy it from a secondary distributor.
I used Amazon earlier this year to buy everything Eugene D. Genovese wrote, and they make it real clear when you’re buying from Amazon and when you’re buying from a distributor through Amazon.
Also, Canon Press removed the endorsements for their phony book sometime yesterday afternoon. They say it’s just like logging into a blog. You login. You edit your content. You log out. Boom, boom, boom. Three clicks of the mouse. But they removed the endorsements without note and without apology, which is why I suspect they were served legal notice. If so, sure would love to post it.
There are businesses (both for- and non-profit) that buy or receive remaindered stock and then post those items onto Amazon or other used-book forums. The original publisher by that point isn’t profiting per se, but they are not outright losing money they spent to publish and/or are getting a tax break for “donating” their stock to a non-profit (if it is a non-profit business that received the remaindered stock).
If Cannon sold its remaindered stock to a 3rd party to resell on Amazon, then Canon made money on plagiarized books — knowingly.
It’s a play on words: as long as a publishing house does not profit-profit from sales, “all” they did was *make back* money on a project they spent money on. Therefore, breaking even does not count as making money.
And therefore, no lesson learned — they’ll just do this type of thing again. No loss great enough to change their practice.