Hello everyone, and Happy Sunday.
An Announcement
This past weekend, several women put forward their encounters with a well-known male SFF author, citing his history of manipulation, gaslighting, grooming behavior, and objectification of women in the speculative fiction community. We have read all of the accounts. We are listening to the stories. We stand with the women who have been the subject of this author’s behavior.
In light of these revelations, we have made the decision to no longer publish Sunil Patel’s work. We have removed The Merger from sale, and have canceled all forthcoming short stories and essays with the author.
As members of the SFF community, as publishers, and as women, we cannot in good conscience support this author’s work any longer.
If there are any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us directly.
This Week on The Book Smugglers
On Monday, we kick off the week with our stop on the official Gemina book tour–we have a Q&A with Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff.
Photo credit Christopher Tovo
Tuesday, we celebrate the release of the fourth and final book in the Extrahuman Union series, Extrahumans by Susan Jane Bigelow. We will have a special giveaway, so stay tuned.
On Wednesday, we review Gemina, one of our most highly anticipated books of the year…
And on Thursday, Ana reviews A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers.
On Friday, Thea closes out the week over at Kirkus with her review of Before You Sleep, three horror stories from Adam Neville, perfectly fitting for this Halloween season.
And that’s it from us! Until tomorrow, we remain…
Spirited Away, from Tim Doyle
~ Your Friendly Neighborhood Book Smugglers
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October 16, 2016 at 8:48 pm[…] (3) SUNIL PATEL NEWS. The Book Smugglers announced today they will no longer publish Sunil Patel’s work. […]
Anti-#GamerGate Author, Sunil Patel, Dropped By Publishers Following Abuse Allegations | One Angry Gamer
October 18, 2016 at 2:38 pm[…] Sunil Patel from their label, despite the lack of evidence supporting the allegations, writing a short post about the […]
Hot Air: Fall From Grace – Around the World in 80 Books
October 19, 2016 at 12:04 pm[…] publishers have already condemned his actions by removing his work from their website (Book Smugglers) or removing him from the staff (Fantastic Stories)(Mothership Zeta) and I think these are the […]
More Publishers Cut Ties With Sunil Patel | File 770
October 19, 2016 at 2:27 pm[…] admire the example set by The Book Smugglers, but I can’t exactly follow their […]
Loose-leaf Links #29 | Earl Grey Editing
October 27, 2016 at 5:04 pm[…] 770 has some of the relevant links. A number of publishers have distanced themselves from Patel, including the Book Smugglers–who will no longer be selling Patel’s novella The […]
A Question about Double Standards | Lela E. Buis
February 18, 2017 at 10:54 pm[…] this with the recent treatment of writer Sunil Patel. After various complaints from women about “manipulation, grooming behavior and objectification of women” (but not apparently direct sexual harassment), several publishers cut ties with Patel, dropping him […]
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February 20, 2017 at 11:02 pm[…] blacklisted by several publications because of complaint by women via Twitter that he engages in “manipulation, gaslighting, grooming behavior and objectification of women” (but not apparently direct sexual harassment). So, why the difference? Is there an issue here? I […]
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December 18, 2017 at 12:18 pm[…] a result, several publishers have dropped him: http://www.thebooksmugglers.com/2016/10/smugglers-stash-news-162.html (https://archive.is/yFQcZ) https://twitter.com/Fantastic_Mag/status/787774253089320961 […]
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April 6, 2018 at 12:37 pm[…] admire the example set by The Book Smugglers, but I can’t exactly follow their […]