Comments on: A Small Press Implodes: The Inside Story of Aspen Mountain Press http://www.sfwa.org/2011/10/a-small-press-implodes-the-inside-story-of-aspen-mountain-press-2/ Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Wed, 22 May 2013 23:41:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Nancy Sanders http://www.sfwa.org/2011/10/a-small-press-implodes-the-inside-story-of-aspen-mountain-press-2/#comment-87261 Nancy Sanders Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:13:30 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?guid=2c3503061f17b316d5487c77ba73da59#comment-87261 I would suggest AMP authors go to this November 9, 2011 Huffington Post article which lays out the authorities/entities to whom AMP authors can contact to get some help in dealing with this publisher. I worked with the reporter to get that article published.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/09/aspen-mountain-press-shut-down_n_1084382.html?1320865960

Yesterday my husband received a response from the Denver Better Business Bureau – a response to the snail mail letter which he sent to them setting forth the problems at AMP. The BBB letter stated my husband’s complaint has been assigned a case number. It stated that they have reviewed his case and have forwarded it to the business (AMP / Hicks) for the business’ response. It stated that if the business does not respond to his complaint by November 17, a second letter will be sent to the company.

The letter encouraged my husband to use their Online Complaint System to keep up with the progress of this complaint, giving my husband a password to use along with the case number. The letter stated the BBB “appreciates the opportunity to work with you and the business to resolve this matter efficiently and to your mutual satisfaction.”

You are writers. Please write to these entities so that they may help you. The more authors they hear from, the more concerned they will become and all the more swift will their actions be (hopefully).

]]> By: Shockwave http://www.sfwa.org/2011/10/a-small-press-implodes-the-inside-story-of-aspen-mountain-press-2/#comment-86074 Shockwave Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:49:41 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?guid=2c3503061f17b316d5487c77ba73da59#comment-86074 I would advise that the person responsible for a) the website and b) the DNS entries, change both passwords before leaving the business due to non-payment of wages. Then refuse all contact with Ms. Hicks.

It would be quite simple for her to get the website back up again within that 60 days, and then claim that she doesn’t have to revert the rights. By changing the passwords on both, she can neither turn the site back on, nor create a new one and point the DNS to the new machine. And this will prevent Ms. Hicks from committing more crimes, normally a laudable thing to do.

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