Barnes & Noble Will Seek to Dismiss Ex-CEO's Defamation Claim - Publishers Weekly

Today, Panzer made a trip to the Publishers Weekly site. There our traveling kitty found a post about the lawsuit and counter-lawsuit between Barnes and Noble and the company's former CEO Demos Parneros. Panzer has been telling you about this court case since early last year.

According to the post by Andrew Albanese, Barnes and Noble's attorneys have petitioned the court to have portions of Demos Parneros' lawsuit dismissed. The former CEO said in his lawsuit against Barnes and Noble that his firing made people think he was fired for sexual harassment. However, the company says in the letter to the court that their press release stated he was fired for "violations of company policy" and "not due to any disagreement with the Company regarding its financial reporting, policies, or practices or any potential fraud relating thereto." The post includes four links to other posts about the ongoing court case.

It's never going to end.

Panzer says, "This little kitty doesn't understand Mr. Parneros lawsuit. If you follow the links in the post, you'll discover it wasn't the company, but Mr. Parneros, who in his court filings, is the one who brought out the fact part of the reason he was fired was because of sexual harassment allegations."

Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and a muffin for today's reading selection. If you plan to follow all the links in the post, bring a thermos of tea and four muffins.

To read the post tootle over to Barnes and Noble

To read Panzer's previous post about the court cast, tootle over to Demos Parneros

'Doesn't believe in contracts': Literary agent sues bestselling author - The Sydney Herald

Today, Panzer took a long leisurely trip in the Catosphere. When he started looking for a place to land the Panzermobile he chose The Sydney Herald site. There our traveling kitty pilot found a post about bestselling Australian author Kate Morton.

According to the post by Angus Thompson, bestselling Australian author Kate Morton is being sued for breach of contract by her former Australian agent. Although they worked together starting in 1999, Kate Morton and the agent, Selwa Anthony, didn't have a signed contract until 2005 when her first novel sold. Their author-agent relationship continued until 2015 when Selwa Anthony was fired. Since Kate Morton now lives in England she has an agent there. Ms. Anthony says she should be receiving a 15 percent commission on royalties from any books she sold for Ms. Morton for as long as the books are on the market. Ms. Morton says she did not understand the contract she signed that way and thought the 15 percent commission was only for her advances on the books. This is a complicated case. Kate Morton has filed a counter-suit which adds to the complications.

My head hurts after reading all that.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... This little kitty says an author should never, never sign any contract they don't understand and it should be re-examined periodically. Also, an author should get an attorney to explain it to them. Don't ask the agent who wants you to sign it to explain it to you."

Note: This is a long post. Bring a cup of tea and two muffins for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to bestselling author Kate Morton