Text of My Apology E-Mail to Dale Porter, of LendInk
I got up to write about how upset I was about people sending threats to Mr. Porter, of LendInk (it's discussed on the FB page), but found myself at a loss for words.
A couple of readers hadn't though. I had a couple more comments on my previous blog post, and one of them said I did not sound sincere enough in my apology contained therein.
That's when I decided to share in comments what I wrote to Mr. Porter, and am sharing it again here:
Dear Mr. Porter: I have posted a couple of times on the LendInk FB page to say this, but I also decided that I need to apologize here, as well as sharing a link to the blog post I wrote where I talk about why I was wrong.
I admit, when I made my angry post on your FB page, I went off half-cocked. You see, when I made my agreement with Amazon, I disabled lending. My publisher (theoretically ... and I'll explain why I use that term momentarily) did the same on Barnes & Noble. However, after I sent you the e-mail to the corrections address asking that my books be taken down and, obviously, after I went to your FB page, I then went to those two websites -- only to see that the lending I had not authorized was happening.
I wrote this blog post: http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_..., after that. My beef was not with you at all, but with Amazon and B&N, just as you said on the FB page (I responded there, but there were a good many comments and I do not know whether you will see mine). I also posted a separate link there to this blog post. That post went out to my website, my FB fan page, my Google+ and anywhere else that the RSS feed goes. I cannot tell you how sorry I am that I reacted in anger instead of in logic, and for any part that my post on FB may have played in your site being taken down. I did not take any other actions than the e-mail you received, that FB notice, and telling my publisher (as noted in the blog).
I think that the people who are threatening you and your family are very, very wrong (I should hope that would be obvious). I am dumbfounded that such a thing would be happening, no matter *how* angry people are.
Again, I am very sorry. I hope you do put your site back up, to be honest. I wish I had better understood where I should have directed my ire, and cannot figure out how many more ways to say it.
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I'm just one person, a mid-list indie author who screwed up and is embarrassed and ashamed. I was angry and reacted inappropriately as a result. I cannot imagine what is making *anyone* think it's okay to threaten people, no matter how angry they are.
With a cooler head prevailing, I look around and cannot believe that there are people who are happy and proud of what happened, or that there are others saying that "even if they're innocent, it's a warning," as noted in comments on my previous post.
Again, I am sorry. I don't know how else to say it.
A couple of readers hadn't though. I had a couple more comments on my previous blog post, and one of them said I did not sound sincere enough in my apology contained therein.
That's when I decided to share in comments what I wrote to Mr. Porter, and am sharing it again here:
Dear Mr. Porter: I have posted a couple of times on the LendInk FB page to say this, but I also decided that I need to apologize here, as well as sharing a link to the blog post I wrote where I talk about why I was wrong.
I admit, when I made my angry post on your FB page, I went off half-cocked. You see, when I made my agreement with Amazon, I disabled lending. My publisher (theoretically ... and I'll explain why I use that term momentarily) did the same on Barnes & Noble. However, after I sent you the e-mail to the corrections address asking that my books be taken down and, obviously, after I went to your FB page, I then went to those two websites -- only to see that the lending I had not authorized was happening.
I wrote this blog post: http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_..., after that. My beef was not with you at all, but with Amazon and B&N, just as you said on the FB page (I responded there, but there were a good many comments and I do not know whether you will see mine). I also posted a separate link there to this blog post. That post went out to my website, my FB fan page, my Google+ and anywhere else that the RSS feed goes. I cannot tell you how sorry I am that I reacted in anger instead of in logic, and for any part that my post on FB may have played in your site being taken down. I did not take any other actions than the e-mail you received, that FB notice, and telling my publisher (as noted in the blog).
I think that the people who are threatening you and your family are very, very wrong (I should hope that would be obvious). I am dumbfounded that such a thing would be happening, no matter *how* angry people are.
Again, I am very sorry. I hope you do put your site back up, to be honest. I wish I had better understood where I should have directed my ire, and cannot figure out how many more ways to say it.
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I'm just one person, a mid-list indie author who screwed up and is embarrassed and ashamed. I was angry and reacted inappropriately as a result. I cannot imagine what is making *anyone* think it's okay to threaten people, no matter how angry they are.
With a cooler head prevailing, I look around and cannot believe that there are people who are happy and proud of what happened, or that there are others saying that "even if they're innocent, it's a warning," as noted in comments on my previous post.
Again, I am sorry. I don't know how else to say it.
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