Full Fathom Five
Books coming out of James Frey's YA book packaging company as well as his Digital publishing company
113 books ·
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list created November 20th, 2013
by Christina (A Reader of Fictions) (votes) .
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Here is why I find this Listopia helpful:
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Thanks Caroline. I hadn't heard about this scandal. Glad to know now.

You're welcome, Stephanie.
(Additionally, Oprah's interview with James Frey, in which he admitted to fabricating almost everything in A Million Little Pieces, can be found on YouTube.)

By the way, this list is so helpful. Honestly, I was really hoping on reading Rachel Carter's books. Too bad, it won't happen anymore. It's time to raise awareness about this books.

Twilight is an FFF? Pretty sure it's from Little, Brown and Company?



Jessica wrote: "how do you know if they are FFF books?"
Well for Dorothy http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/9/...
Well for Dorothy http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/9/...


http://www.c2educate.com/read-this-no..."
Thanks. I'm going to tweet this.
I was going to read Dorothy Must Die - now I will avoid all of them. As a writer I would not want to be treated like this, so I refuse to support it

I'm glad I saw this list though. Dorothy Must Die was on my TBR list and I have now taken it off. He won't get any more of my money.
Oh and have you seen this? He has a Digital Press now and a website for it.
http://fullfathomfive.net/


http://mashable.com/2014/09/05/james-...

Yeah, and the $10,000 contest? What kind of give-me-your-firstborn contract does it really involve? "offer for an exclusive publishing contract with Full Fathom Five Digital" Yeesh.
Not only that, two of their books are on NetGalley's main YA page right now - Echo Bridge and The Family. https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/lis...

The copyright IS with the company in the books I took the time to study the copyright page of. Most books, on the copyright page, have the copyright symbol followed by the author's name. Dorothy Must Die has the symbol and then FULL FATHOM FIVE. That's pretty despicable, if they won't allow their author to hold the rights to their own words.




This is not how books should be created!


While yes, boycotting Full Fathom Five books also affects the authors of those books, I don't view it as "hurting" the authors. Think about it this way: Are you hurting every author out there whose books you don't buy?
Yes, I could choose to support a Full Fathom Five author and in the process support James Frey and his reprehensible business practices, or instead, I could spend my time and money on hundreds of other books and authors that I'd much rather read.

http://www.c2gainesville.com/2012/02/...
"Full Fathom Five has come under fire on two fronts. The first involves their “standard” contract which, at least according to Conrad Rippy, an attorney with the Authors Guild, isn’t exactly standard: He said the contract was unlike any contract he’d seen in sixteen years of negotiation. The contracts promise the author’s a $250 advance and a certain percentage of all revenue – except that there is no audit clause to allow the author to see proof of how many books (or movies, or television deals, or related merchandise) have sold, which means the author has to accept whatever amount Full Fathom Five offers without recourse. The author may or may not be given credit for his or her work, and the author may not speak about his or her work with Full Fathom Five. If the book is a success and a sequel is in the works, the author must write the sequel – unless of course Full Fathom Five decides to have someone else do it, in which case the original author has no recourse. The author has absolutely no rights to his or her work, but he or she would be liable if any lawsuits arose from the book. In essence, it’s a deal specifically designed to lure in desperate young writers without offering them any legal protections for their work."


It's an awful deal and Frey seems to prey on the young and impressionable. Which is despicable in and of itself.
Nowadays if you can't find a way to be traditionally published, it's easier than ever to self-publish and market yourself given the rise of digital books and social media.
I just hope these young writers catch on to him in the future before signing their dreams away.