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Re:Banned by the Publisher by tyingq on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @04:35PM (#11076235)
The post you reference also mentions that the resulting free publicity is boosting Nick's sales of his existing books. So, at least there's some upside to his current situation.
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Re:Banned by the Publisher by erbo on Thursday February 11, 2016 @03:52PM (#11083156)
Which is point #3 that Correia predicted would be used to attack Cole: "This is all a publicity stunt to sell more books." Correia is not necessarily condemning that, of course, but he did also warn Cole that, as a result, he is likely to be slandered by the CHORFs [1] with every vile accusation imaginable. I'll let you decide if higher book sales is sufficient compensation for having your name dragged through the mud like that.

[1] "Cliquish, Holier-than-thou, Obnoxious, Reactionary, Fanatics." A coinage by Brad Torgersen. See e.g. https://bradrtorgersen.wordpress.com/2015/03/31/chorf-its-a-...

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Re:Banned by the Publisher by tyingq on Thursday February 11, 2016 @07:21PM (#11084463)
er, I didn't attack anyone, nor did I imply anything about "sufficient compensation". I said "some upside".
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