Clarification re: "Who's jumping ship?"

I've edited my previous entry, as a lot of people were unsure what I was nattering on about. To save you the trouble of digging through your Friends page for it, I present to you the following further nattering.

( What the heck is she talking about now? )

 

Australian bookstore chain attempts to extort money

Ganked from cleolinda, who points to the article on Teresa Nielsen Hayden's blog Making Light, which in turn points to the original blog post at the Sydney Morning Herald. cleolinda sums it up beautifully:

"Australian bookstore chain attempts to shake down small publishers for several thousand dollars each; Tower Books' Michael Rakusin, in turn, takes the bookstore chain to school. As Teresa Nielsen Hayden herself says, 'I just hope Rakusin autographed Rimmer's ass before he handed it to him.'"

His response begins with this volley:

I have to say that my initial response on reading your letter as to how you propose to “manage” your business in the future was one of voluble hilarity, I literally burst out laughing aloud. My second response was to note the unmitigated arrogance of your communication, I could not actually believe I was reading an official letter from Angus & Robertson on an Angus & Robertson letterhead.

Word.