Enjoyed that first half v Athletico Madrid #cheatingbastards
January 17, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Enjoyed that first half v Athletico Madrid #cheatingbastards
Oh wait, no: got a lengthy, whiny e-mail at 3am explaining that this poor widdle company can't pay us authors what we're owed like it said it would because it still isn't financially viable and btw the selfless executives have all been heroically working unpaid so please don't be mean uwu.
Just wanted to update this because I think it's important to report honestly on the demise of Unbound: I have been told by Boundless I will be paid what I'm owed over a number of installments in the coming months. Which is probably the most transparency I've had since day one tbh.
May 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
December 11, 2024 at 11:28 PM
I'm not a believer in cancel culture, but I do think accountability and transparency matter. Take a bow, the publisher formerly known as Unbound, now Boundless, for yet again defaulting on the debts to us authors - they owe us over half a million. Extract from the latest missive below 1/
May 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
UEFA need to start using VAR for yellow cards. Some of these continentals are just big acting bastards. Holding your face when you haven't been touched should be a red card offence. #CheatingBastards
January 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
UEFA need to start using VAR for yellow cards. Some of these continentals are just big acting bastards. Holding your face when you haven't been touched should be a red card offence. #CheatingBastards
Whoa buddy, the CEO of Boundless is on the board of the UK's Independent Publishing Guild? She's the Chair of their Diversity and Inclusion Group?
All whilst sending out emails to authors declaring she won't be paying them their royalties whilst claiming to still own their works?
Yikes.
All whilst sending out emails to authors declaring she won't be paying them their royalties whilst claiming to still own their works?
Yikes.
June 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
All premier league & lower league clubs should refuse to play any fixtures against citeh. For the sake of football citeh must be relegated at least 4 divisions. Otherwise the prem loses all credibility & looks like WWE #mancity #CheatingBastards #RefuseFixtures #NoCredibility #RuinedPrem
September 25, 2026 at 2:31 PM
All premier league & lower league clubs should refuse to play any fixtures against citeh. For the sake of football citeh must be relegated at least 4 divisions. Otherwise the prem loses all credibility & looks like WWE #mancity #CheatingBastards #RefuseFixtures #NoCredibility #RuinedPrem
When you receive the email you’ve been dreading, about how your outstanding royalties will now *not* be honoured by your ex-publisher’s new shiny identity, they try to reassure you by saying this person or that person on the board is “working for free” and “not taking a salary”… >>
May 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The TLDR as I understand - the company expected an incoming investment for a magazine project, took money out the author royalties account to pre spend the investment, the investment fell through, author money can't be repaid by investment.
That's my good faith understanding of those events.
That's my good faith understanding of those events.
May 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
So, I think it's time I begin, in detailed specifics, talking about the mess that is Unbound / Boundless as a book publisher, in essence stealing most of a years royalties from me and many other authors, as a result of poor financial decisions, and legal BS.
Please read and share this thread.
Please read and share this thread.
May 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
So, this Unbound/Boundless fiasco. I was going to be polite about it, but after this morning’s email: no
May 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
What fun to discover £7,000 of book royalties, due today, aren't actually going to be paid. Not today. Maybe not ever.
So now it's time for yet another round of "What Do I Tell My Mortgage Provider?", and a quick game of "How Do I Feed My Dog?"
Fuck you, publishing. What a turd of a profession.
So now it's time for yet another round of "What Do I Tell My Mortgage Provider?", and a quick game of "How Do I Feed My Dog?"
Fuck you, publishing. What a turd of a profession.
May 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Aberdeen slo Hearts 2-1 i går med scoringer i 90’ og 90’+5. #disgusting #cheatingbastards
August 2, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Aberdeen slo Hearts 2-1 i går med scoringer i 90’ og 90’+5. #disgusting #cheatingbastards
January 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I didn't realize yellow was part of England's colors. #CheatingBastards #USA
November 13, 2024 at 10:08 PM
I didn't realize yellow was part of England's colors. #CheatingBastards #USA
I definitely know why I don't fly with @Ryanair anymore! Ryanair ARE the #CheatingBastards (especially with luggage
January 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I definitely know why I don't fly with @Ryanair anymore! Ryanair ARE the #CheatingBastards (especially with luggage
They owe me about £75,000 and never made a single one of their scheduled repayments.
My US books are all a sublicense of my Unbound deal, so all US royalties went to them, for them to take a cut and then deliver the rest to me. They collected 18 months from Penguin Random House and gave me $0.
My US books are all a sublicense of my Unbound deal, so all US royalties went to them, for them to take a cut and then deliver the rest to me. They collected 18 months from Penguin Random House and gave me $0.
May 31, 2025 at 10:32 PM