Matters weren't helped when someone from VS named Helena jumped on and did absolutely nothing to calm the situation or answer questions. They inserted a TOS that alarmed many of the writers who use KBoards to share publishing information with some terms that allegedly claimed rights to the content they posted, including covers and excerpts. VS specializes in buying forums for their SEO, drives away the users, and slaps a shit-ton of ads on the website to generate revenue. You got to remember Harlequin was Torstar's main bread-and-butter for years until they sold the Harlequin division to HarperCollins in 2014.Īlas, the real answer is far more sleazy and less personal. Now, if I were a suspicious person, or someone who wrote thrillers, I would think that Torstar was behind the buyout because indies seriously screwed up Harlequin's profits in the romance genre. You know, the same Harlequin that ended up in a huge lawsuit for screwing writers out of money. You might remember Torstar as the former parent of Harlequin Publishing. So the family decided to sell KBoards to a company called VerticalScope (VS), which is a division of Torstar.
His spouse and children had no interest in continuing his work.Īnd let's be frank, running ANY forum is a huge, thankless job. The gentleman who originally founded Kboards passed away. It comes down to a typical solution by Mom&Pop shops when the original founder leaves the business for whatever reason.
No, it's more akin to watching a sun swallowed itself to become a black hole. Trust me, you're in a better place.įor the rest of us, I can't even call the KBoards fiasco a train wreck. If you're an indie writer and haven't heard the news about KBoards, well, go back to your writing.
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