Thanks to a tipster, I have in my possession a forwarded email from the powers that be at Lulu. It states that four of Nicky’s books “have been removed from availability.” These are two version of TP2, and two versions of TP4.
The email was addressed to Nickypoo, with a copy to the complainant. Let’s just say that it was not Nicky who forwarded the email to me.
Though we can probably all guess the reason for this move, for the record, it is because of copyright violations, for including stories by an author who had no contract, gave no written consent to publish them, and was never paid.
On one hand, I feel sorry for the other contributors whose stories are no longer available for purchase. On the other, it’s a safe bet that most of them never saw a penny, either initially, for their stories, or in subsequent royalties. Chances are high that they wouldn’t have made any money, even if the books hadn’t been pulled.
He’s not man enough to do the upstanding thing, and contact the contributors to let them know the situation. I anticipate a rant about this in short order.
Well, Nicky? Not paying your contributors? Now you’re not only a lunatic and a rambling idiot, you’re a thief and a scammer as well.
Nicely done, Nicky.
It’s really sad, when Lulu of all places pulls your work. But think of all those people who have been saved from accidentally buying NIkita’s work.
Barkeep! A round of bleach for everybody!
I can picture him right now, laying on the carpet in his grandmother’s house, curled into a ball, his greasy hair fallen to the side. His nose is running snot onto his face, and tears and winding amid the blackheads and sores that come with not bathing.
“It’s not fair. They’re all out to get me.” He sobs, his toes and fists tingling from where he’d smashed them against the carpet for over an hour as he screamed out his manly rage. “I’ll bet Poppy did this. And this asshole Keene. I’ll get them for this, for stealing the money I was really going to send to the authors and not spend on gay porn.”
Manfully stifling his snuffles, he pulls himself back into his computer chair, and wipes his nose on his dirt and food encrusted sleeve. Closing the browser windows of his erotic pictures, he opens up his blog and begins to type.
“You think you assholes have won. Poppy Z and Crusty Rail, I know you lied about me to Lulu, and I know that those assholes from Something Awful are plotting against me.” He mumbles, his fat fingers hammerings away at the keyboard.
“Are you OK, darling?” Comes an age trembling, but still kind voice.
“FUCK OFF, GRANDMA! I’M WRITING!” he screams, and tears begin to pour down his face as he looks at the blank spots where his books were.
He’ll get them. He’ll get them all.
^ That actually made me feel kind of sad.
It makes me bust up laughing.
Just the mental image of him, his body jiggling with the force of his sobs, his mustache and beard shiny with snot, drool, and tears. His thick, grease clotted hair swinging in front of his face. The disgustingly unwashed clothing covering his body.
And so many tears as he rearranges reality in his own mind to justify what happened. It isn’t his fault he didn’t pay the authors and used the money for gay porn sites. It’s Poppy Z’s and Brian Keene’s for stealing his readers. In his mind, they both are dressed in striped clothing and have bags full of readers slung over their backs. It isn’t his fault that he didn’t get permission, it’s the Rusty Nail’s fault for accusing him of things he didn’t do. It isn’t his fault his writing is almost incomprehensible, it’s his writing style and everyone else is wrong for not recognizing his genius.
The best part of it? To me?
I know he’s crying.
And it makes me laugh.
I noticed that the CD-ROM and DVD of the entire TP series (I – IV) are still listed, as is the hardcover version of TPIV.
I couldn’t get over this gem from Nicky’s Blogspot:
I guess I am willing to say that the Goons of SomethingAwful.com does quarters with EncyclopediaDramatica with shots of their own piss with a bowl of shit as a chaser for breakfast. (I am talking about them drinking piss.)
Wait, is he talking about drinking piss? Because I’m still not clear.
What comes around truly goes around.
The internet makes it easier.
Suck on that, you thief!
Who’s got the popcorn? This will be an EPIC meltdown.
“It makes me bust up laughing.”
Oh not the situation. I mean your description.
*waits patiently for the scream from southern Illinois to bellow upward like a mushroom cloud*
“I can picture him right now, laying on the carpet in his grandmother’s house, curled into a ball, his greasy hair fallen to the side. His nose is running snot onto his face, and tears and winding amid the blackheads and sores that come with not bathing.”
The second I read this, Jethro Tull’s ‘Aqualung’ started running through my head.
BWAHAHAHAHA!!! I will steak Nikki’s readers! 1 … 2 … 3 … OK, got ‘em all. I’m such an it of a bitch!
Speaking of temper tantrums, I don’t think he had seen my Personal Nikki Chronology when he made his last post:
http://therustynail.wordpress.com/about/ (scroll down to comment #12)
Now we will see the true glory(hole) of Nikki’s head exploding!
“Snots running down his nose.”
Darn it, the Autoaim video keeps locking up my browser. I haz a sad.
*Update*
TPIV hardcover, and the DVD and CD-ROM versions of the four-book series are now gone from the Lake Fossil Press storefront at Lulu.
YAY!
I have the master copies of the books downloaded so they will be available again. One of you jokers hacked my page and reported them assholes.
I think steak is a sneaky steal.
I wonder if Cliff Burns is a NitWit? He’s been interacting a lot with Daggy.
Well, Nick’s been exposed for the fraud and liar that he is. I wonder if he’ll publish a video rant apologizing for everything, and try to make amends?
Or…will he just claim that everyone is out to get him and scream incomprehensible nonsensical rambling diatribes into his $25 video camera?
Time will tell.
“I have the master copies of the books downloaded so they will be available again. One of you jokers hacked my page and reported them assholes.”
Nobody hacked anything, you lying sack of shit. You’re a thief plain and simple, and now everyone knows it. You stole someone else’s work, and got punished for it. You lied about your contributions to the Red Cross, and got called on it.
You’re a goddamn failure, Pacione. Who gives a shit if you have the master copies. Nobody cares about the gay porn on your hard drive either.
If they are available again, it will be AFTER you remove the stuff you stole. Then, you’ll throw it right back up there after you maul it, and people will go right back to NOT buying it.
“I have the master copies of the books downloaded so they will be available again. One of you jokers hacked my page and reported them assholes.”
We reported them assholes? Is there a button for that on Lulu? Maybe it’s because you’re selling copyrighted work without paying for it? (I think that’s the reason, Nicky my boy…you best just run along and record an angry video blog or seven, and leave publishing to the professionals.)
Also, I would hope you have the master copies, since you’re the alleged publisher. What publisher doesn’t keep copies of his books?
And, Nikki, the books will be pulled again unless you make those corrections Lulu said that you had to… and if you don’t, you may lose your access to Lulu all together, as they don’t play games.
Also, perhaps you will consider REALLY paying contributers from now on, instead of making fake Paypal payments that you cancel before they clear? Because, you know, if you actually had PROOF that payments were received, that might constitute as having permission… but, of course, no proof exists because you are a shit.
“Snots running down his nose.”
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes
Pacione!
If they are available again, it will be AFTER you remove the stuff you stole. Then, you’ll throw it right back up there after you maul it, and people will go right back to NOT buying it.
This is a good point. The person whose story was printed without permission should be able to find out from Lulu.com how many (i.e., few) people bought the books that used her intellectual property without her authorization.
Then she can report back to us. For the lulz!
Yes, lulu keeps those records.
I guess Jaen Timm Baxter was the one who had that copy pulled but now the story is taken out of the anthology but the headache is there trying to work from a pdf file to make it back to a more publishable format. The fuck with Dravena Enterprises and one thing I would love to see happen are her books all burned. Fucking cunt. Poppy you can fuck yourself too bitch. You really should get your facts right before you take a big shit on my projects. Baxter was paid for her contribution with Tabloid Purposes and I think she was hte one who helped with the burning of Collectives because she was given a copy of the book. Right now I hope whoever threw the stones at her should have continued.
Nick, if you can still type from within a sleepsack, you’re not using it correctly. It’s meant to restrain the entire body from the neck down.
AT least spell the name of my company right, Nicky snookums. Or go suck your dick.
NIcky, you don’t have to work with a pdf file to fix something for lulu.
All this time you have been doing these anthologies and you still have not figured out that you revise the copy in word and then just upload it again?
It’s a piece of cake to format the books to upload to Lulu.
Lulu’s system is supposed to be foolproof. Even a halfwit could do it.
Sadly, Nick will never even amount to a halfwit unless he makes the extra effort…
Nicky’s more like an eighth-wit.
He got promoted?
Man, what a fucking moron…
“but the headache is there trying to work from a pdf file to make it back to a more publishable format. ”
When the Diaries of Becka final galley PDF got accidently spliced into an older one, know how long it took to fix it?
About 20 minutes.
See, most people use a program called “InDesign”, which is so easy even a 50 Foot Ant can use it. It saves the rough galleys, allowing you to make revisions at any time.
Nicky, on the other hand, is probably using OfficeFree with that cheapass PDF converter that doesn’t always work right.
The more he posts, the more failure appears. It’s a MAGIC TRICK!
Nicky uses Open Office. I use Word, and when I have something I want to save as a .pdf. it never wipes out the original .doc.
Even if he lost the original .doc, it’s extremely easy to reclaim the text from a .pdf, if necessary. He’s clueless.
Note that he condones book burning. Don’t let him forget that one.
Open Office doesn’t wipe the original doc, either. There’s a separate button to export the file to PDF.