he apologized

[rm]

http://ogi-ogas.livejournal.com/4311.html

That's interesting. Implies he's dealing with repercussions from our wrath. Good.

(for the record, he called me (and all of fandom) coward, so I have very little compunction about calling him, in response to this, liar.)

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[thatwordgrrl.livejournal.com]

The e-mail that shaggirl quoted from him stated that his agent felt it would be unwise to "engage fandom any further."

Which is doublespeak for "My book deal fell through."

[rm.livejournal.com]

Or at least doublespeak for "my book deal might fall through" -- I think things are still up in the air and he's trying to salvage things.

[thatwordgrrl.livejournal.com]

Five dollar on the table says that both the survey and his lj getting scrubbed were on account of him trying to salvage things with his publisher.

Darn you icky wimminses, making him lose out on a lucrative book deal.

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

You don't just think it means "my agent thinks my Google-fu might damage sales of my forthcoming publication if I keep this up?"

[newsbean.livejournal.com]

Sadly, controversy sells. I actually think if things had gone slightly differently the Google Fu would have _helped_ his book sales. However, things went the way they went and now there must be hasty work if things are to be saved.