Thornton Publishing, Books to Believe In, EJ Thornton Ellen Craig, Ellen Blake Thornton, Ellen Brock, EJ Blake Thornton Vanity Publisher, Subsidy Publisher Parker, Colorado

The more that I think about it the more I have to believe that the rebuttal "Bogus Complaint" had to have been written by EJ.  The big giveaway?  It's anonymous.  No author ever posts anything anonymously while they are trying to promote their book.  I ought to know.  EJ ought to have known but probably had to because she was unable to cajole any of her authors into writing it.  That probably says more than my complaint does.

I strongly suspect that the anonymous person writing the rebuttal to my ripoff report is EJ Thornton (aka ad infinitum) herself, but in any event this person has their information wrong.  While it is true that there was substantial family drama due to my father's stroke and EJ's perjury filled action to try and take possession of Dad's house for herself, the only effect that had on this situation is that I finally decided to go ahead and warn people about Thornton Publishing, Books to Believe In and EJ, whereas I hadn't put anything out there not wanting to hurt my sister's business.  In fact, I was one of her very first authors and rather than show appreciation for that with good service Thornton and EJ ripped me off for thousands.  The other allegations in the rebuttal are also untrue and I am unsure where this person came up with the idea that I had attempted to buy my father's house for $1 but unfortunately EJ is a near pathological liar so I assume that information either came from her or as stated earlier was written by her.

As a successfully published author with EJ as my publisher, I was quite concerned when I came across this report. It sure didn't sound right to me, so I did some research. It turns out that Richard, the complainer, is EJ's brother, and that this complaint is simply vindictive drama due to Richard's recent attempts to buy their father's house for $1 while their father was in the hospital due to a debilitating stroke. Ever since Richard lost the court case he has apparently been attempting to slander his sister out of spite. Just to make sure, I checked with half a dozen of EJ's other published authors, and they all had glowing remarks concerning EJ's business, and a couple of them who also know Richard had nothing but criticism for his vindictive actions. My conclusion is that this complaint is simply a case of unfortunate internal family drama, and that it has absolutely nothing to do with reality. Please feel free to ask for references about EJ's business - just make sure it's from people outside of her family! This complaint, coming from an estranged vindictive brother, has no merit whatsoever.