Earlier this month District Court Judge William H. Pauley III granted preliminary approval to a settlement of the class action suit brought by authors against Harlequin, seeking additional payment for books for which Harlequin licensed ebook rights to its own subsidiaries. A fairness hearing has been scheduled for June 30. (Exclusions and objections must be postmarked by June 6.) The settlement provides for a fund of $4.1 million — minus approximately $1.05 million for attorneys’ fees and related costs — to be divided among qualifying authors with contracts signed between 1990 and 2004. It applies to authors whose books were published […]
