Black Author Shocked, Book Publisher Prints a Photo of Hitler Inside His Memoir With Nazi Symbols on

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Ash Cash Exantus, an African American author from Harlem, N.Y., and one of the top financial educators in the country, was completely caught off guard when he learned from a shocking Instagram video that one of his customers received a copy of his book with a photo of Adolf Hitler inside and Nazi symbols printed on every page.

The memoir, entitled From The Block to The Bank: How to Make the Most of Your Circumstance to Maximize Your Full Potential, was apparently misprinted by the publisher, Lulu Direct, with the correct book cover… but the wrong book inside.

Ash Cash says that he was speechless when the customer sent him the video which has since gone viral. He comments, “I am a respected scholar and educator that promotes Black entrepreneurship and Black excellence. It is a hurtful slap in the face that my book somehow got confused with another book promoting Hitler’s teachings and philosophies.”

“Even more, why is Lulu even publishing racist books like this in the first place?”

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/black-author-shocked-book-publisher-124743305.html

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Lawsuit, civil rights

[Effete Snob]

3. His civil rights were violated?

Because a do-it-yourself publisher, who is basically an outsourced printer for people who can't get a real publisher for their books, made a file error?

It might be a good idea to look at the contract terms first, and determine what the remedies are for that sort of thing.

Since it is basically a print-on-demand "publisher", it is likely limited to this one instance.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. I'ma guess someone at Lulu is going to get very fired

Either that, or it will turn out to be a hack from somewhere outside. In which case both IT and QA departments will be going thru some things.

Or the original video is faked somehow, wouldn't be impossible with enough skill and motivation.

[Effete Snob]

6. These vanity book publishers are about as sophisticated as your local copy shop

Lulu is one of those "print on demand" vanity publishers with rock bottom rates.

Interestingly, Lulu doesn't even print the content, but merely distributes it under contract to others who print and ship the content:


What Lulu Does

We will provide the files and metadata of your Content and any revision to the Channels with which Lulu has a direct or indirect relationship, at our sole discretion; Content must meet the distribution requirements in their most current state, and comply with both the Lulu Terms and any terms, restrictions, or other guidelines provided by the Distributors.

He should go for the full $100

https://www.lulu.com/terms-and-conditions

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, NEITHER LULU NOR ANY OF OUR AFFILIATES, DISTRIBUTORS, PARTNERS, LICENSORS, ADVERTISERS OR SPONSORS, NOR OUR OR THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONSULTANTS, AGENTS, OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVES, ARE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF DATA, OR LOST PROFITS), UNDER ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER THEORY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THE SITE (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ALL MATERIALS INCORPORATED THEREIN AND ALL FEATURES AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THE SITE). YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SITE IS TO STOP USING THE SITE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SOLE, EXCLUSIVE, AND MAXIMUM LIABILITY OF LULU ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OR THE SITE, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE $100.

....

By using the Site, you agree that any dispute that cannot be settled by good-faith negotiation shall be submitted to arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association. The location of the arbitration shall be Raleigh, North Carolina. The arbitration shall be conducted by a single arbitrator with experience in computer/technology matters and in the publishing industry. The decision of the arbitrator(s) shall be legally binding, shall not be subject to appeal, and shall be enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

7. Thanks for the facts ...

My new assessment is there's a whole lotta ways this particular printing could've gone wrong, at any of many stages of the process.

May be malicious, may just be human error.

[Effete Snob]

8. Speaking of marginal businesses...

You can join the Ash Cash “Abundance Community” for $44 a month and get important insights and offers to buy more stuff that will make you rich.

A bargain relative to Trump University.

He should make it a prosperity gospel church, since the same thing can be run with less tax overhead. On the other hand, his program might pick up the ones who might not join if it was a church.

[Effete Snob]

4. "Even more, why is Lulu even publishing racist books like this in the first place?"

Because they'll print anything.

It's a vanity publisher for people who can't get books published by real publishers.

You can have your book printed on demand and drop-shipped for dirt cheap:

https://www.lulu.com/pricing

As far as "why are they even publishing racist books", a look at their general terms pretty much says they publish Nazi stuff:

https://www.lulu.com/terms-and-conditions

Nazi Symbols - Your book cannot depict Nazi symbolism as outlined in the if the content is to be sold in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, or any other country that restricts Nazi propaganda. If a book violating Strafgesetzbuch section 86a (to be sold in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, or any other country that restricts Nazi propaganda) may result in your entire catalogue in being suspended.

So, basically, they say up front "We will publish your Nazi stuff, as long as you don't sell it in countries where it is illegal."

[frogmarch]

5. My gut reaction:

The so-called apparent misprint was intentional.

[Celerity]

9. video

https://www.instagram.com/p/CibTM76p2RK/

[DavidDvorkin]

10. This one sounds intentional, but Lulu often has that problem

Sometimes a book arrives with pages missing or with pages, or even whole chapters, from someone else's book inserted in it.