Comments on: Wowio Still Not Paying Publishers

By: Wowio No Longer Owned by Platinum » Comics Worth Reading

Wowio No Longer Owned by Platinum » Comics Worth Reading — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:00:49 +0000

[...] of Platinum, and he was the one defending the company when people pointed out that they still owed creators money from June 2008. That debt has still not, to my knowledge, been paid. The interview didn’t ask [...]

By: Remember Wowio? » Comics Worth Reading

Remember Wowio? » Comics Worth Reading — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:53:56 +0000

[...] To recap: A year ago, Wowio was something of an online success story, making thousands of dollars for participating publishers. Six months ago, Wowio was acquired by Platinum, a dodgy company with a shady track record. The changes they implemented, including eliminating most of the free PDFs, were unpopular. Then the payments stopped. [...]

By: Charles RB

Charles RB — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:37:29 +0000

Did Platinum get bought out by Rick Olney or something? The similarities are terrifying.

By: Adam_Y

Adam_Y — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:16:18 +0000

ladies and gentlemen, start your court proceedings…

Class action, anyone?

By: Johanna

Johanna — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:57:20 +0000

Given Platinum’s history of trying to punish people, I’m surprised they didn’t announce that publishers that trust them get 105%, those that left get 95%. Eventually. When they find their checkbook. And the postage stamps.

By: Tiff

Tiff — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:48:05 +0000

Probably should have included in that post what DETERMINES the percentage… if anyone pulled their books, they only get 2.5%. You know, those of us who wanted to see if we were going to get paid int he first place.

By: Bill Williams

Bill Williams — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:18:23 +0000

On Friday, WOWIO will be 4 weeks late with the payment. In our attempts to get our cash, WOWIO publishers have talked to the media here and there. But as I suspected, our attempt to shame the shameless has not worked so far.

Bill

By: Dave Rose

Dave Rose — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:25:05 +0000

I agree.

The fact that Wowio needed to sell in the first place did not bode well at all.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:21:56 +0000

I think the writing was on the wall when they were acquired by Platinum. This is just confirmation that it all went bad faster than expected.

By: Dave Rose

Dave Rose — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:10:48 +0000

If they can’t afford to pay what they owe, how can they afford to pay extra?

Besides the late payments, Wowio has very few recent additions compared to the pre-Platinum days.

The writing is on the wall.