Tate Publishing & Enterprises
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Tate Publishing & Enterprises, LLC was a Christian publisher that printed books that operated on the vanity press model. They ceased operations in January 2017 and owed their customers about $900,000 at the time.
Background
Tate Publishing & Enterprises, LLC operated, in general, on the vanity press model in which most authors paid for the publication of their books.{{cite web|url=http://www.matilijapress.com/articles/10-publishing-mistakes.htm |title=10 Publishing Mistakes And How to Avoid Them - by Patricia Fry |publisher=Matilijapress.com |access-date=April 3, 2013}}{{citation|url=http://www.publisherstandardsboard.org/book-publisher-scams-and-warnings.html|title=Book Publisher Watches and Warnings: Vanity Publishing|publisher=Publisher Standards Board|year=2006|access-date=September 4, 2009}} Its publishing charges may have been refunded for books with sufficient sales volumes.{{cite web|url=http://quentinslist.com/pub.con.html |title=Publishing on paper |publisher=Quentinslist.com |access-date=April 3, 2013}} The company was founded by Richard and Rita Tate and was located in Mustang, Oklahoma. The company also ran the Tate Music Group record label.{{cite web|author= Eric Feuerborn |url=http://usao.edu/news/archive/usao-alumni-reunion-happens-everyday-tate-publishing |title=USAO Alumni Reunion Happens Everyday [sic] At Tate Publishing | The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma |publisher=Usao.edu |access-date=April 3, 2013}}
In May 2012, 25 employees, out of over 200, were fired. According to the company president, this was a disciplinary action rather than a layoff, in response to employee leaks of confidential information related to rumors that the company would be outsourcing its operations to the Philippines.{{cite web|url=http://journalrecord.com/2012/05/31/trouble-at-tate-publishing-company-fires-25-as-outsourcing-rumors-fly-general-news/ |title=Tate Publishing President Ryan Tate Fires 25 - Journal Record |publisher=The Journal Record |date=May 31, 2012 |access-date=April 3, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://newsok.com/article/3680483 |title=Oklahoma CEO prays with, insults, then fires employees |publisher=News OK |date=June 1, 2012 |access-date=April 3, 2013}}
In January 2017 Tate ceased operation and notified the public that they would no longer accept new authors.{{Cite news|url=http://newsok.com/article/5534974|title=Mustang's Tate Publishing winds down its business amid lawsuit|date=January 19, 2017|work=NewsOK.com|access-date=March 4, 2017}}
In December 2019, Richard and Ryan Tate, respectively the former founder and CEO, pleaded no contest to 44 criminal charges, including embezzlement, attempted extortion, conspiracy and racketeering, that were laid in a Canadian County, Oklahoma district court. The presiding judge in the case issued an order related to how customers would be granted reimbursement for their estimated $900,000 in losses over the next 20 years.{{Cite web|url=https://oklahoman.com/article/5649729/canadian-county-judge-approves-restitution-for-tate-publishing-enterprises-victims/|title=Canadian County judge approves restitution for Tate Publishing victims|date=December 13, 2019|website=Oklahoman.com}}
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