Cockygate Quotes

“First, an apology. I found out while researching that I should have named it, “Cocky Marine,” because a Marine personally told me they never call themselves soldiers. “No, only Marines!” To say I was dismayed is an understatement, because unfortunately by that time the cover was already everywhere, the preorder was live with over 2,000 sold by that time, and couldn’t be changed.”
― Faleena Hopkins

“I receive letters from readers who lost money thinking they bought my series. I’m protecting them and that’s what trademarks are meant for.”
― Faleena Hopkins

“The word cocky can be used inside a book. It can no longer be on the title.”
― Faleena Hopkins

“A lot of these books… some of them are like a year old. And I'm clearing them out because some of them are copycats and they have ruined it for the rest of us.”
― Faleena Hopkins

“Cocky Reality Check For Dummies: 'For Dummies' was trademarked years ago. Where was the outrage then?”
― Oliver Markus Malloy, The Ugly Truth About Self-Publishing: Not another cookie-cutter contemporary romance