( December 3, 2007 ) - In what appears to be an overnight damage control move, Author Solutions & Rooftop Publishing Company of Bloomington Indiana removed the name of author Jack Swint from their four cold-case unsolved murder books that he wrote, and they already published. The books, part of the "Who Killed?" series that Swint started, include murders in Savannah GA, Jacksonville FL, Pittsburgh PA and Cleveland OH. Up until three weeks ago, all major in store and online book chains such as AMAZON portrayed the books with "Jack Swint" as the author on their advertising and the books themselves. Unnamed sources at Rooftop say the author's name has now been stricken from the series because of his past criminal record and or psychological disorders. Either way, they still want his manuscripts, but not his name.

According to Adrian Garver, copyright and trademark representative for Amazon, Rooftops publisher Kevin King made the decision to delete Swints name. All four books are now being sold worldwide without an author appearing on the book cover or its contents. Sources say it is the first time a publisher has deleted an author's name from a book, especially ones that were already on the market. A move that is leaving distributors, retailers and customers very confused.

Jack Swint, openly states that he has an extensive criminal record before being diagnosed in 1997 with borderline personality disorder. Swint writes on his personal website of his past criminal convictions and the publishers' prior knowledge when they approached him to write the series. But, Rooftop scrambled to distance themselves from the author when a "PR Newswire" press release on September 12th, 2007 detailed Swints opportunity to work with Rooftop Publishing Company, the "Who Killed?" book series and his history. According to Swint, publisher Kevin King went from "everyone deserves a second chance" to an e-mail stating "don't contact me again." Even though book sales are exceeding expectations.

Rooftop Publishing Company, which is owned by Author Solutions and Bertram Capital Management of Palo Alto California, has made no comment. Amazon, Books A Million, Barnes & Noble, Borders and other book retailers have acknowledged Rooftops request to delete Jack Swints name from the "Who Killed?" series, artwork and web link feeds but gave no explanation why. Swint says "Ive never seen books without an authors name on them." He just wants his name back on the four books he wrote.

Jack Swints' books are available at Amazon.com