Instead, HarperCollins chose to revamp by slashing staff and canceling many books for which authors had missed their contractual deadlines.

The developer eventually defaulted on contractual deadlines, and the project failed.

The cancellation of The Ropers came just one month after the one-year contractual deadline had passed.

They complain, and a German court agreed, that he was paid $110,000 but failed to deliver a manuscript by the original contractual deadline nearly three years ago.

When Fisk's contract expired at the end of the 1980 season, Sullivan in fact mailed him a new contract, but put it in the mail one day after the contractual deadline.

We negotiated well past our contractual deadline, because we wanted to get a deal done, and we still do.

The three specifically rejected Keenan's claim that he and his agent had given them ample notice he would hold them to the letter of the contractual deadline.

In five springs, he has reported later than his teammates, although he has always met the contractual deadline.

Last month, the action was dropped, and the contractual deadline for completion was extended indefinitely.

Another 70 books were canceled because the authors had missed their contractual deadlines - a commonplace occurrence almost universally tolerated in the industry.