publisher blackballing, I've usually seen it threatened in the context of small presses that either a) don't have much of a footprint in the larger publishing world, or b) already have well - publicized issues.
Not exact matches
Gone are the days when questioning your
publisher meant you could and would be
blackballed by the industry.
The problem is that most authors are still operating under the impression that if they do something like that, they will be
blackballed by all the other
publishers.