Mar 14 2012
News Yesterday, Paypal announced that it would be reversing its stance on bans on fiction. According to the Chicago Tribune, Paypal will look at books on an individual basis: PayPal’s new policy will focus only on e-books that contain potentially illegal images, not e-books that are limited to just text, spokesman Anuj Nayar said on(…)
Mar 9 2012
News Dorchester appears to be dead. According to Publishers Marketplace, the assets (including any book contracts) of Dorchester Publishing have been put up on the auction block. (Reg Rq’d) There is one bid from a “FAA Investors LLC”, but PM was unable to flush out who the company was behind the bid. Everyone and their(…)
Feb 2 2012
News Brenda Novak’s auction will take place from May 1st through the 31st. They are looking for donated prizes. I’m thinking of donating a 100 page critique but honestly I don’t know whether that would be something someone would want. I can’t offer an ad as I’m sold out for the year. What do you(…)
Mar 31 2011
Earlier this week, the RITA nominations were announced. We collected some of them here at DABWAHA and the full list is here. First off, congratulations to the RITA nominees. To the authors, this is akin to receiving an Oscar nomination. I understand that readers don’t necessarily feel this way but I do want to take(…)
Mar 25 2011
Briane Keene wrote a blog post yesterday highlighting some disturbing news about Dorchester. Brian Keene requested that his rights be reverted to him in exchange for a write off of the debt (royalties) that Dorchester owed him. I negotiated a deal with Dorchester that allowed for: 1. The immediate reversion of all of my print(…)
Dec 15 2010
Are you guys up for a bookchat? We are hosting one for The Iron Duke that will be held Saturday night, December 18, beginning at 8 pm CST. We readers will chat for an hour and then the author, Meljean Brook, will appear at 9 pm CST to answer questions. If you haven’t read this(…)
Nov 16 2010
I’m not familiar with Chelsea Handler but apparently she has a huge platform and Grand Central Publishing is giving her an even larger one. Starting in May 2011, GCP will be publishing books under a Chelsea Handler imprint. The first book is written by Handler’s dog. I presume these books will be ghost written, the(…)
Oct 29 2010
Looking for something to read this weekend? I’ve updated the Coming Soon catalog. Here’s the November page. I’ve also updated the Harlequin digital backlist and the Berkley Trade and Mass Market list. These can all be found under the Easy Resources tab. ****** I’m surprised that no one has yet come up with a subsidized(…)
Aug 30 2010
Bookshops are installing the print on demand machines to better serve their customers. The cost of the POD machines are high – over $100,000. One Vancouver book shop has printed about 1500 books since March. Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Mass., installed an Espresso machine with Xerox’s printer last September and prints about 1,000 books(…)
Aug 20 2010
Last night, a Dorchester author, Brian Keene, blogged that Leah Hultenschmidt and Don D’Auria had been let go from Dorchester. Leah Hultenschmidt was the executive editor over romance and Don was the editor who created the Leisure horror lines and oversaw the Western and Thriller lines. Chris Keeslar is the only editor who remains. This(…)
Aug 9 2010
Received this via email: Given the many changes in the publishing industry over the last several years, Dorchester has made the decision to more tightly focus its distribution models so that we may fully capitalize on the most profitable emerging technologies. Starting with September titles, we will be moving from mass-market to trade paperback format.(…)
Aug 6 2010
A source from Dorchester informed me that Dorchester will be revamping its publishing house to focus on trade paperback originals and digital publishing. Digital releases will be forthcoming as scheduled by the print publications will be delayed 6 to 8 months. In 6 to 8 months, Dorchester will begin releasing the print editions in trade(…)
Jul 15 2010
An author reported that Dorchester (registration required) was disinvited to the RWA Conference and would not be allowed to hold editor appointments, spotlights or workshops at the 2010 Conference taking place in two weeks. The reason for this is that Dorchester has not met contractual obligations to some authors and would not be able to(…)
Jun 22 2010
Stella Price and a few other authors have banded together to create a reader oriented event known as “Authors After Dark.” The event is $140, includes five meals and drinks, and takes place September 16-19 2010. In 2008, NTYBS Jacquelyn Frank, Bianca D'Arc and myself got to thinking after we went to RT about the(…)
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