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 [...]
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 [...]
Feb 5 2010
Some of you might have noticed, on the top of the Samhain website page there is information and a link for the poll about the Sammie Awards this year. PGo vote for your favorite Samhain titles in 2009. Macmillan ratchets it up the debate by putting a full page ad in the NYTimes for Atul [...]
Dec 16 2009
Dr. Sarah Frantz (aka Joan here at Dear Author) has an article published in the Jane Austen Society of North America. You can read the entire article here in which Dr. Frantz talks about the legacy of Darcy in the post modern romance novel. It’s all about the hero. **** Candace Sams continues her wigging [...]
Dec 1 2009
Reader Karen brings this great deal to readers: I found this holiday code at Scooper Speaks blog. Today (and yesterday), all of the books on Dorchester’s site are 70% off. The promo code is Holiday70. (http://www.dorchesterpub.com/) There’s no indication on the site that the sale exists. I called their 800 number to confirm before creating [...]
Mar 11 2009
I’m just reposting this as a reminder since the coupon will end on March 15, 2009. EXCLUSIVE OFFER FOR DA READERS: TAKE $10 OFF YOUR $25 ORDER with Code DA25 at checkout You can preorder these hot May titles and get them before they arrive in stores: Then use your [...]
Jan 12 2009
Someone’s going to hell over this. Vatican’s hottest in priest’s robes. (JD Robb’s Salvation in Death has a hot priest). According to one commenter, though, these pictures are not only 4 years old but also not of priests but of Gondola drivers in robes. Simon & Schuster has totally redone it’s website (thank god) and [...]
Jan 12 2009
The big news of the day is Dorchester is going digital. According to the press release, by summer Dorchester will do simultaneous releases of its book in print and digital format for all of its new titles, but expect to see titles as early as April in multiple DRM formats. You can read more about [...]
Nov 9 2008
I am still digesting and working on a post regarding the Google BookSearch Settlement. If you have thoughts on it, feel free to email me (jane at dearauthor.com). I’m fairly concerned about the future impacts and my initial feelings are ones of concern. Today, though, I thought I would give some bullet point items about [...]
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