Samhain Reopens Submissions
By Jane • Feb 5th, 2008 • Category: Publishing News • •After refocusing its efforts on romance, Samhain re-opens its doors. It looks like sexy is the focus with five out of the seven releases this week are Red Hots.
Jane is a long time romance reader whose passion is, you guessed it, reading. Jane also does not like to talk about herself in the third person, but apparently this is the way that this biography thing works (although in a true biography, someone else would be writing this blurb). Anyway, currently Jane loves urban fantasy authors Patricia Briggs and Ilona Andrews. She's really excited about this year's crop of historicals including Joanna Bourne's The Spymaster's Lady and Sherry Thomas' Private Arrangements and the upcoming Loretta Chase Her Scandalous Ways.
She's looking for a good contemporary author. Email her with a recommendation!
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I think that this week’s releases are probably more a coincidence since (as I understand it) Samhain schedules release dates months in advance. Right now, they have releases scheduled through the end of April. The decision would’ve had to been made back in November or December.
But, I’m not Angie… so I can’t say for certain. ;)
What she said with one correction. Most of the editors have their schedules set 6-9 months in advance. Our schedule is currently closed through June, and most of the summer 2008 is set. So these books releasing today have been scheduled since at least early last fall, if not sooner. Our refocus doesn’t have anything to do with the schedule through the first half of 2008, in fact, or any books currently contracted. Only going forward with future contracts.
Angela wrote, “…these books releasing today have been scheduled since at least early last fall, if not sooner.”
I can attest to this. My fantasy romance released February 5th, THE KING’S DAUGHTER was contracted with a publication date set exactly one year from signing.
Further to mention of a focus on sexy, Red Hots may still hold the lead in epublishing sales but I fervently hope that quality plot driven romance with few scenes of explict sex, will continue to gain ground.