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Triskelion Contracts Are a Mass of Confusion

By Jane • Nov 11th, 2007 • Category: Ebooks, Misc

I received an email from a Triskelion author giving an update on the state of the bankruptcy. Apparently, the list of contracts provided to the court by Kristi Studts aka Triskelion was incomplete and inaccurate.
The schedules of contracts for sale that was issued by the bankruptcy court included contracts that were concluded [...]



Chippewa / Lady Abell Publishing Closes Doors

By Jane • Nov 9th, 2007 • Category: Ebooks, Misc

Another epublishing house closes its e doors. Apparently a family issue has caused the owner to not continue at this time. I heard some conflicting reports of unpaid bills for the last 2 quarters but I also heard that the rights are all reverting and royalties will be paid.
Also Siren Publishing is bidding [...]



RWA Offered to Bid on Triskelion Assets

By Jane • Oct 30th, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

RWA offered to serve as a Trustee and bid on the Triskelion Assets on behalf of the authors. The authors were requested to send $100 per contract to RWA and RWA would bid in the bankruptcy proceedings on their behalf, returning all of the unspent money to the authors. There appear to [...]



Loose ID Bids on Triskelion Assets in Bankruptcy

By Jane • Oct 15th, 2007 • Category: Ebooks, Letters of Opinion, Misc

Loose ID Bids on Contractual Assets
Last week, the week of October 8, 2007, Loose ID made a bid for the contractual assets of Triskelion Publishing. This is a brilliant public relations move by Loose ID as e authors on various message boards are already treating this as a gift. The press release by [...]



REVIEW: Triskelion Bankruptcy Update: Schedule of Assets and Liabilities Filed

By Jane • Aug 19th, 2007 • Category: Ebooks

Update: I was emailed that Ms. Studts has begun a new venture called Magickal Media, a web design corporation. While there appears to be no corporate filing under such name in Arizona, GoDaddy’s whois information shows a company out of Scottsdale Arizona (same county as Suprise) as the registrant (DomainsbyProxy.com).
One thing [...]



Author’s Rights When a Publisher Files Bankruptcy

By Jane • Jun 24th, 2007 • Category: Letters of Opinion, Misc

DISCLAIMER: Just to CYA, I feel like putting up a disclaimer. There is much that I don’t know about the Triskelion situation and any discussion regarding the law and the legal issues surrounding copyrights and publisher bankruptcies are general and not to apply to any one particular situation. If you feel like [...]



Triskelion Update: RWA Responds to Triskelion Closing

By Jane • Jun 23rd, 2007 • Category: Misc

Triskelion Publishing has announced on its website that it is closing its doors on July 2.
RWA contacted its attorneys on behalf of authors who are under contract with Triskelion. After reviewing a sample contract that Triskelion submitted with its application for RWA recognition, the attorney advised that the best options with respect to the [...]



Triskelion Bankruptcy Update: Contract Clause

By Jane • Jun 20th, 2007 • Category: Ebooks, Misc

DISCLAIMER: Just to CYA, I feel like putting up a disclaimer. There is much that I don’t know about the Triskelion situation and any discussion regarding the law and the legal issues surrounding copyrights and publisher bankruptcies are general and not to apply to any one particular situation. If you feel like [...]



REVIEW: Triskelion Publishing Closes Its Doors

By Jane • Jun 20th, 2007 • Category: Reviews

DISCLAIMER: Just to CYA, I feel like putting up a disclaimer. There is much that I don’t know about the Triskelion situation and any discussion regarding the law and the legal issues surrounding copyrights and publisher bankruptcies are general and not to apply to any one particular situation. If you feel like [...]



Triskelion Update: Gail Northman Resigns

By Jane • May 29th, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

Over the weekend, Gail Northman resigned from Triskelion. This has led to a flood of authors demanding their rights back as Northman, regardless of the questionable email, was considered by some authors to be the backbone of Triskelion. Let’s hope that Triskelion doesn’t go the way of Venus Press. [...]



Triskelion Update: Gail Northman Responds

By Jane • May 16th, 2007 • Category: Ebooks, Letters of Opinion, Misc

Dear Jane:
Bit of background information here. I’ve been with Triskelion Publishing since it opened its doors. I’ve grown with the company, and during that time I’ve received promotion several times. As of June 1st I will be Triskelion Publishing’s Publisher. The present publisher is stepping down in pursuit of her own [...]



Triskelion Update: Two Sides of the Coin

By Jane • May 16th, 2007 • Category: Ebooks, Interviews, Misc

I asked two Triskelion authors, one a former author, and one a current author, about the changes at Triskelion. Theresa Meyers, President of Blue Moon Communications, and author of The Spellbound Bride, related this tale:
My book was contracted to come out in print with Triskelion and would have been in bookstores in less than [...]



Official Statement from RWA on Triskelion’s Dis-Invitation

By Jane • May 16th, 2007 • Category: Ebooks, Misc

Dear Jane,
Thank you for offering me the opportunity to comment.
You are most likely aware that RWA's mission is to advance the professional interests of career-focused romance writers through networking and advocacy. In striving to fulfill its commitment to members, RWA established standards that publishers must meet to participate in [...]



Triskelion Disinvited to RWA

By Jane • May 16th, 2007 • Category: Ebooks, Misc

Triskelion has published some very entertaining reads, my favorites probably being Shelly Laurentson’s Pack series which is now available at Samhain. We’ve been critical of its editing but not necessarily of the books. Triskelion has, however, hit some rocky ground. The news is flying today that Triskelion has been disinvited to RWA and [...]



REVIEW: CB - The Other Sea by Marie Treanor

By Jayne • May 17th, 2006 • Category: B Reviews Category, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Mrs. Treanor,
As I started to read The Other Sea, I was all set to brave Triskelion and buy all your backlist at once. Despite the editing problems that I’m coming to associate with that publisher (smiles at Angie), I was prepared to glom. After finishing this book, I’m still willing to try your backlist, [...]



Tsk, tsk Triskelion

By Jayne • May 12th, 2006 • Category: Letters of Opinion, Misc, Reviews

Dear Triskelion,
Earlier I wrote about the bad experience I had buying 2 ebooks from you. Now I’m sorry to say but the reading experience for one of them has been less than wonderful and it’s not due to the author’s voice or style. It’s due to your poor editing.
I was reading the first book on [...]



The trials and tribulations of buying ebooks

By Jayne • Apr 27th, 2006 • Category: Ebooks, Misc

Dear Ebook Publishers,
Do you people not want readers to purchase books from you? It certainly seems like it. I decided to buy 6 books, 2 from Samhain, 2 from Triskelion, 1 from Cerridwen and 1 from Liquid Silver. By the way Liquid Silver people, this is what is listed on your dl page

Liquid Siver [...]