Publishing NewsAmazon / Australia / best of list / cats / Comics / Libraries / Loose-Id / publisher closing17 Comments
Loose ID is shutting down – Claiming that the move does not signal “financial distress,” digital publisher Loose ID is nonetheless closing its doors as of May 7, 2018. They are no longer accepting submissions. Loose ID has been publishing erotic fiction for 13 years, practically a lifetime in digital ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / Art Spiegelman / Comics / Maus / Race / royal engagement / short fiction8 Comments
Meghan Markle, the Hallmark Star Set to Marry a Prince – Romance Twitter was very excited on Monday, when news of the royal engagement between Prince Harry and US across Meghan Markle was finally announced. Someone tamed the bad boy – how much better can it get for the Romance ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / Comics / interactive narratives / Muslim comic book characters / Netflix / princess / wedding photos / Whole Foods1 Comments
Millions of Americans Have Free Amazon Credits. Here’s How to Check Yours – A friendly reminder that if you have unused Apple settlement credits, they will expire Saturday, June 24th, 2017. I’m not sure that mainstream publishing even remembers the trouble they faced, given current e-book prices (or maybe because they ... more >
Publishing NewsBlack Panther / Comics / Dracula / Hachette / Marvel / non-fiction / Self-publishing / translation / UK publishing / US publishing1 Comments
Hachette’s new order – An interesting piece in The Bookseller on the way in which UK publishing appears to be trending downward in the age of its executives, while US publishing continues to trend older. Why the difference, and what does it mean? Does age necessitate experience, or does it signal ... more >
Publishing NewsBlack History Month / book trends / Comics / Legion / Samhain-publishing5 Comments
Samhain to close February 28th – Although the website does not, as of this point, reflect the news, apparently emails have been going out to alert readers to the imminent closing of Samhain. Given the past history of back-and-forth on this issue, I’m not calling it over yet. There are ... more >
Publishing NewsAll-Romance-Ebooks / bird songs / Comics / enhanced content / films / lawsuit / New Year's resolutions / superheroes2 Comments
Court Documents Regarding All Romance E-Books’ Disturbing Business Practices Surface – I have not had time yet to go through all the documents mentioned here, but if any of these allegations are true, the All Romance eBooks closure is even more troubling than previously thought. Did anyone even know all this ... more >