Book Deals / Publishing Newscensorship / Deals / Dorchester-Publishing / Entangled Publishing / Paypal / Penguin20 Comments
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, ... more >
Book Deals / Publishing NewsDeals / digital rights management / Dorchester-Publishing / epic fantasy44 Comments
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 ... more >
Book Deals / Publishing NewsAuthors Guild / Deals / Dorchester-Publishing / Intellectual Property Issues / self-published31 Comments
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 ... more >
Publishing Newsdigital publishing / Dorchester-Publishing / Random-House / RITA24 Comments
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 ... more >
Publishing NewsConnie-Brockway / digital publishing / Dorchester-Publishing / self-published / Simon & Schuster15 Comments
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 ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / Book chat / Dorchester-Publishing / genre critique / Mills & Boon / Nookcolor63 Comments
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. ... more >