Publishing NewsDorchester-Publishing55 Comments
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 ... more >
Publishing NewsAgency pricing / Audible / book prices / conferences / Dorchester-Publishing / Publishers-Weekly41 Comments
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 ... more >
Publishing NewsApple / Author Reader Relationship / book business / Dorchester-Publishing / Ebooks21 Comments
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 ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / Apple / book prices / Dorchester-Publishing / Ebooks / Kobo40 Comments
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 ... more >
Publishing NewsAvon / Barnes & Noble / Dorchester-Publishing30 Comments
I’m not entirely certain what to make of this news but Dorchester has sold both frontlist and backlist titles of some of its major authors. These titles have been acquired by Avon. In a statement from Avon: HarperCollins has acquired several frontlist and backlist titles from Dorchester publishing and ... more >
Features / Publishing NewsAmazon / authors / Borders / Dorchester-Publishing / Ebooks / Kobo7 Comments
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. **** ... more >