Posted in Publishing Industry on Jul 11th, 2007
Over the last few months, there has been quite a bit of discussion on blogs and RWA email loops regarding the upcoming Board decision about RWA’s publisher recognition program and the criteria for Published Author Network (PAN) eligibility. In the past, an author was eligible for PAN if s/he had a contract from one of [...]
Posted in Publishing Industry on Jul 8th, 2007
December Quinn has been doing an excellent series on evaluating new and/or small publishers, and I highly recommend reading all of the installments. Here are some links to her articles:
Find the Right Publisher: Part One
Find the Right Publisher: Part Two
Find the Right Publisher: Part Three
Find the Right Publisher: Part Four
Something I mentioned in the comment [...]
Posted in Publishing Industry on Jul 5th, 2007
If you’re an RWA member, be sure to keep an eye on Blogging National for the next few weeks. Jude did an amazing job last year keeping up with all of the blogs covering RWA National, and she’s already fired up the blog for 2007.
For those of you going to National this year, I hope [...]
Posted in Publishing Industry, Writing on Jun 24th, 2007
If you’re a writer considering doing business with a small press, you definitely need to keep an eye on Piers Anthony’s Internet Publishing page. He bases his reports on tips from anonymous sources but does seem to verify information or at least qualify it as unsubstantiated. The history of trouble with companies like Triskelion Publishing [...]
Posted in Publishing Industry, Writing on Jun 21st, 2007
The romance blogosphere has been abuzz for the last day over the news that Triskelion Publishing is about to declare bankruptcy. Only a month ago, the publisher was disinvited from the RWA National Conference this summer due to numerous complaints from its authors, management turnover, and other serious signs of trouble.
However, despite the disinvitation, despite [...]
