Mass romance novel publisher going all in on e-books
Dorchester Publishing, which describes itself as the "oldest independent mass market publisher in America," has decided to ditch its mass printing business to go digital- and print-on-demand only.
Out. For. A. Walk. ... Bitch.
Spike ,'Selfless'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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Tom Scola - Aug 09, 2010 5:15:24 am PDT #3489 of 6693
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Gudanov - Aug 09, 2010 5:41:05 am PDT #3490 of 6693
Coding and Sleeping
One more chapter left to take the word cutting scalpel to though I might end up neutral on word count do to some changes that come from -t's comments.
Then the short epilogue which won't change and I'm done again!
After that, back to the last round of revisions, save for a final go through to fix grammar, punctuation, and typos.
Barb - Aug 09, 2010 7:53:54 am PDT #3491 of 6693
“Not dead yet!”
Mass romance novel publisher going all in on e-books
The whole thing is a cock-up of monumental proportions. They sold all of their best authors to Avon in January, they've been behind on payments to authors for years. This is just last-ditch and if they survive the year, I'll be shocked.
They really should have declared Chapter 11 over a year ago and reorganized.
Amy - Aug 09, 2010 7:54:42 am PDT #3492 of 6693
Because books.
Dorchester has always been more than a little shady, yeah.
Barb - Aug 09, 2010 8:12:46 am PDT #3493 of 6693
“Not dead yet!”
Yeah, they seriously put the skeeve in skeevy. I mean, I've had three agents and all three refused to submit to them on principle. That tells me a lot
Amy - Aug 09, 2010 8:22:32 am PDT #3494 of 6693
Because books.
I always felt bad for their editors -- they were even more understaffed and overworked than we were at Kensington. And they had a guy there named Chris who was a real sweetheart.
Typo Boy - Aug 09, 2010 8:31:06 am PDT #3495 of 6693
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
x-posted from Beep Me. I've change a 2,800 word section in my book proposal in response to feedback from a senior editor (feedback=Fix This!). The idea behind the changes is that someone who knows little or nothing about the economics or global warming can understand my description of some of the economics of global warming and also follow what is going on in my chapter outline. Is there someone who does not consider themselves knowledgable in these areas (economics and global warming) who could please please look over these two sections and see if everything is clear to them? Profile addy good.
erikaj - Aug 09, 2010 8:49:50 am PDT #3496 of 6693
Always Anti-fascist!
I'll do it. If you don't have another ignoramus...also, you did a good beta for me.
Typo Boy - Aug 09, 2010 8:55:00 am PDT #3497 of 6693
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Insent Erika. Thanks so much!
erikaj - Aug 09, 2010 9:22:56 am PDT #3498 of 6693
Always Anti-fascist!
When do you need it by?