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Night Shade Books (on the ropes)
Looks like Night Shade Books is close to going under if not already there.
Another indie publisher on the ropes: Night Shade Books plans an asset sale Quote:
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04-03-2013, 08:52 PM | #2 |
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Seriously too bad. Liked a lot of Night Shades books.
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Nightshade Books on the brink
They are looking for approval from their authors to sell off their catalog and name.
If they don't, they'll be forced into Chapter 7 Liquidation. http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/b...sset-sale.html Quote:
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Hard to tell if the new contracts will be good for the authors but years of Chapter 7 wranglish over the rights won't be good for anybody. (Via: http://www.thepassivevoice.com/04/20...es-asset-sale/ Whoops! Missed the earlier similar thread. Last edited by fjtorres; 04-04-2013 at 10:57 AM. |
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The built-in parallel to Harlequin (with the potential for similar problems) seems pretty scary at that... |
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Too bad. I'm familiar with Night Shade via their author Will McIntosh. His book Soft Apocalype is excellent. I bought Hitchers as well, but haven't read it yet. I just hope the authors don't get f@%!ed on their rights as was outlined in the bankruptcy scenario. Hopefully the sale mentioned will indeed avert that awful fate.
P.S. In Will McIntosh's case, I just checked & his next book is being released this summer on Hachette. So he at least has a new publisher & has moved up to the big leagues. Last edited by usuallee; 04-05-2013 at 09:27 AM. Reason: PS |
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And author Kameron Hurley's take on the situation (Language warning).
http://www.kameronhurley.com/dealno-...otally-stupid/ |
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Wow, she is pissed. With good reason if even half of what she said is true. Her books look interesting so maybe I'll check them out. |
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More from Stackpole:
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It seems the Nightshade terms were better than average but their delivery on those terms was... "less than perfect". One point she makes is worth remembering: Quote:
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I'm reminded of the reports from the days of the pulp magazines when there were publishers that paid upon acceptance, publishers that paid upon printing, and publishers that paid upon litigation. Given that these horror contracts are coming from both the smaller publishers as well as the BPHs, it looks like they are simply the new normal. Hail Hydra! |
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Bare-bones link roundup; I'm debating if it's worth continuing to collect links, especially since several of the newer ones are "there's this Night Shade thing going on; have some links to what other people are saying about it."
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