tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-27:389477Deirdre Saoirse MoenSounds Like Weirddeirdre2017-02-11T01:09:04Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-27:389477:608251Samhain Publishing Closing, So Download Your Books2017-02-11T01:09:04Z2017-02-11T01:09:04Zpublic0<p><a href="http://deirdre.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Screen-Shot-2017-02-10-at-4.42.47-PM.png"><img src="http://deirdre.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Screen-Shot-2017-02-10-at-4.42.47-PM.png" alt="" width="662" height="661" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-5570" srcset="http://deirdre.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Screen-Shot-2017-02-10-at-4.42.47-PM.png 662w, http://deirdre.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Screen-Shot-2017-02-10-at-4.42.47-PM-150x150.png 150w, http://deirdre.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Screen-Shot-2017-02-10-at-4.42.47-PM-300x300.png 300w, http://deirdre.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Screen-Shot-2017-02-10-at-4.42.47-PM-221x221.png 221w, http://deirdre.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Screen-Shot-2017-02-10-at-4.42.47-PM-468x467.png 468w, http://deirdre.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Screen-Shot-2017-02-10-at-4.42.47-PM-400x400.png 400w, http://deirdre.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Screen-Shot-2017-02-10-at-4.42.47-PM-180x180.png 180w, http://deirdre.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Screen-Shot-2017-02-10-at-4.42.47-PM-600x600.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px" /></a></p>
<p>Romance house Samhain Publishing is closing on February 28th, so now’s a great time to ensure that you’ve downloaded copies of all the purchases you’ve made directly from their site.</p>
<p>Here’s their announcement:</p>
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Greetings, Samhain Readers.</p>
<p> It’s with a heavy heart that we announce Samhain Publishing will be closing at the end of February. Due to the declining sales we’ve been experiencing with this changing market we’ve come to the sad conclusion it’s time to call it a day.</p>
<p> The last of our new titles launch February 21st; I hope you will check them out and support them as you have so many other Samhain titles through the years.”</p>
<p> Our site will go dark at the end of the day, February 28th. Please take a few moments and visit, buy what you might have been planning on getting someday in the future, but download and back up your bookshelf because you won’t have access to it after February 28th.</p>
<p> Thank you for all your support through the eleven years we’ve been open. It’s been a pleasure to bring to market new voices in publishing and new works from familiar authors. From start to finish, we’ve always kept what the reader wants in mind and hope you enjoyed what we had to offer.
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<p>This really saddens me as Samhain was one of my very favorite houses. I’ve read between 1/4 and 1/3 of their total titles.</p>
<p>I know that the “We’re closing, no we’re not, why would you even say that” from last year was really tough on Samhain authors. Because of that, Samhain lost a ton of prestige with them, which led to established (and financially successful for Samhain) authors not submitting more books, which kind of snowballed the end. If they hadn’t screwed it up last year, I doubt they’d be closing this quickly.</p>
<p><small>Originally published at <a href="http://deirdre.net/samhain-publishing-closing-download-books/">deirdre.net</a>. You can comment here or <a href="http://deirdre.net/samhain-publishing-closing-download-books/#comments">there</a>.</small></p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=deirdre&ditemid=608251" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-27:389477:605141Ellora’s Cave: Some Laurann Dohner Title Reversions2016-01-03T04:03:04Z2016-01-05T09:02:19Zpublic0<p><a href="http://deirdre.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/elloras-cave-blog-header.jpg"><img src="http://deirdre.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/elloras-cave-blog-header-700x467.jpg" alt="Ellora's Cave Blog Post Header" width="700" height="467" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-5331" /></a></p>
<p>I’ve suspected this was coming for some time: yesterday, some of New York Times Bestselling Author Laurann Dohner’s titles are no longer available from Ellora’s Cave. The only plausible explanation for same is that the titles have reverted.</p>
<p>Because Laurann Dohner has been the only bestselling author for Ellora’s Cave (to hit the national lists in recent years), this really does signal that Laurann’s time there is coming to a close. The only question is how long it’ll take for her other titles—no doubt still earning significant money for both Ellora’s Cave and the author—to revert.</p>
<p>The reverted titles are, in alphabetical order:</p>
<ol>
<li><em>Claws and Fangs</em></li>
<li><em>Lacey and Lethal</em></li>
<li><em>Mine to Chase</em></li>
<li><em>Propositioning Mr. Raine</em></li>
<li><em>Raine on Me</em></li>
<li><em>Something Wicked This Way Comes Volume 1</em> (an anthology with one of Laurann’s stories)</li>
<li><em>Something Wicked This Way Comes Volume 2</em> (an anthology with one of Laurann’s stories)</li>
</ol>
<p>I find the anthology reversions fascinating because of some of what Ellora’s Cave authors have been told in the past, e.g.:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" width="500"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/deirdresm">@deirdresm</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/charmedozarks">@charmedozarks</a> EC told me they don't return rights for anthologies</p>
<p>— reginacarlysle (@reginacarlysle) <a href="https://twitter.com/reginacarlysle/status/665578061358874625">November 14, 2015</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Update: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/laurann.dohner/posts/1118950611451155">Laurann has said that she will be reissuing these titles.</a></p>
<h2>What Will Become of These Titles?</h2>
<p>While Ms. Dohner’s site hasn’t been updated with new publishing information (or a blog post), if you’re interested in those titles, the best place to keep up with her new releases is to check her web site or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Laurann-Dohner-191095500967178/?fref=ts">her author page on Facebook</a>.</p>
<h2>In Other News….</h2>
<p>Laurann’s first indie book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Drantos-VLG-Book-Laurann-Dohner-ebook/dp/B0186SCX9S/&tag=deirdrswebpages">Drantos</a> has been doing well. She’s just announced that <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Drantos-VLG-1-Laurann-Dohner/dp/1944526013/&tag=deirdrswebpages">it’s now available in paperback</a> for those of you who prefer tree books.</p>
<p>The highest ranking I’ve seen for this book is #123, but I know it hovered in between 100 and 200 overall ranking for its first week, at least when I checked. Also interesting: many authors have reported that a new book bumped up sales of their Ellora’s Cave titles, too. <a href="http://www.lolitalopezbooks.com/news/updates-elloras-cave-grabbed-notchilled">That bump is reported to be the reason Lolita Lopez went dark for several months.</a> In Ms. Dohner’s case, it looked like her EC book sales ranks held but neither increased nor decreased.</p>
<h2>Also: Amber Quill Press & Samhain News</h2>
<p>Amber Quill Press has announced that they are shutting down effective March 31, 2016. All rights will revert to authors by that date. Apparently, they too were struggling with the recent market changes. <a href="http://www.amberquill.com">However, their web site hasn’t been updated to reflect their closing date.</a> For a sense of the size of Amber Quill, they have almost 1600 books listed on All Romance Ebooks, making them smaller than Ellora’s Cave (3500 books) or Samhain (2700 books). They’re also smaller than Siren. I wish all Amber Quill staff and authors the best. If you’ve purchased titles directly from Amber Quill, now would be a good time to ensure you have backups of everything so you don’t lose your library.</p>
<p>Samhain, meanwhile, <a href="http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/tuesday-news-publishing-coloring-pandering-and-grieving/">has announced that they’ll be becoming a virtual company in May</a> as they won’t be renewing their office space. Submissions are currently closed except for current authors. I think it makes sense to reduce overhead costs in a competitive market like this, and hope that these changes really help Samhain to be stronger. I’ll have another post about Samhain (tomorrow or Monday) and it’ll invite people to discuss their favorite books and authors.</p>
<p><small>Originally published at <a href="http://deirdre.net/elloras-cave-some-laurann-dohner-title-reversions/">deirdre.net</a>. You can comment here or <a href="http://deirdre.net/elloras-cave-some-laurann-dohner-title-reversions/#comments">there</a>.</small></p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=deirdre&ditemid=605141" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments