Comments on: Publishers Behaving Badly: Blu Phi’er http://michelelee.net/2008/07/16/publishers-behaving-badly-blu-phier/ Breathe: Words Tue, 15 May 2012 20:35:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Louise http://michelelee.net/2008/07/16/publishers-behaving-badly-blu-phier/comment-page-1/#comment-668 Louise Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:30:20 +0000 http://michelelee.net/blog/?p=321#comment-668 On DWD -- Whoot! :D lol On DWD — Whoot! :D lol

]]> By: Michele Lee http://michelelee.net/2008/07/16/publishers-behaving-badly-blu-phier/comment-page-1/#comment-602 Michele Lee Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:38:13 +0000 http://michelelee.net/blog/?p=321#comment-602 Louise~ I don't understand it either. Many decent markets have gone out of business and have closed submissions first. My personal suspicion is that when they stopped doing the cost sharing option they couldn't afford all the books they'd obligated themselves to. I know most decent publishers know how many "slots" they can afford in a year. And I'm not sure I've ever read a straight historical romance before. But I do love the detail and intrigue. :) Jodi~ I remember seeing that you'd pulled out of Night of the Working Dead. After that I suspected it was going down. Did they give you any trouble for pulling out? Louise~ I don’t understand it either. Many decent markets have gone out of business and have closed submissions first. My personal suspicion is that when they stopped doing the cost sharing option they couldn’t afford all the books they’d obligated themselves to. I know most decent publishers know how many “slots” they can afford in a year.

And I’m not sure I’ve ever read a straight historical romance before. But I do love the detail and intrigue. :)

Jodi~ I remember seeing that you’d pulled out of Night of the Working Dead. After that I suspected it was going down. Did they give you any trouble for pulling out?

]]> By: JodiLee http://michelelee.net/2008/07/16/publishers-behaving-badly-blu-phier/comment-page-1/#comment-590 JodiLee Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:44:19 +0000 http://michelelee.net/blog/?p=321#comment-590 I hopped ship shortly after receiving the acceptance email for Night of the Working Dead. I'd been contacted by several writers (one sent a novel contract that the writer refused to sign as it was, and they wouldn't change it) about their practices, and then I was re-informed that the owner was the guy with 'the background' (nudgenudgewinkwink). After everything Rhia went through, I wasn't going to work with someone like that. I hopped ship shortly after receiving the acceptance email for Night of the Working Dead. I’d been contacted by several writers (one sent a novel contract that the writer refused to sign as it was, and they wouldn’t change it) about their practices, and then I was re-informed that the owner was the guy with ‘the background’ (nudgenudgewinkwink). After everything Rhia went through, I wasn’t going to work with someone like that.

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