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September 5, 2012
2 NEW AUDIOBOOKS
Audiobook editions of A Gathering of Crows and Darkness On The Edge Of Town are on sale now as downloads through iTunes, Audible, and Amazon. Click the cover images above to purchase!
September 3, 2012
Deadite Release Schedule V2.0
Here’s an updated tentative release schedule for my forthcoming titles from Deadite Press.
SEPTEMBER:
Entombed (paperback)
An Occurrence In Crazy Bear Valley (paperback)
Dark Hollow (digital)
OCTOBER:
Ghost Walk (paperback)
Entombed (digital)
An Occurrence In Crazy Bear Valley (digital)
NOVEMBER:
Ghost Walk (digital)
Earthworm Gods (paperback)
Earthworm Gods: Selected Scenes From the End of the World (paperback)
DECEMBER:
Clickers vs. Zombies (paperback)
Earthworm Gods (digital)
Earthworm Gods: Selected Scenes From the End of the World (digital)
FIRST HALF 2013:
The Rising
City of the Dead
The Rising: Selected Scenes From the End of the World
Earthworm Gods II: Deluge
Suburban Gothic
September 1, 2012
ALONE now on Nook, Kindle, and Kobo
ALONE is now available on all digital platforms!
$2.99. Get yours now!
August 31, 2012
MAELSTROM III Nearing Sell-Out
We all know that in this economy collectibles sell slower, but even so, Maelstrom III is nearing sell-out. All pre-orders shipped this week and there are now less than 60 copies left in stock! If today is a payday for you, I recommend snagging your set before they are gone. Click here to order.
August 30, 2012
Amazon-Dorchester: A Done Deal… Or A Deal Done Wrong? (UPDATED x3)
For a complete accounting and timeline of Dorchester Publishing’s malfeasance, as well as links to other sources, click here.
Update #3: A spokesperson for Amazon states, “The metadata error was not in any way related to the announcement this week that Amazon Publishing has acquired certain Dorchester titles. No metadata changes were made prior to or in anticipation of this announcement.” Amazon is working on correcting the metadata errors now.
As previously reported, Amazon made a bid to purchase Dorchester’s assets. Today, it was announced that Amazon has indeed acquired the publication contracts of over 1,000 Dorchester titles, including romance, horror, western, and more. What is not being reported yet is which titles were part of the deal. As I and others have previously reported, Dorchester was including books for which they did not own the rights to as part of their intellectual property and assets while seeking a buyer. Could it be possible that either due to a mistake in due-diligence on the part of Amazon or continued malfeasance on Dorchester’s part, some of those titles were included in today’s deal?
Hmmmmmm…… what do we have here?
*This is the Kindle listing for Dead Sea. Originally published by Dorchester, the rights for Dead Sea reverted back to me in late 2010 along with the rights to all of my other Dorchester titles.
*Last year, Deadite Press republished Dead Sea in both paperback and Kindle.
*The Kindle listing stated Deadite Press as the publisher until a few months ago, when Amazon and Dorchester first entered into talks, after which the Kindle listing for Dead Sea was changed to show Leisure – a division of Dorchester — as the publisher.
*The same was done for ALL of my former Dorchester titles: Urban Gothic, Castaways, Darkness on the Edge of Town, etc.
*Deadite Press did not make this erroneous change. I did not make this erroneous change. Someone at Amazon made it.
*Deadite Press sent several requests to Amazon to correct the error, but got no response. My requests to do the same were met with similar silence.
Now let me be clear — Deadite are still being paid monthly by Amazon, so at least the checks are going to the right place. But the timing and synchronicity are certainly odd, as is Amazon’s apparent inability to correct this error (in the past, I’ve had nothing but prompt, courteous customer service when dealing with Amazon). So perhaps I can be forgiven for wondering just which titles Dorchester sold to Amazon, and how many of those titles were ones that Dorchester did not legally have the right to sell?
Long-time readers know I’m not one of these anti-Amazon wingnuts. I’ve always been very supportive of the company, and they have always been very supportive of me. It should be noted that representatives from Amazon have indeed been reaching out to authors. I know of several who have been contacted, including some from our particular genre. So Amazon are indeed making an effort to fix things. It should also be noted that Amazon’s PR department reached out to me, as well, when this deal was first announced. But despite all of that… well, you can see it there for yourself on the link. Used to say Deadite Press. Now changed to Dorchester (Leisure). Very strange.
Let’s see what happens next…
Never make your living as a writer, kids. Stay in school. Become a nurse or an HVAC technician or a truck driver.
UPDATE #1: Apparently, mine aren’t the only books showing this change. The Kindle edition of Survivor by J.F. Gonzalez, which was published by Deadite Press, is now also showing Dorchester as the publisher, despite the fact that those rights were legally reverted to the author last year.
Amazon-Dorchester: A Done Deal… Or A Deal Done Wrong? (UPDATED x2)
For a complete accounting and timeline of Dorchester Publishing’s malfeasance, as well as links to other sources, click here.
Update #2: Twenty-four hours after this Blog entry was posted, Amazon has indeed corrected the listings. Credit to them for addressing the issue.
As previously reported, Amazon made a bid to purchase Dorchester’s assets. Today, it was announced that Amazon has indeed acquired the publication contracts of over 1,000 Dorchester titles, including romance, horror, western, and more. What is not being reported yet is which titles were part of the deal. As I and others have previously reported, Dorchester was including books for which they did not own the rights to as part of their intellectual property and assets while seeking a buyer. Could it be possible that either due to a mistake in due-diligence on the part of Amazon or continued malfeasance on Dorchester’s part, some of those titles were included in today’s deal?
Hmmmmmm…… what do we have here?
*This is the Kindle listing for Dead Sea. Originally published by Dorchester, the rights for Dead Sea reverted back to me in late 2010 along with the rights to all of my other Dorchester titles.
*Last year, Deadite Press republished Dead Sea in both paperback and Kindle.
*The Kindle listing stated Deadite Press as the publisher until a few months ago, when Amazon and Dorchester first entered into talks, after which the Kindle listing for Dead Sea was changed to show Leisure – a division of Dorchester — as the publisher.
*The same was done for ALL of my former Dorchester titles: Urban Gothic, Castaways, Darkness on the Edge of Town, etc.
*Deadite Press did not make this erroneous change. I did not make this erroneous change. Someone at Amazon made it.
*Deadite Press sent several requests to Amazon to correct the error, but got no response. My requests to do the same were met with similar silence.
Now let me be clear — Deadite are still being paid monthly by Amazon, so at least the checks are going to the right place. But the timing and synchronicity are certainly odd, as is Amazon’s apparent inability to correct this error (in the past, I’ve had nothing but prompt, courteous customer service when dealing with Amazon). So perhaps I can be forgiven for wondering just which titles Dorchester sold to Amazon, and how many of those titles were ones that Dorchester did not legally have the right to sell?
Long-time readers know I’m not one of these anti-Amazon wingnuts. I’ve always been very supportive of the company, and they have always been very supportive of me. It should be noted that representatives from Amazon have indeed been reaching out to authors. I know of several who have been contacted, including some from our particular genre. So Amazon are indeed making an effort to fix things. It should also be noted that Amazon’s PR department reached out to me, as well, when this deal was first announced. But despite all of that… well, you can see it there for yourself on the link. Used to say Deadite Press. Now changed to Dorchester (Leisure). Very strange.
Let’s see what happens next…
Never make your living as a writer, kids. Stay in school. Become a nurse or an HVAC technician or a truck driver.
UPDATE #1: Apparently, mine aren’t the only books showing this change. The Kindle edition of Survivor by J.F. Gonzalez, which was published by Deadite Press, is now also showing Dorchester as the publisher, despite the fact that those rights were legally reverted to the author last year.
Amazon-Dorchester: A Done Deal… Or A Deal Done Wrong?
For a complete accounting and timeline of Dorchester Publishing’s malfeasance, as well as links to other sources, click here.
As previously reported, Amazon made a bid to purchase Dorchester’s assets. Today, it was announced that Amazon has indeed acquired the publication contracts of over 1,000 Dorchester titles, including romance, horror, western, and more. What is not being reported yet is which titles were part of the deal. As I and others have previously reported, Dorchester was including books for which they did not own the rights to as part of their intellectual property and assets while seeking a buyer. Could it be possible that either due to a mistake in due-diligence on the part of Amazon or continued malfeasance on Dorchester’s part, some of those titles were included in today’s deal?
*This is the Kindle listing for Dead Sea. Originally published by Dorchester, the rights for Dead Sea reverted back to me in late 2010 along with the rights to all of my other Dorchester titles.
*Last year, Deadite Press republished Dead Sea in both paperback and Kindle.
*The Kindle listing stated Deadite Press as the publisher until a few months ago, when Amazon and Dorchester first entered into talks, after which the Kindle listing for Dead Sea was changed to show Leisure – a division of Dorchester — as the publisher.
*The same was done for ALL of my former Dorchester titles: Urban Gothic, Castaways, Darkness on the Edge of Town, etc.
*Deadite Press did not make this erroneous change. I did not make this erroneous change. Someone at Amazon made it.
*Deadite Press sent several requests to Amazon to correct the error, but got no response. My requests to do the same were met with similar silence.
Now let me be clear — Deadite are still being paid monthly by Amazon, so at least the checks are going to the right place. But the timing and synchronicity are certainly odd, as is Amazon’s apparent inability to correct this error (in the past, I’ve had nothing but prompt, courteous customer service when dealing with Amazon). So perhaps I can be forgiven for wondering just which titles Dorchester sold to Amazon, and how many of those titles were ones that Dorchester did not legally have the right to sell?
Long-time readers know I’m not one of these anti-Amazon wingnuts. I’ve always been very supportive of the company, and they have always been very supportive of me. It should be noted that representatives from Amazon have indeed been reaching out to authors. I know of several who have been contacted, including some from our particular genre. So Amazon are indeed making an effort to fix things. It should also be noted that Amazon’s PR department reached out to me, as well, when this deal was first announced. But despite all of that… well, you can see it there for yourself on the link. Used to say Deadite Press. Now changed to Dorchester (Leisure). Very strange.
Let’s see what happens next…
Never make your living as a writer, kids. Stay in school. Become a nurse or an HVAC technician or a truck driver.
Help Fight Lung Cancer
Jassen Bailey, proprietor of The Bag and the Crow, writes: “Last year when my daughter was 11 and my mom was dying from lung cancer, my daughter ran 100 miles to raise awareness and much needed funds for lung cancer. As you know, my mom lived with us and my daughter witnessed what cancer does to someone. She also helped us care for my mom. Last year, she raised $2,580. This year she has ran 89 of her 100 miles. She has raised $752 and we’re trying to push her well over the $1000 marker”. You can donate to his daughter’s run here. All donations go to LUNGevity, the largest lung cancer organization, and are tax deductible. And you can track her progress via Facebook.
August 29, 2012
Closing Time
Back in March, J.F. Gonzalez, Mary SanGiovanni, and I entered into a partnership with the The York Emporium, renting a section of storefront to sell books. It was a huge success, allowing us to liquidate over 1,000 books we no longer had room for. Sadly, we’re now almost completely out of stock. So, this Friday, J.F. and I will be pulling what little is left and donating it to some local libraries. If one of the few remaining books on the shelves is something you’ve had your eye on, go to The Emporium before Friday. And continue to go to The Emporium after Friday, too, because it really is the best used bookstore in North America.
September Signings – Baltimore and Las Vegas
September 8 and 9 I’ll be signing with Rachel Deering at the Baltimore Comic Con. We’re at Booth 1804 inside the Baltimore Convention Center. Come say hi.
September 20, 21, 22, and 23 I’ll be in Las Vegas as a guest of Killer Con. My birthday is that weekend. I plan to celebrate by signing books for you.
