Difficult Conversation

I think I mentioned early this year that I was planning to ask one of my publishers, Sky Warrior, to return the rights to my book. I e-mailed, and was told she is discussing with another publisher to buy the Sky Warrior catalog. That publisher promptly sent me a contract for one book, The Seven Exalted Orders. That’s great news, but there’s no word on any of the others.

Things do take time in publishing, I understand that. The new publisher is also a small press, and they’re taking on a whole bunch of work and have to communicate with various authors. However, I’m finding it not helpful when there is no communication about expected timelines.

I’ve sent a takedown request to Sky Warrior, since they definitively said they are not planning to publish my work any longer. They have agreed to do that. Now I’m watching to see it actually happen. I’ll keep poking them until it does, and then I’ll begin trying to discuss which of my books the new publisher is serious about. Meantime, I did revamp my web site to show these books are no longer available. That was a little sad.

I need to be firm with myself, as well as them, and not let this process drag on.

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