Monday, February 13, 2017

Samhain Closing

On February 28th, 2017, Samhain Publishing will close its doors forever.




So what does that mean for me (and you)? Well, if you have books you purchased from Samhain's website, go download them now while the site is still live. If you have books from Samhain through third-party vendors (like Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Kobo) you should be fine. The books won't be yanked from your device.

As for me, it means I get to enter the wonderful world of self-publishing.




Oh yes. I'll be self-pubbing the Halle Pumas, Heart's Desire, The Nephilim and the True Destiny series at a minimum. There's a lot of work ahead of me to get this going, but the author community is awesome and they're all willing to help someone who needs it, especially Carrie Ann Ryan and Piper J Drake. One gave me sites to investigate and the other let me vent my fears and frustrations. Others have offered their input as well.

I'm lucky to be in a field where we are willing to help each other succeed. I hope to pay it forward some day.

So Speak Thy Name will come out sooner than June, the date Samhain had given me. I have to hire an editor and a cover artist before I can upload the book to the different sites. I understand the Google bookstore is not accepting any new authors, so I may not be for sale there in the foreseeable future, but all the others should be doable. It also means that Hide and Seek will be up as soon as I finish the two sex scenes I still have to write, have it go through the Meat Grinder and the beta readers and have the rights back to the rest of the series.

I'm hoping the rights reversion doesn't take too long.The sooner I own the rights once more the better. I have to find out if I need to get new ISBN's for the books that are already in print or not. I have to arrange to purchase the covers for both print and eBook editions. I need to learn how to format for ebook and print editions as well. There's so much to do, so many lists of things I need to take care of, so much to research...I...adulting is...




Stick a fork in me. I think I'm well done.

5 comments:

Unknown said...

Hang in there! We know you'll tackle the world of self pub with aplomb!

Cindy in TX said...

While I am sad to see Samhain shut down, I am so relieved to hear you will be continuing your series. That would have been horrible! �� Thankfully it seems to be easier to self publish today than it was 5 years ago. I'm grateful for those who have carved the way for you!

Good luck and I know this will pay off in the future! Maybe you can even release more audiobooks soon!

gamistress66 said...

Go Dana Go! you can do it! :D wishing you success in this new chapter of your career. will look forward to the new books :)

Tuckerpuss said...

Your plot bunny just fainted!!
Sorry about Samhain closing although it's been pretty obvious this was gonna happen for about a year. At least they are doing it more professionally than some (cough ARe cough), still means you have a lot of work to do that isn't bring us fab new stories :-/
So many hugs to you and your household but on the bright side we get stories quicker now :-)

Dana Marie Bell said...

Thank you, guys. I'm working hard to figure this out while I also world-build the Terra Noctem series. That might get started sooner than I'd planned...Anyone want a labrador for a familiar?

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