Another Sad Day for Publishing

As some already know, the loss of another small publishing house was announced on Friday. The closing of Musa Publishing on February 28^th brings sadness to my heart. Not only because they have quite a few of my novellas, but I’m sad for the people behind the creation of a publisher that worked to treat authors fairly. They paid on time and always ready to answer questions or direct one where they might find the answer.

Now, they are stepping up to accept the fact they can’t continue with the decline of sales the past few month. This was a publisher who started on a shoestring budget and the directors concluded the string has frayed. Instead of continuing to go forward and start holding back author royalties as so many publishers have before they cried “uncle,” Musa is once again showing dignity.

After February 28, 2015, Musa will no longer sell books and letters will go out to their authors returning all rights. Then, the directors will keep the bookkeeping open until all royalties from 3^rd party vendors have come in and authors have received any monies due to them.

Class act, ladies! But, then you always have been in my dealings with each of you.

For readers, this is a good time to snap up on great deals and explore new authors. All books are 80% off through 11:59 EST February, 28^th.

If you enjoy fantasy/paranormal with humor, check out the DEAD collection…all 6 books in the series can be purchased for $1.00 on the Musa site.

http://musapublishing.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=35_27&products_id=832

 

 

 

Between now and the 28th, I need decide what I want to do with the rights...seek another publisher, self-publish, or let these books set for awhile. And with the DEAD series, should I combine them into a set instead of individually publishing. So over the next few days I'll be doing lots of thinking :)

 

 

Have you ever been faced with a decision that you took time to consider the options, or do you go for it when an idea occurs?