by Dave | Sep 1, 2012 | Horror Authors / Books
Courtesy of Publishers Weekly: Following an auction that concluded August 28, Amazon Publishing has acquired the publication contracts of over 1,000 books from Dorchester Publishing. The auction was set in motion in late June as a way for the publisher’s owner, John...
by Dave | Mar 28, 2011 | Horror News
There’s a movement afoot to boycott Dorchester Publishing after a number of authors have stepped forward to share their stories of late or missing payments. On his blog, Brian Keene is leading the charge. Here’s how it opens: Starting in late 2009,...
by Dave | Mar 7, 2011 | Publisher News
Dorchester Publishing Co., Inc., founded in 1971, and what was until this year the oldest independent mass-market publisher in the U.S., has launched a new e-commerce web site to showcase the new Trade books, Audio titles and the explosive growth of e-books. In...
by Dave | Dec 14, 2010 | Horror Organizations
The board of Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) has placed Dorchester Publishing Co, Inc. on probation after an inquiry in which they asked their members with Dorchester contracts to make the organization aware of any improprieties involving...
by Dave | Aug 14, 2010 | Horror Authors / Books, Horror News
As many of you may already know, Dorchester Publishing made a major announcement this week. The publishing house, home of the Leisure horror line, is dropping its mass market publishing model in of an e-book/print-on-demand model that will focus on digital editions...