Sunday, October 25, 2009

Insert the Usual Rant here (a.k.a. Fisking Breathless)


Full details here: Romantic Writing

FanStory.com and Breathless Press have teamed up to provide the romantic stories writing competition exclusively for FanStory.com writers. To the winners goes a publishing contract offer with Breathless Press and free promotion.

Gee, I wonder is there is any other way to "win" such a wonderful "prize"?

All submissions will be shared in book format and requires the prologue to be a query letter.

What? [Reads it again] Seriously, what does that mean?

Submission Directions: This contest requires creating a book. So prior to submitting your first chapter you should create a book. Click here to create your book.

Oh, I see. Breathless is requiring people to join Fanstory in order to submit a short story to Breathless. Because, um.... because....

The contest winners will receive a contract offer with Breathless Press. Sample Breathless Press Contract. The contract is for ebooks. Breathless Press will be publishing print books on select titles after several months as ebooks.

A.k.a. possibly never.

The contest winners will be chosen by Breathless Press. This contest does not offer a Visa Gift Card prize.

Good to know.


Sigh.
See also:
Breathless Press Newest eBook Publisher Officially Launched: "In an industry full of e-publishers, Breathless Press (breathlesspress.com) promises to raise the standard of eBook publishing and it looks like they’re off to a great start."

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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Reading between the lines

It seems the departure of one of the founders of Absolute Xpress,
Absolute Xpress no longer publishing romance,
and the arrival of a new romance e-publisher: Breathless Press,
are not exactly unrelated events....

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Monday, August 10, 2009

New Market: Breathless Press

"We are looking for manuscripts that fall into (but are not limited to one) either: romance or erotic (or any subgenre of the two). We also accept m/m stories."

"Justyn Perry strives for excellence and demands nothing but. With his expertise in graphic design and publishing, he desires to increase the standard of e-publishing to a new level."

Submissions open September 1st.

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