Boggled--veinglory

The Venus Press website has reappeared with the words "The VP family is happy to announce their soon reopening."

Make with the Goss--veinglory

Seriously people, make with the goss.

Ocean's Mist press really is dead, right? The website is down, their books are no longer listed at Fictionwise. They were not considerate enough to make with the online histrionics before collapsing into a messy and protracted bankruptcy (seriously, have they no respect for the needs of bloggers!) but it would be nice to know whether authors were paid and had their rights returned and everything tied up neatly.

And Venus, I know some of you must have the goss on that! I am still assuming the website is a Marie Celeste that reappeared somehow with no one at the helm. But I have learned not to under-estimate the stupidity-slash-audacity of owners of struggling epresses. Has anyone been back in touch with GoDaddy (who yanked the site in the first place)?

Finally, I need the sales figure goss. I need only 1-4 more book sales figures for the following presses before I post their figures: Amber Quill, Aspen Mountain Press, Changeling, Freya's Bower, Phaze, Whiskey Creek Press and Wild Rose. Just email first month's sales figures, and if you have it any higher totals (to date, first year). [veinglory at gmail.com]

Venus is Back?--veinglory

Last seen April 2007, Venus Press seems to have reappeared? Is this for real of a cyber-whoopsie? I am thinking that later because you get an error if trying to select a book for purchase....

Chumming the Water--veinglory.

Well. It looks like there may be a new snark shark in the blogbowl. See: Happy Shark award (2007) for: "which e-book publisher shit the worst on authors in the wake of going out of business?"

Options include: "Triskelion, Venus Press, Mardi Gras, Chippewa Publishing, Silks Vault, Ocean's Mist, Twilight Fantasies and Other -and I'm too scared of retaliation to say who."
I do wonder how well informed the Sharky Ones are given that, um, Ocean's Mist didn't close and as far as I can tell aren't likely to during the few days left in 2007--and Silk's Vault haven't even contemplated closing. Time will tell whether the blog itself lasts longer than the usual three months before the blogger loses interest or runs out of things to say :)

Whither for art thou...

Moxie Press: http://moxiepress.com/
Moonlit Garden Books: http://www.moonlitgardenbooks.com/

The homepages seems to have vanished. Have the publishers?

I also assume that the vanishing of the website spells the end of the end for Venus Press?

Alas, poor Venus Press.

There have been signs of trouble for some time now. And Piers Anthony reports them as unresponsive and non-paying. For the time being Venus Press will be the first entry on our "not recommended" list.