POD, Self Publishing and Independent Publishing: Harlequin ... Today's announcement by Harlequin, a division of Toronto-based Torstar Corporation and one of the USA's top romance genre publishers, to launch their self-publishing imprint, Harlequin Horizons, follows on from last week's announcement ... All large publishers' core business is fundamentally mass-market if they can help it, Harlequin or Thomas Nelson are no different, and I do not believe they are doing this as some form of short-sighted profit-making venture to get them ... http://mickrooney.blogspot.com/2009/11/harlequin-thomas-nelson-harlots-of-new.html
Chip MacGregor .com: Responding to Self Publishing They used it for expediency (Thomas Nelson already owned it; WestBow was the name of their fiction program a few years back), but that creates real issues... Can a WestBow author now say, "I'm published by the same imprint that publishes TED ... So far as I know, there are no connections between their self-pub side and the actual B&H publishing business. And if this whole enterprise is going to come back and bite Thomas Nelson in the backside, it's because of that. ... http://chipmacgregor.typepad.com/main/2009/11/responding-to-self-publishing.html
Writer Beware Blogs!: Thomas Nelson Adds Self-Publishing Imprint As reported today in the Wall Street Journal, Thomas Nelson, a major independent Christian publisher, is adding a self-publishing line to its business. Books from the new imprint, West Bow Press, will be designed, printed, ... http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2009/10/thomas-nelson-adds-self-publishing.html
Publishers: As Harlequin is Finding Out – Sometimes You Can't Win ... As a person whose professional interests lay in the continuing survival (and thereby, evolution) of storytelling in all its forms and formats – having a publisher like Harlequin (or Thomas Nelson) explore new business models that ..... I have a big problem with a rejection letter from Harlequin telling an author their book sucks monkeybutt and should be buried for a thousand years but for only $699 you too can be a published author through our Harlequin Horizons imprint. ... http://followthereader.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/publishers-as-harlequin-is-finding-out-sometimes-you-cant-win-for-losing/
Writer Beware Blogs!: Harlequin Horizons: Another Major Publisher... Hot on the heels of the launch of West Bow Press, Thomas Nelson's new self-publishing division, Harlequin Enterprises has unveiled Harlequin Horizons, a company that "that offers aspiring romance writers the opportunity to self-publish their work and ... Self-publishing is a fast growing and vibrant part of the publishing industry today. Harlequin has decided to provide a romance focused self-publishing business for those that choose to go down the self-publishing road. ... http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2009/11/harlequin-horizons-another-major.html
Chip MacGregor .com: Questions about the Industry This business is all about relationships. Editors move around quite a bit in the publishing world -- even more than in most industries (the reasons can be discussed in another post). So authors can expect this to happen to them occasionally . ... Car & Driver and Elle magazines in this country, and numerous publishing ventures around the world. On the heels of that came the sale of Thomas Nelson -- interestingly enough, moving from a publicly held company to a private one. ... http://chipmacgregor.typepad.com/main/2009/10/questions-about-the-industry.html
Should You Consider Self-Publishing? This is a fantastic new addition to the Thomas Nelson family. What a great way to create a new revenue stream for the company while also creating a new way for small and independent business owners, authors and writers to share their knowledge ... Staying true to the core publishing model but also having this WestBow imprint will undoubtedly give Thomas Nelson an edge as the traditional publishing model continues to change, as well as the dynamics of how people generate , ... http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/10/should-you-consider-self-publishing.html
seanan_mcguire: Self-publishing, Harlequin Horizons, and why this ... So in case you've managed to miss the news (I sometimes wish I'd managed to miss the news), Harlequin Romance has formed a new self-publishing imprint, Harlequin Horizons, and people are ticked off about it. ..... Mystery Writers has also come out against it and RWA, and SFWA removed both Harlequin and Thomas Nelson from their list of eligible venues. Thomas Nelson did this first under the name West Bow, also partnered with Author Solutions. ... http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/173368.html
Why Agents May Be Opposed to Self-Publishing Self-publishing dilutes the brand of the sponsoring company. In other words, people will think less of Thomas Nelson, because we allow books to be published under the WestBow imprint. Readers will think less of Harlequin because they will allow ..... Otherwise, I have very little issue with Harlequin, Thomas Nelson, or anyone else going into the self-publishing business. Perhaps that makes me the exception among agents, but I feel confident that I add value to my clients, ... http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/11/why-agents-may-be-opposed-to-self-publishing.html
How Publishing Really Works: Harlequin Horizons: Looking To The ... A few weeks ago, Thomas Nelson transformed its existing West Bow Press imprint into a similar "self publishing" scheme alongside Author Solutions; earlier this year HarperCollins formed an alliance with Blurb, Accent Press began its own ..... Recently, Harlequin Enterprises launched two new business ventures aimed at aspiring writers, the Harlequin Horizons self-publishing program and the eHarlequin Manuscript Critique service (aka "Learn to Write"), both of which are ... http://howpublishingreallyworks.blogspot.com/2009/11/harlequin-horizons-looking-to-future-or.html