WolfSinger Publications

Update with my "WolfSinger" experience. Bottom line: it's been a learning experience, which is a good thing. If I hadn't been pushed, I'd never have ventured forth.

I've found that Ms Hightshoe responses quickly when you make a specific request. Example: She provided me with a PDF file to give book reviewers. Of course, I had to learn where and how to submit requests for book reviews. I'm at a disadvantage because my story is a novelette rather than a full fledged novella.

The book is available at Amazon, Amazon UK, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords. My next step is to learn specifics about promoting at the individual "distributors".

Grump; it's more like your publisher will have to qualify to garner true distributorship--they won't have to promote for it, but fill out an extensive survey/application and marketing plan, submit titles and sales information and many other things. Keep in mind, that's for trade books. E-books are handled both by the publisher and the author, as far as promo and marketing, and the majority of that is done online.

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Any news on this publisher since 2012?

They have some calls for anthologies that are either currently open to submission or will open up in the upcoming few months, including one that I feel fits a short of mine pretty well if I can get rid of about 800 words.

I had a story in Rhonda Parrish's anthology "Metastasis" which was published by Wolfsinger. I opted for my royalties to go to cancer research (it was a fundraiser) and Carol sent me a completely unexpected $10 above agreed royalties because "she wants all her authors to get something." Some of the publication details were a little random in a small-business-run-by-real-people sort of way, but I had a very good feeling about working with her.

I haven't worked with them in a few years, but probably would again. Partly because Rhonda Parrish (Niteblade) was recently involved with Wolfsinger. I trust her judgment with her business partners.
But also because Carol (Wolfsinger) was good to work with originally. I'm not surprised that Robert got a bonus payment. She seems to treat her writers well.

That said, I haven't made much money off my sale there. But I didn't really intend to. I guess it comes down to what your expectations are.

soapdish said:

I haven't worked with them in a few years, but probably would again. Partly because Rhonda Parrish (Niteblade) was recently involved with Wolfsinger. I trust her judgment with her business partners.
But also because Carol (Wolfsinger) was good to work with originally. I'm not surprised that Robert got a bonus payment. She seems to treat her writers well.

That said, I haven't made much money of my sale there. But I didn't really intend to. I guess it comes down to what your expectations are.

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Glad to hear that they were good to work with. =)

As to my expectations--if I can get my short story down to the word range they're looking for on that anthology and if I'd actually be picked for it--well, I don't have particularly many expectations on the money front. Getting a single short in an anthology rarely equals "lots and lots of money" anyway, from what little I know of it (well, unless that anthology has some Big Names in it as well, I guess)

Most of my expectations are more in regards to how they are to work with (good, from what you both say) and whether there are nasty surprises hidden in their contracts (which, from the responses so far, doesn't look to be the case).

Bumping this because I saw it come up in a Facebook group. It seems that their terms have changed.

While we are primarily a royalty press, we do offer a $50.00 advance for print books, $25.00 for ebooks, and a
$5.00 advance to contributors to anthologies.

Once a book earns back its production costs the author will be receiving 60% of all monies earned.

Production costs will include:

Advances Paid
Distribution Fees
Cover Art
Editing
Typesetting

These items will be listed and itemized on the first royalty statement.

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Personally, that's a huge red flag and, since it seems that those terms may be new (I don't see them mentioned in previous posts), folks should be aware that's not what an author-friendly contract looks like.