We will never hear the end of it now
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/...il&utm_term=0_0bb2959cbb-e6f31bd0cd-304640565
Basically, S&S just signed an author previously 'self published' by Archway. I haven't seen the book in question, but I am wondering if the author ever bothered to look for a commercial publisher, and how much she paid Archway (if she did) in the beginning.
Either way, you can be sure all the Author Solutions marketing staff will be using this as part of their pitches.
ETA: curiouser and curioser. Castleman has apparently been in publishing and marketing for a long time, so it's possible she knew enough to avoid paying Archway for publication. But a book strong enough for the commercial market shouldn't have needed Archway in the first place. Her connection to a children's literature institute makes me even more curious, but I'll have to go research that group to see if it's the one I'm remembering.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/...il&utm_term=0_0bb2959cbb-e6f31bd0cd-304640565
Basically, S&S just signed an author previously 'self published' by Archway. I haven't seen the book in question, but I am wondering if the author ever bothered to look for a commercial publisher, and how much she paid Archway (if she did) in the beginning.
Either way, you can be sure all the Author Solutions marketing staff will be using this as part of their pitches.
ETA: curiouser and curioser. Castleman has apparently been in publishing and marketing for a long time, so it's possible she knew enough to avoid paying Archway for publication. But a book strong enough for the commercial market shouldn't have needed Archway in the first place. Her connection to a children's literature institute makes me even more curious, but I'll have to go research that group to see if it's the one I'm remembering.
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