XoXo Publishing / Botham Publishing / Ninni Group, Inc.

Old Hack said:

Oh, Lori. I'm so sorry for your loss. My condolences to you and yours.

Thank you so very much. I appreciate it.

There's much more to editing well than finding mistakes, though, isn't there? Do books at XoXo get edited for plot, pacing, dialogue, narrative arc, characterisation, and so on, or do you just look for mistakes?

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Oh yes, yes there is. Most definitely. And, yes, XoXo does edit for all of that as well. To me, that IS part of the mistakes. Please don't think that we'd put just any old piece of crap out. We like to be proud of what Xoxo puts out, just as much as the author is proud to be published. We have a great Submissions Director now and she does not accept crap. Apparently, (before I even started as an Editor) XoXo wasn't so lucky with their old SD. LOL.


Look, this all started with that crap from earlier. Truthfully, I just don't give a shit about that anymore. It will be what it will be. I, myself, just wanted to state that I trust XoXo and feel confident to recommend them as a publishing company. Even if I WASN'T working for them, I would still do so. We truly are making leaps and bounds to come back from the edge of destruction.

Stacia Kane said:

Lori, I am so very sorry for your loss. Please accept my sympathies.

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Thank you so much Stacia. I appreciate it very much.

LindaJeanne said:

CherryD, is Tiki20021 the friend you mentioned who "works" at XoXo?

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Hi all, I just want to clarify that I am a FORMER cover designer for XoXo. I have not been employed by them since last year. I can assure you that this situation going on does not involve me.

CherryD said:

I don't know who Tiki200whatever is. Will say I think it might be the person that contacted me via FB after I posted here.

Like I told her...I do not know anything about their publishing dispute with "Payne" or anyone else. I will not repeat what her and I spoke about and as I told her I only posted here because I felt that "Payne" was not being clear as to what us FBRPW are.

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Hi CherryD, It wasn't me that contacted you. I don't work for them anymore, and haven't since 2011. I never contact anyone personally via FB for work. I only post my available items online to my own FB group usually (I design covers on my own now).

Lori Winchester said:

Look, this all started with that crap from earlier. Truthfully, I just don't give a shit about that anymore. It will be what it will be. I, myself, just wanted to state that I trust XoXo and feel confident to recommend them as a publishing company. Even if I WASN'T working for them, I would still do so. We truly are making leaps and bounds to come back from the edge of destruction.

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And I think this says it all.

Lori Winchester said:

I, myself, just wanted to state that I trust XoXo

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Really, it goes for me too. They've given me no reason not to. Sorry I've been gone for a bit researching some stuff for a blog series.

Don't think I won't take advice to heart. Anyway, I appreciate your time and apologize if I ever offended anyone. Everyone is very passionate about ... well what they are passionate about.

Any recent updates on xoxo? I published a book with them a few years ago and wondered if they were out of business and if so, would I get my rights back so I can self-publish it?

CaoPaux said:

Site's wonked, Tw & FB are gone, and publishing cut off mid-year. But recently advertised for copy-editors, et al. on craigslist, so they might return.

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kathleea said:

Any recent updates on xoxo? I published a book with them a few years ago and wondered if they were out of business and if so, would I get my rights back so I can self-publish it?

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Try here: http://xoxopublishingcom.netfirms.com/store/index.html

Their Facebook page is not available and the email in the page you shared doesn't work. Guess I'll assume it's no longer available and write this one off. Thanks.

Does anyone know what happened to this publisher?

Still advertising contests on Wattpad, I think. It sounds like the same outfit. I'm not about to warn the Wattpadders about them, that should be every writer's responsibility to themselves.

https://www.wattpad.com/story/51467773-xoxo-confessions

http://xoxoafterdark.com/xoxoconnects/

If I'm wrong and this is a completely different outfit, someone let me know.

Definitely not. According to their contact email in the 'About' section they are a part of Simon and Schuster.

Link: http://xoxoafterdark.com/about/

Okay, that's really good to know. I was worried, because I've seen fly-by-night pubs latch onto fanfiction and display sites before. Mea Culpa...

brainstorm77 said:

Definitely not. According to their contact email in the 'About' section they are a part of Simon and Schuster.

Link: http://xoxoafterdark.com/about/

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This is what they say on the page you linked to:

XOXO After Dark is supported by Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster, but features romance and women’s fiction from all publishers—you read books from more than one house, and so do we. We hope you’ll enjoy reading, commenting, and just hanging out here at XOXOAfterDark with lots of like-minded readers!

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"Supported by" and "part of" are not the same.

I emailed them for clarification. I'll post when I hear back.

Update: I did email them and they emailed back saying yes they were supported by them, specifically by Pocket Books, but they do feature books from any publisher.

I specifically asked if they were part of S&S. Their email sounded like to me that supported by and part of was the same thing in their case.