Yardbird Books

[AnneMarble]

I'm wondering because I'm interested in a controversial book they have published, The Midnight Ride of Jonathan Luna. Apparently, there have even been attacks to ban the book, which is nonfiction about a case involving the mysterious death of a federal prosecutor. (I'm listening to a radio interview with the author now.) But I want to make sure they're legit before spending my money. And if the story is right, I might have to buy it quickly while I still can.

 

[Christine N.]

Anne,
They look ok to me.. www.yardbird.com is the site. They've apparently been in business since 1988 and have a decent catalog but not overly extensive. Their submissions page says to query first - usually scammers want the ms. right away. Books are reasonably priced.

I would say yes.

 

[Deleted member 42]

Anne their books are in a lot of libraries; I checked locally, on campus and in World Cat, and found them in all three places.

 

[AnneMarble]

Thanks all!


Now I definitely want that book. For one thing, I feel embarrassed for believing some of the information that was in the media about that case!

 

[CaoPaux]

Ceased publishing in '14 (site remains active as store/blog).

 

[fornickels]

They still have their submissions page up. Wonder why if they ceased publishing?
"Query first. Send queries by e-mail.
Due to the volume of submissions we may not respond, though every submission will be read."

http://www.yardbird.com/submissionguidelines.htm