Angela James has just told me that she has accepted the Executive Editor position with Harlequin for their new “Digital Only” branch Carina Press.
Looks like this Harlequin team are doing some good things right off the bat since there will be no DRM and they will be Gay Romance friendly.
But… no traditional print releases like say a Loose Id or Samhain which to be honest is still what sells over on Amazon. Just check the rankings there. Let’s hope they are using that Harlequin marketing machine and talking with Apple to get in on some 2010 first of the year “Smart Tablet” hype goodness or something that will get some notice. Like a Harlequin/Carina iPhone/Android eBook Reader App that only sells Harlequin goodness? I keep telling people distribute but also own your delivery channel and brand brand brand.
Tags: Carina Press, ePublisher, Harlequin
josh lanyon wrote,
and they will be Gay Romance friendly.
Seriously? If so, that’s amazing and encouraging news.
Link | November 9th, 2009 at 8:20 am
TeddyPig wrote,
That is what Angela said.
Link | November 9th, 2009 at 8:25 am
Ally Blue wrote,
It specifically states in their submission guidelines that they accept same sex romance:
http://carinapress.com/?page_id=2
Yes!
**fist pump**
Okay, that sounded dirty O_O
Link | November 9th, 2009 at 8:44 am
Lbea wrote,
I imagine a stampede of author query letters.
::whistles innocently::
Very exciting!
Link | November 9th, 2009 at 9:52 am
Angela James wrote,
Yes, definitely same sex friendly. Romance and non-romance genres, erotic and non-erotic.
Thanks for posting this, T!
Link | November 9th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Reader Beware: Harlequin Becomes A Vanity Press | The Naughty Bits wrote,
[...] am with Emily on this one. Harlequin will distance themselves from Digital Only Publishing with Carina Press but slap their “good” name all over a Vanity Imprint. Sorry, this was a totally bad [...]
Link | November 17th, 2009 at 9:51 am