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Booktrope Closing Its Doors Leaving Authors Without a Publisher

Booktrope LogoIn a sad turn of events, hybrid self-publishing service, Booktrope, is going out of business. Via Geekwire:

Booktrope plans to go out of business at the end of May, bringing an end to its “team publishing” platform used by ad hoc groups of authors, editors, marketers and designers to create and market print books and e-books…

With the closure, Booktrope says it will “remove all published books from sale as of May 31, 2016,” returning rights to authors as of June 1.

There’s a lot of consternation about how Booktrope went out of business when it just received […]

2018-10-22T12:31:53+02:00May 2nd, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: |

Cold River Studio Review

Cold River Studio, based in Tennessee, USA, offer graphic design and self-publishing services for writers, designers and corporate clients. The principal partner of the company is Peter Honsberger, formerly of Cold Tree Publishing.

“We believe in the importance of creative collaboration between clients, writers, editors, and designers. In the spirit of that collaboration, we strive to treat every client as we would like to be treated, with honesty, trust, and respect. We love what we do, and we believe that, in order to produce the kind of work that will reflect the success of our clients business or

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2017-02-12T05:35:42+02:00August 14th, 2011|Categories: Publisher Reviews|Tags: |

Matador Publishing Review

Matador is the self-publishing imprint of Troubador Publishing based in Leicester, England. Troubador itself is a commercial publisher founded in 1990, but the Matador imprint for self-publishing authors was launched in 1999. Matador offers self-publishing authors a wide range of services, from the design and production of a book, through to marketing and distribution.

In the past few years there are signs that this kind of publishing model (a commercial publisher also offering self-publishing services) may form the basis of where the future lies. If you like, it has become a kind of hybrid of publishing or centre ground. I […]

2017-02-12T09:04:01+02:00July 11th, 2011|Categories: Publisher Reviews|Tags: |
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