In Part One we talked about how Christopher Payne decided to get into small press publishing. His first couple of years involved new authors whose writing he liked. But he realized he needed some well-known name value in his authors if his company was going to grow and begin selling great enough numbers of books to be self-sustaining. But "names" in horror are not the same as names in general literature.
By "well-known" where do you put that criteria?
Granted. Definitely mid-tier or low-end mid-tier as far as sales. But in 2013 we're working with Jonathan Maberry and some others. Now you take that into 2014 and you have a situation where I had to close down submissions because I can't take any more than I already had. 2014 is signed, full, and done. It's an entirely different looking company. It seems to have evolved every year. We're growing so fast.
Now it is not just you,...
By "well-known" where do you put that criteria?
Granted. Definitely mid-tier or low-end mid-tier as far as sales. But in 2013 we're working with Jonathan Maberry and some others. Now you take that into 2014 and you have a situation where I had to close down submissions because I can't take any more than I already had. 2014 is signed, full, and done. It's an entirely different looking company. It seems to have evolved every year. We're growing so fast.
Now it is not just you,...
- 1/24/2014
- by Del Howison
- FEARnet
JournalStone Publishing & Dark Discoveries Magazine Announce Free Distribution Of Special Collector’s Edition of Issue #23 At The Bram Stoker Awards® Weekend 2013 Incorporating The World Horror Convention
San Francisco, January 23, 2013 – JournalStone Publishing (Jsp) President, Christopher C. Payne and Dark Discoveries Magazine Managing Editor, James Beach, are pleased to announce that a Special Limited Collector’s Edition of Dark Discoveries Magazine, Issue #23, containing a ten-page central insert devoted to both the past … Continue reading →...
San Francisco, January 23, 2013 – JournalStone Publishing (Jsp) President, Christopher C. Payne and Dark Discoveries Magazine Managing Editor, James Beach, are pleased to announce that a Special Limited Collector’s Edition of Dark Discoveries Magazine, Issue #23, containing a ten-page central insert devoted to both the past … Continue reading →...
- 1/23/2013
- by HorrorNews.net
- Horror News
San Francisco, October 5, 2012 –JournalStone Publishing President, Christopher C. Payne and Dark Discoveries Magazine Managing Editor, James Beach, are pleased to announce that the magazine is again open to short fiction submissions until June 1, 2013. The magazine will be paying Pro Rates of Five Cents ($0.05) per word for all accepted fiction stories. Full Submission Guidelines can be found at: http://darkdiscoveries.com/submission-guidelines/
Dark Discoveries Magazine, a subsidiary of JournalStone Publishing, is a… More...
Dark Discoveries Magazine, a subsidiary of JournalStone Publishing, is a… More...
- 10/5/2012
- by HorrorNews.net
- Horror News
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