If you’ve been frequenting any number of horror message boards over the past few weeks you’ve seen something big begin to happen in the Horror Biz. This month Dorchester Publishing announced a fundamental shift in their publishing schedule and format. The news spread like wild fire across the various horror message boards I frequent. There were a lot of rumors floating around as to what this really meant. Why is this important? Because if you didn’t realize it, Leisure (mainly it’s horror line of mass-market paperbacks) would be affected. I had been privately hearing rumblings about some problems brewing at Leisure since January. There was a mutual feeling that something was wrong at the publisher, but we weren’t sure exactly what.
From the announcement it was apparent that many of Leisure’s authors were taken by surprise. I wasn’t worried about the format change as much as I concerned about my friends and how it would affect them and their livelihood. According to Dorchester’s official statement on their website they are changing format to remain viable and discontinuing their mass-market paperback line and transitioning to trade paperback format and eBooks. Read the rest of this entry »










APEXOLOGY: Horror