John and I will be at the Hard Bean Coffee and Booksellers this Sunday from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. with Ronald Damien Malfi signing books and causing mayhem. According to brotherrabbit “Hard Bean is that cozy independent bookstore right in Historic Annapolis, down by Ego Alley. For more information, they can be contacted at 410-263-8770,…

posted by rdsp One of the most overlooked areas in book publishing is promotion. While all companies will engage in some level of promotion, few—if any—have the resources, time, and staff available to capitalize on every possible promo opportunity for each book. Even the large publishing houses fall into this category; the promo reps are…

July 25-27 • Four Points Sheraton Pittsburgh North Each DogCon has had its own personality and this one was no exception. This time around we worked with Confluence and did a con-within-a-con an approach we hadn’t taken before. Many thanks go to Kevin Hayes and the Confluence crew for making us feel welcome! To open the weekend John Edward…

Today we welcome Professor David Sandner as a contributing member of the consortium! We’ve signed his novella and a bonus piece of short fiction to be published together in one volume of the journal. We invite you to share virtual cake to celebrate with us in our virtual break room. ABOUT THE NOVELLA His Unburned…

RDSP calculates royalties at the end of September and the end of March so we spent part of the weekend crunching numbers and writing checks. The new financial program we have makes this so much easier! It’s a good feeling to be able to send out checks, even if they aren’t huge ones. It calculates…