To Paraphrase Bob Dylan: Des choses (things) they are a changin’!

Crossposted from Blogetary:

Back a few months ago, Sam’s Dot Publishing merged with White Cat Publications. And many assurances were passed onto the authors at SDP that this was not a way of getting rid of SDP, but a way to save it, to keep it going. They weren’t going to be orphaned. And then there were delays getting some publications out (I still haven’t received my January copy of Beyond Centauri), but that happened with SDP sometimes. And then some of the major editors started resigning (to be fair, they were probably burned out and needed the time off before the merge, they just didn’t feel they could). And then some of the publications were taken over by White Cat, while others went to Alban Lake and Nomadic Delirium Press. (Maybe publications that White Cat felt didn’t cover their purview? Or some of the editors had visions for those magazines and wanted to keep running with them. I don’t know.) Guidelines are changing. And then some of the book titles are being moved to White Cat while some are staying with SDP. And then who knows about the royalties.

About a year ago or so I was one of the authors who had to go through Drollerie Press closing down, so this all feels way too familiar. The editors at SDP tell people not to worry. And, its not as if we’re talking about Random House and Penguin. But it does underscore the changing face of publishing, whether we’re talking ebooks or print copies, and whether it’s about large publishing companies or small presses.

It doesn’t matter, though, it still doesn’t feel very good. Sigh.

All that is to say, that many of the links I have collected over the years to lead people where to buy my lovely books, poetry and short stories may be changing soon. Not right away, but eventually. I will try to keep track and keep up with them as they change, but a few may be missed. If there’s something you’ve been meaning to get and when you search for it you find the link is broken, your best bet is try at my author website first – RachelVOlivier.com – and if you have no luck there then email me at rachel(a) NO SPAM rachelvoliver dot com (making all the obvious changes to the address, of course).

And now for those of you who are trying to remember the Bob Dylan song so you can have that earworm, you can find it here.