Night Shade Books in Trouble

The news, as someone who doesn’t closely follow sci-fi publishing, came as a surprise to me. Night Shade Books (website, Twitter) is in trouble and the internet has all of the details we could ask for . . . except the answer to: What happens next?

Justin Landon at staffersbookreview.com has a long and detailed post that makes things sound very bad for Night Shade while author Michael Stackpole shares his opinion on why the proposed deal is not great for the authors. I’ll certainly be paying close attention to the Night Shade Books issues — I’m a fan of some of their books, including the fantastic The Windup Girl* and Pump Six and Other Stories* by Paolo Bacigalupi — and am hoping that everything works out well for the authors and that the Night Shade Books company continues in some form.

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