I posted a week ago that after a lot of back and forth between the publisher and me, there would be a change to the release schedule for my next two books. I was assured that ‘it would be a better press going forward’.
This is not the case.
The publisher posted a message on Facebook Friday night to the private page for authors to let us know they were closing down so all rights would be reverted to the writers and all current books would be removed from sale. This includes my book Burn which was published last August.
Rage does not come close.
I am not going into any further detail about the reasons for the publisher’s decision. It is their decision alone. All I and a large number of other writers have is our disappointment and our anger at how this has been handled. Personally speaking, I am now left with two books that are homeless after planning for their release since the beginning of last year, and another which will more than likely never see publication again (most publishers don’t touch reprints unless you’re famous or successful). I can do my best to find other publishers for the two books but there are no gurantees of if or when this will happen. I was looking forward very much to seeing what others thought of Chaos and The Fall. As the situation stands right now, the chances of this happening are close to zero. At my last count, this is the fourth time I have gone through this with publishers, leaving my books out of print. As you can imagine, this wears pretty fucking thin pretty fucking quickly.
In the meantime, I’ll work on my new book. Because it’s all I can do. And if you want to buy Burn while you still can, please do so. I’m proud of this one and to have zero reviews because of zero marketing has been tough.
LINK – BURN
Luke Walker - Writer 