Dark Continents Publishing
Hello Ghouls and Boils,
I have some phantastic news to share today! There is a new horror/dark fiction publishing company debuting soon. They are author driven and author owned – a concept that has been around in comics publishing for years and I am thrilled to see it come to prose form! But I will let the frightening folks at Dark Continents tell you all about it. Enjoy, my fiends!
Abstrusely,
Sarah L. Covert
Dark Continents to Introduce Author-Driven, Author-Owned Publishing
Worldwide founders apply cooperative business principles to the business of writing.TISKILWA, IL – A group of horror and dark fiction authors from around the world announce the formation of a new voice in the publishing world. Dark Continents Publishing banded together August 10, 2010 with a new vision of business success for authors. The official launch begins this week as founding members start the countdown to the first Dark Continents Publishing release party, to be held at the World Horror Convention 2011 in Austin, TX from April 28 through May 1.
President/Publisher David M. Youngquist, along with fellow founders Serenity J. Banks, John Prescott, Sylvia Shults, Adrian Chamberlin, and Tracie McBride, introduce Dark Continents Publishing as the first organized authors’ cooperative to focus exclusively on the horror and dark fiction markets. The founding members, who hail from various points of the globe, are in the process of incorporating as a legal, international organization under nonprofit workers’ cooperative status and structure. The six come together to steer modern publishing capabilities toward mutual book sales success, moving away from outdated business models that have been marked in recent years by mounting declines and closures around the world.
A defining distinction of Dark Continents Publishing lies in its cooperative business structure, under which authors come together as equals to produce, publish, and promote their books for mutual business gain. By moving away from standard organizational protocol, the founders of Dark Continents Publishing envision a more versatile business model under which authors work together to profit as individuals. A cooperative effort by definition, Dark Continents Publishing allows members to take advantage of innovative partnership strategies surrounding author-driven, author-owned publishing. By embracing the founding principles of Dark Continents Publishing, dark fictioneers take back control of their own work—and, ultimately, their own business success.
Founded by authors who currently reside in the United States, England, and Australia, Dark Continents Publishing is forming as an international organization that intends to welcome members of the horror and dark fiction communities the world ’round. Dark Continents Publishing membership will be extended by invitation only for the first year of operations, with a membership application process to open at large in the near future.
Dark Continents Publishing introduces the authors’ cooperative concept with plans to release its first six books, written and produced by its six founding members, in May 2011. The first wave of titles from Dark Continents Publishing will be distributed in both print and ebook format, with multiple electronic versions available to ensure compatibility with a wide range of reading devices.
“I love books, and I’m a voracious reader,” President/Publisher David M. Youngquist says. “We’re not out to kill books or bring down publishing; we’re out to lead publishing in a new direction toward a different sort of success. There will always be books, readers, and writers. Our main goal is to bring those three forces together.”
For more information, find Dark Continents Publishing on Facebook and follow the countdown to launch at World Horror Convention 2011.M.
