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RWA, MWA and SFWA Angered by Harlequin's New Self-Publishing Imprint

Romance Writers of America and other writer associations yesterday spoke out against the announcement earlier this week that Author Solutions had teamed up with Harlequin to form Harlequin Horizons, a new imprint for self-published romance authors. RWA has deemed Harlequin no longer eligible for RWA-provided conference resources—meaning the publisher is not entitled to enter any award competitions. More

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The problem is not that Harlequin owns, or is affiliated with, a manuscript critiqu...
Lee Goldberg - 11/21/2009 10:17:48 PM PT
in response to RWA, MWA and SFWA Angered by Harlequin's New Self-Publishing Imprint

Look at your history. At one time (19th century and beyond) most authors (some dead g...
Lloyd Lofthouse - 11/21/2009 6:08:49 PM PT
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Self publishing and “bad” publishing are not synonymous, as the success of many of th...
Florrie Binford Kichler - 11/21/2009 2:28:20 PM PT
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My name is Cheryl I singed contract but as today haven't sent anything they requsted...
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