A New(ish) Direction

by · April 19, 2021

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What do I mean?

Well, on March 31st, I reacquired the rights to fifteen of my novels that were being published by Down and Out Books. Today, April 19th, eleven of those novels are going live under my in-house publishing banner, Code 4 Press.

So let’s break this down. First up, which novels are we talking about? Well, here they are:

But I said fifteen, didn’t I? You’re absolutely right. The four books in the Charlie-316 series will be re-published very soon by Colin Conway, my co-author, under his own in-house banner, Original Ink Press.

All of that is exciting, but I imagine the larger question you might have is why. Was there some bad blood with Down and Out Books? A falling out, perhaps? Are they a bad publisher that you should avoid?

No, no, and no.

Here’s the thing:  fully half of my titles are already independently published (my River City series and Stefan Kopriva mysteries, for example). The other half were with D&O. That made it difficult when it came to mounting any sort of marketing momentum. I could only coordinate half of my catalog. The other half was in the publisher’s hands. While D&O is stellar at a great many things, there hasn’t been an emphasis on marketing. I suspect that’s true with all but the largest of publishers, to be honest. In any event, after careful consideration, it made the most sense for me to bring all of my titles under one umbrella so that I could market them in a coordinated fashion.

Once I made the decision, the arrangement itself with D&O was actually very amicable. I explained my reasoning to Eric at D&O (founder and publisher) and he understood. I exercised a clause in the contract for taking back the books and negotiated a fair agreement for an early (3/31/21) severance. I also purchased many of the existing covers for my books.

Not only were our conversations cordial but I remain on great terms with D&O. It is still home for my series A Grifter’s Song. They remain the sponsor of my podcast. Both Eric and Lance were very helpful in facilitating the transition. And most importantly, I still consider them both friends.

This wasn’t personal.

It was business.

I know, I know. Usually you hear strains of The Godfather or Tony Soprano’s jersey accent when that phrase is uttered. But it has a positive connotation, too. I made a business decision to maximize my own independent publishing and marketing efforts. D&O understood that, and respected the decision. Then we agreed to terms.

I considered whether or not to say or post anything publicly about this decision. But while our crime fiction community has its different neighborhoods, overall it is small enough that word gets around one way or the other.  The reality is that most publisher/author splits aren’t friendly ones. In the absence of any information, even the most well-intentioned people tend to fill that void with less than positive guesses about what happened. I wanted to be sure that folks out there who know either or both parties didn’t have cause to think poorly of either one.

Of course, it’s far more likely that this doesn’t even blip on anyone’s radar, and that’s okay, too.

TL;DR: I wanted to do my own indie thing, D&O was cool with it, and we’re all good.

See you all further on up the road!


Source: All The Madness In My Soul

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