Dorchester Switches to e-Book/Pod Model--Cancels MMPB

[a_r_williams]

Dorchester Publishing has dropped its traditional print publishing model for the new e-Book/Pod model. In a Publishers Weekly article, President John Prebich said: "after retail sales fell by 25% in 2009, the company knew that 2010 “would be a defining year,” but rather than show improvement, “sales have been worse.” This new and rapid change has left many of Dorchester's signed authors in the lurch.

More links concerning the Dorchester change can be read below:

Wall Street Journal "Mass Paperback Publisher Goes All Digital"

JA Konrath "The Beginning of the End"

Smart Bitchers, Trashy Books "Dorchester Does Digital, Authors Do What?"

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