Talk:Norilana Books

message: There are also mentions of Norilana on small niche-market sites, such as Speculations: Market Chat (http://www.speculations.com/?t=81422) and SFScope (http://sfscope.com/2007/02/).
This is a legitimate small press, with books being carried by Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and other retailers. I have no doubt that it will soon also be listed in Writer's Market, if it's not already.
Aabbott 00:36, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other sources 

message: http://sfscope.com/2007/02/modean-moons-novels-to-be-repr.html
SFScope posts news that three paranormal romances by RITA-winning author Modean Moon will be reprinted by Norilana Books.  02/13/2007
http://www.sfwa.org/pressbook/07/0423b-Nazarian-Norilana.html 
Pre-order info for SENRID announced. 04/19/2007.  SFWA does its best to police its own members, and would not allow a press release to be posted on its site if there was any report of the publisher being unreliable, or inflating its current status.  They have a resource called “Writer Beware” that keeps an eye peeled for fraudulent behavior. (http://www.sfwa.org/beware/)
Norilana was one author's answer to the fact that many wonderful contemporary writers of fantastic literature are falling through the cracks.  Where it used to be that you'd have five or six cracks at the market before a publisher gave up on you, now the major market is more likely to cut a series after two books.  Sometimes that cut is complete, as in allowing the writer to keep an advance, but not publishing the third book.  Sometimes, it means a downgrade from hardback to paperback for the third book.
I do know that the sequels and related stories to the popular books and universe of writer Sherwood Smith have been tied up in what is apparently a snarl of big house red tape, orphaned books, agent missteps, and simply sacrificing the lesser-known writer in a search for "the next J.K. Rowling." (Verification of this might be interesting, but doesn't seem to be a "value added" addition to the discussed publisher post without, say, a published interview with said author Smith as a source.) I think such cases helped shape Nazarian’s resolve to form a line.  Repackaging classics in a highly readable form, with elegant covers in fair use, takes B&N's reprint series to new heights, and starts up a revenue stream for the new company.  Modean Moon is an award-winning paranormal romance writer.  Norilana is attempting to publish a high-quality line.
In this, is Wikipedia penalizing an enterprising publisher from carving out a reputable name in a fermenting field?
My point is that there are dozens of small presses sprouting up.  Wikipedia should not shill for them – but factual statements that could help, say, a magazine or blog writer discuss the explosion of regional presses are part of the reason I would check Wikipedia to see if anything useful crops up.
This small entry looks legit, does not hurt Wikipedia and adds to the spider web of information about recent small press publishing.  I’d say it’s worth keeping.
Dragonrain83 07:00, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggested Links for Norilana Books 

message: Given the extensive editing since creation, I'm removing the COI warning. Shsilver 15:50, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: COI