Posted by Mandy Roth on Jun 7, 2007 in
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Marketing with Mandy 
Since Marketing with Mandy generally focuses on tips and tricks to help authors market themselves I thought it would be fun to get the publishers point of view on it all. With us today is Angela James, Executive Editor at Samhain Publishing.
Angela, thank you so much for joining us here today. If you could start off by telling us a little about yourself, how you came to be with Samhain and about Samhain Publishing that would be great.
You know, people ask me this question a lot, how I came to be in this job. It’s truly all about being in the right time, at the right place and knowing the right people. I was working first as a proofreader for Ellora’s Cave several years ago and I branched out to helping authors (like Mandy and Michelle). My good friends Jaci Burton and Jennifer Martin told me that Christina Brashear was starting her own company and needed an editor and that they’d recommended me to her. Crissy gave me a test of sorts and hired me immediately. And then asked if I had a clone. Actually, she still asks if that’s possible 
I was one of the first employees of Samhain, the first editor in the door and I’ve been privileged to work with Crissy in the past year and a half in building Samhain to where it is today—RWA recognized, doing deals with NY publishers, with NY authors knocking on our door and producing what readers tell us are high quality, fun books.
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Posted by Mandy Roth on Jun 6, 2007 in
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Marketing with Mandy Marketing with Mandy ~ Author Kally Jo Surbeck
Q: Tell us a little about your experience with Samhain.
A: Oh, wow. My experience with Samhain has been prompt, professional, and wonderfully surprising. I have unfortunately worked with some houses that were less than truthful in how they dealt with their stable of authors. I have not found that to be how Samhain works. The editors, the author liaison, even the owner are all incredibly easy to reach out to, tell them what you need or ask your question, and they’ll get back immediately. I’ve also been blown away by their business plan and how they are taking steps to insure the success of Samhain.
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Posted by Mandy M. Roth on Jun 5, 2007 in
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Marketing with Mandy Marketing with Mandy ~ Author Gia Dawn
Q: Tell us a little about your experience with Samhain.
A: My experience with Samhain has been Amazing. Angela is my editor–hi, Angie. Has she asked for revisions? Yep, several times. But it’s my job as an author to understand and be willing to do what is best for the manuscript. Her prompts and suggestions are always that-suggestions. Never once have I been told I have to do it this way or that way, or else. It’s a give and take, as a good author/editor relationship should be. That is the motto of Samhain publishing. It is all about the story.
Have I blown her cover as the evil editor? You’ll have to ask her other authors about that. LOLOL
Samhain’s artwork department totally rocks, I have gotten more compliments on my covers than I can count.
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Posted by Mandy Roth on Jun 4, 2007 in
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Marketing with Mandy This week Marketing with Mandy is spotlighting Samhain Publishing. Authors and editors will be joining us throughout the week. To start, Michelle M. Pillow and myself will kick it off.
How the heck do you pronounce Samhain? Funny “you” should ask. They have the answer all ready for us on their website.
Samhain — the Celtic New Year — signifies a new beginning, a rebirth. Now it also marks the launch of a new venture in the publishing world.
Pronounced sah-vin by the Scots, sow-in (sow like cow) by the Irish and sam-hine in English, Samhain is the Irish word for November and in November 2005 saw the opening of Samhain Publishing, Ltd. Founded with a goal of bringing to compulsive readers books that allow them to discover new worlds and be taken on adventures through the creative minds of today’s brightest authors.
Samhain has had a lot of great things happen and it’s only been open a little over a year. They’ve managed to obtain RWA recognition (not an easy task). They have many authors who write for NY also writing for them. The list goes on and I’m sure the web will be buzzing about just how much they have done VERY soon (UPDATE–Dear Author has a great post about it). I’d like to say that Samhain seems to be everywhere at conferences and I mean that in a good way. Where this time last year they were still relatively unheard of, they’ve been the “talk” of the circles I crossed paths with lately. Crissy puts herself and the company out there, attending RT, BEA, RWA and many others. From a marketing standpoint this is a great!
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Posted by Mandy M. Roth on Jun 1, 2007 in
Contests Authors you’re invited to post your excerpts on the RAVEN READER FORUM
http://ravenhappyhour.com/ravenforum/index.php?board=29.0
Please offer a prize/contest for a prize at same time.
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READERS— be sure to stop by to see who is posting and what contests they’re having. You do not need to join the reader forum to view excerpts.
Reminder 18 yrs and older only… thanks
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