Belladonna Publishing

We Want the Other Books - Small independent publisher of dark and delicious fiction and graphic novels. http://belladonnapublishing.com/

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[nevver]

Swan Bones, Kelly Louise Judd

[spitkitten]

I said this today: I haven’t mentioned this much, but The Birthday Problem & Three Songs for Roxy are awards eligible. The rest are at http://t.co/mDgVoIFXPX.

via Facebook (via spitkitten)

[thefallingdream]

ok this should be my last VATMOSS post.

There’s some really good news for creators working on a commission basis: what you do counts as a service, not a product, and therefore is exempt for now. You should still read up on this issue and contact your MPs and MEPs before it goes any further, because there’s every chance that within the next 24 months you will be affected. Take action now.

There’s also good news for crafters and anyone selling physical products: physical products are exempt for now. Physical products will be included in 2016. Take action now.

There’s even some good-ish news for indie creators whose stuff (games, apps, ebooks, wallpapers, music, etc) does count as a digital product; most popular distributors are already prepared to comply with the new EU VAT regulations, and under the same regulations they, not you, are responsible for compliance. In brief, if a platform already calculates and applies VAT for sales to EU customers without you doing anything, it will be their responsibility to comply with the new regulations, not yours. So unless you’re self-distributing (as I have been), there’s a very good chance the only thing you’re going to have to do is decide whether to eat it (pay it out of your profits) or pass it on to the customer (raise prices).

I just want to reiterate that this all applies to people outside the EU selling digital products to customers within the EU, as well as people selling from within the EU. There is no minimum threshold.

So here’s a roundup of popular platforms and what I’ve been able to find out about their compliance with the new regs, and where you stand. Putting it behind a cut as information is subject to change and I want to be able to keep it updated.

Updated 08/01/14

Updated 15/01/15

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[tantrabensko]

My Science Fiction novel, Unside will be put out by Driven Press in 2015. A comfy sort of man named Charlie owns a store selling skeleton related artistic merchandise. His slender Japanese American friend, Dirk, comes in to visit and Charlie shows him a secret in a coffin in the store. What is it?...

[rachelfershleiser]

You think you are alone until you find books about girls like you.

Roxane Gay on The Rumpus.net (via rachelfershleiser)

[janstinchcomb-deactivated201803]

For your weekend reading, enjoy a free copy of my story, “The Fox Girl Revival.” It is featured with a lot of other great stuff in the spring issue of A cappella Zoo.

[like-a-notebook]

“Those are the voices of my brothers, darling; I love the company of wolves.”

Angela Carter, The company of Wolves (via katerayearth)

[thegrimmexperience]

May your Halloween be Gorey and Grimm.

[belladonnapublishing]

We are celebrating All Hallow’s Read with a Goodreads Giveaway! 10 free copies of Black Apples: 18 new fairytales!  https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/110925-black-apples

[belladonnapublishing]

We proudly present the Table of Contents for Strange Little Girls:

Annabelle’s Sleepover – Jan Stinchcomb

Beehive Heart – Angela Rega

Black Flower Butterfly – Rich Hawkins

Bones in Boxes – Frances Pauli

Cedar Lake – Ekaterina Sedia

D’arcy Gray and the Midnight Mailman – Ian MacAllister-McDonald

Deep Down – Tim Jeffreys

Fairy Tale Ending – Terra LeMay

From Strangers – Ephiny Gale

House of Infinite Diversions – Aliya Whiteley

Marco Polo – Calypso Kane

Pinhole – Tantra Bensko

Pretty Jennie Greenteeth – Leife Shallcross

Sisters in the Art of Dying – Megan Neumann

Teeth Bite Harder In the Dark – Sierra July

The Cottage of Curiosities – Annie Neugebauer

The Empty Birdcage – L. Lark

We Have Always Lived in the Subdivision – Karen Munro

Where Summer Ends – Colette Aburime

  We would like to thank all (650!) who submitted their stories, and look forward to bringing this strange little book to life in 2015.

[belladonnapublishing]

50% off on Black Apples: 18 new fairytales on Smashwords for All Hallow’s Read! Coupon code: SY45C

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/443574

[forgottengenres]

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

Maya Angelou (via thatlitsite)

[writersrelief-deactivated202404]

Create dangerously, for people who read dangerously. … Writing, knowing in part that no matter how trivial your words may seem, someday, somewhere, someone may risk his or her life to read them.

Edwidge Danticat (via writersrelief)

[belladonnapublishing]

50% off on Black Apples: 18 new fairytales on Smashwords for All Hallow's Read! Coupon code: SY45C

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/443574

[belladonnapublishing]

We are celebrating All Hallow's Read with a Goodreads Giveaway! 10 free copies of Black Apples: 18 new fairytales!  https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/110925-black-apples

[belladonnapublishing]

Novel Submissions

Polish your manuscript, kill all your darlings! Belladonna Publishing accepts novel submissions between October 15 and November 15, looking for one or two glittering gems to be published in 2015.

We’re looking for fiction between 60 000 – 120 000 words (adult)/50 000 – 80 000 words (Young Adult).

We will read manuscripts in all speculative genres. We are, however, not likely to accept high fantasy or hardcore science fiction.

We will publish in English and maybe one or more of the Scandinavian languages, the book(s) will be marketed accordingly.

Submission: Only completed manuscripts. Send us the whole file (standard formatting) and a synopsis (.doc, .rtf or .pdf). Please name your files author’s last name and story title. Example: meyer twilight.doc/.rtf/.pdf and meyer twilight synopsis.doc/.rtf/.pdf.

Write a few words about yourself in the body of the e-mail if we haven’t worked with you before.

Language: This time we will only read submissions in English.

Publishing details: Print and e-book.

Payment: Offer to be determined based on manuscript length and type of project.

Simultaneous submissions: Yes

Reprint: No

Multiple submissions: No

Send your submission to: [email protected]

Subject line: Submission, novel: name of your story.

Deadline: We will only accept submissions between October 15 and November 15 2014.

http://belladonnapublishing.com/submissions/novels/

We’re looking forward to your submission!