A  MESSAGE  FROM  THE  EDITOR
      
    It has come to my attention that there are a those in the industry who are describing Raular Publishing  as a Vanity Publisher, Subsidy Publisher or a Self-Publisher on some of the writer's blogs. 
 
                                  THIS IS NOT CORRECT!

   What is correct is that Raular Publishing is new.  [We just completed our first year in the business.]  At no time do we ask for or accept money from authors we have chosen to publish for the purpose of publishing their manuscripts.  Although we focus on giving new authors an opportunity to be published, this DOES NOT mean that they will be.  Our acquisitons department reads their work and determines from there whether or not we will invest our time and funds to publish them. 

           I repeat... We invest OUR funds, not the author's.


What we do ask from our authors whose work is accepted, is:
 
-That the material be edited to the point where we only 
 need to do one good sweep for safe measure.  This means
 they must seek professional editing prior to submitting to
 us.

- That they have the ability to read our directions for
  submission and follow them.

- That they actively promote their book once we have
   published it.

           Here's where the confusion may have started!

    Because we are small and just starting out, it is impossible for us to be able to publish all that is submitted to us.  Our budget just won't allow it.  So, in our eagerness to assist all the great talent that came our way, we - at one time- thought we would offer those we rejected for publication an opportunity to self-publish through us and reap the benefits of our staff's expertise.  Our great idea backfired big time when the "negative bloggers" of the internet decided to focus on that part of our business ONLY and label us a vanity press, etc.  

    As kids on the block, we learned a hard and fast lesson when we lost excellent author's whose work we genuinely wanted to invest our money into because they believed we were a vanity press no matter how much we protested. The sad thing is that they were so swayed by the "bloggers" that they never even allowed us to send them a contract so that they could see that we were in fact who we stated we were.  ... such a shame.
 
  As a result, we no longer offer this option, but will be happy to refer you to some companies who we feel do quality graphics, editing and publishing.

   There are many blogs out there that are extremely helpful to the new and seasoned author.  But, unfortunately, there are also quite a few out there that are fulled with negative and ofttimes false "junk" that frightens and confuses the new writer.  My suggestion is that you, if you are a new writer, do yourself a favor and log off the blogs that spend page upon page bad mouthing companies, writers, etc. as quickly as possible.  If these unhappy bloggers were successful in the industry and really knew their stuff, it seems to me that they'd be spending their time creating and building up their own work instead of blogging and tearing down others.  But then, that's just my suggestion and opinion.  (And I'm sure you'll find some negative blogs about this message as well.  That's just the way the world is. It's your choice to read it or log off.) 

   As for the blog stating that Raular Publishing does not have  titles on the shelves in stores, this is not correct.  We have titles that have made the cut and been granted shelf space at bookstore giants such as Barnes and Nobles.   What is correct is that we do not have ALL of our titles on the shelves of the brick and mortar stores.  This can not be helped.  Although we try to get them there and have a returnability program to back them, ultimately it is the decision of the buyer of the store to decide if they feel the title is worthy of their shelf space.  Remember that we publish unknown authors who we feel have talent.  But they still must prove themselves to the industry.  We remain optomistic and believe that just because they are rejected for shelf space initially, they may be granted it at a later date if their sales prove worthy. (This is why promotional participation from the author is so important!) 

     We apologize for any confusion our desire to help others created where our business model is concerned.  To date, we have received NO inquiries concerning our model from any of the bloggers who have been free with their negative and sometimes false information about us.  But, if you are a new author with questions that resulted from reading some of that free and easy blogging, we would be happy to discuss it or answer questions that you may have.  Simply email us at editor@raularpublishing.com with your question or concern.

    
                                     HAPPY WRITING!

PS.. We are once again accepting submissions for publishing consideration. Please feel free to submit your work (see submission guidelines)




                                       BOOK SIGNING!
Meet R. A. Lura at Borders in Scottsdale, AZ for a signing and reading from her new release "The Hunt" in November 2009.   Details coming soon!





Signed books can be found at the following locations:

Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Gateway Mall, Prescott  AZ

Barnes and Noble Booksellers, Ahwatukee Foothills Towne Center, Phoenix, AZ 

We are adding book stores on a regular basis.  Please check back with us.
 

There are no appearances scheduled at this time.  Please check back later