iBooks, R.I.P.

[yendi]

iBooks (the publisher, not the computer line) has declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy. :-( I don't know any of the behind-the-scenes stuff, but as a reader, I'll miss this company.

nihilistic_kid and deep_bluze -- any word on whether the Horror: Best of 2005 made it to distributors, or is it doa?

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[nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com]

It was a Wildside/ibooks co-pub, so will be going ahead as a Wildside title, as ibooks had materially breached the contract before bankruptcy was declared, sending all rights to Wildside.

[lokilokust.livejournal.com]

i'm pretty sure i saw sean mention that it was going to be a prime title, now, on the shocklines board.

My company distributes those books...

[popfiend.livejournal.com]

With Byron Preiss' death, the companies weren't going to survive. They pretty much ran on his will.

The writing was on the wall a few months ago.

[kradical.livejournal.com]

I know pretty much all the behind-the-scenes stuff, and -- well, this wasn't really a surprise. As popfiend said, the company was Byron, and with Byron dead, the company was not long for the world.