I for one support whatever decision you come to and wish I had connections in the industry or real world experience in publishing to help… my best suggestion is to try small publishers - which is where I’m at - it seems a good option, a compromise between self publishing and trying to engage an agent. I may lose my pledged copy, but as long as I can afford to, I don’t mind paying authors directly (as I did Tom Cox) to get a replacement. Best wishes.
I had naively thought that, the fact the pledges were made prior to the book being published, it guaranteed publication. It seemed a great way for niche books to be published because the demand was seen to be there meaning no risk for Unbound... Though that assumed Unbound wouldn't steal that money and spend it on something else rather than pay the authors 😤
I'm very sorry to read this but somehow not surprised given everything I've been hearing. I was one of the people who pledged for your book and I was pleased (both for you and for me) that it seemed it would still be published. I had pledged for another two books with Unbound as well and I've been unable to get anything back via credit card and Paypal because of time limits (pledging so far in advance of publication) and the fact that I didn't have a date for delivery of the item. Anyway, this is nothing compared to what you and the other authors are going through - Unbound and Boundless have behaved appallingly. I really hope you find a new home for your book.
I for one support whatever decision you come to and wish I had connections in the industry or real world experience in publishing to help… my best suggestion is to try small publishers - which is where I’m at - it seems a good option, a compromise between self publishing and trying to engage an agent. I may lose my pledged copy, but as long as I can afford to, I don’t mind paying authors directly (as I did Tom Cox) to get a replacement. Best wishes.
I had naively thought that, the fact the pledges were made prior to the book being published, it guaranteed publication. It seemed a great way for niche books to be published because the demand was seen to be there meaning no risk for Unbound... Though that assumed Unbound wouldn't steal that money and spend it on something else rather than pay the authors 😤
Yes, I think we all believed that too. And also that author royalties wouldn't be used as investment funding...
I'm very sorry to read this but somehow not surprised given everything I've been hearing. I was one of the people who pledged for your book and I was pleased (both for you and for me) that it seemed it would still be published. I had pledged for another two books with Unbound as well and I've been unable to get anything back via credit card and Paypal because of time limits (pledging so far in advance of publication) and the fact that I didn't have a date for delivery of the item. Anyway, this is nothing compared to what you and the other authors are going through - Unbound and Boundless have behaved appallingly. I really hope you find a new home for your book.
Thank you. Here's hoping we end up with something.