Resplendence Publishing

They published two of the best-selling authors of 2009 on this Romance eBook website. To be fair, they don't carry certain lines, like Ellora's Cave :

http://www.allromanceebooks.com/best_of_awards.html

ARe certainly do carry Ellora's Cave books.

One thing about Resplendence concerns me. Their submission guidelines say you need to register copyright with the U.S. patent office.

Uh...what? Why on Earth would one need to do that?

And does it stop non-U.S. citizens submitting?

I think Ellora's Cave did sell solely through their website for some time, and the move to start using other etailers is relatively recent (last few years?).

There's nothing to stop non US residents registering US copyright, as far as I know. There's an option on the website to select another country while registering online, so I can't see why it would let you get that far and stop you further down the line. There are advantages to registering US copyright, though probably not in a situation like this (there was a non-US author a while back who was plagiarised, but could only claim against the US defendant from the point where the book was registered in the US. Wish I could remember names! It was quite a big case, a romance author)

Of course, with Resplendence, they should be registering copyright, like most reputable publishers do.

Anyone can register a US copyright, but I don't think any authors should be forced to--and for a non US citizen it would be a ridiculous waste of money as they would almost certainly be unable to bring the kind of court case where US copyright is advantageous. I take this kind of requirement as a hint that a publisher is US-centric and feel they can tell authors what to do with their own money (e.g. the press is effectively charging the author a fee by requiring a payment that is otherwise optional and refusing to cover it themselves)

scarletpeaches said:

ARe certainly do carry Ellora's Cave books.

One thing about Resplendence concerns me. Their submission guidelines say you need to register copyright with the U.S. patent office.

Uh...what? Why on Earth would one need to do that?

And does it stop non-U.S. citizens submitting?

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Erm...a little off the mark there, I'd say...

Bumping the thread. Michelle Paulin is a judge for a contest I'm considering entering. I was wondering if anyone has worked with her or Resplendence recently?

Has anyone heard anything else about this publisher? Or been published by them?

I submitted to them and they asked to see the full. Ill update when I hear from them.

HLWampler said:

Has anyone heard anything else about this publisher? Or been published by them?

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I've been considering submitting to them for one of their open theme calls. Right now I have so many stories I'm already working on I've had to put the one for them on the sideboard--it's not even on a burner right now, LOL--while I clear some other projects out of the way.

Got a rejection today. They loved my concept but failed to connect with my heroine. Oh well...

Their loss. Move on to the next one on your list.

James D. Macdonald said:

Their loss. Move on to the next one on your list.

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Already on it

HLWampler said:

Has anyone heard anything else about this publisher? Or been published by them?

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Resplendence is one of my publishers and I've had a wonderful experience working with them. They've published two books (August 2012 and January 2013) for me so far and my sales have been great. No complaints here!

scarletpeaches said:

. . .One thing about Resplendence concerns me. Their submission guidelines say you need to register copyright with the U.S. patent office. . . .

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WTF? You don't register copyright with the Patent Office, fer Pete's sake. Do they REALLY say that?

--Ken

Has anyone had any recent experience with this publisher? I'm thinking of submitting to them.

Their website is still up, but their latest releases include titles (most recently) from August 2017 and a few from 2016. Has anyone had recent contact with them?