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I found out recently that the owner and operator of Lot's Cave Publishing has passed away.
While information is tough to get, it appears from the evidence of everything that is and is not happening that Lot's Cave was largely or entirely a one-man operation and that he passed away without anything established for the continuation of Lot's Cave after his passing.
This means some problems with Royalties for any authors who published through Lot's Cave, as well as not being able to track sales.
Lot's Cave acted as a hub and representative for many authors. With the passing of the owner, that has seen the website become entirely nonfunctional and it completely disconnects the Royalty Settlement Chain.as far as I've been able to determine.
I again stress that getting information is challenging.
There is one woman I engaged with via email who seems to be the one this mess got dropped onto.
She's trying to execute a controlled shut-down, but has no signing authority over anything, she's just trying to put the website to rest and such.
In the end, there's many questions and some answers with a few hard facts sprinkled over it all.
But it's clear to see that this is a major problem for all authors who published through Lot's Cave.
I will be pursuing the only course I can; Re-releasing everything I published through Lot's Cave on my own via my Deviantart account.
**https://www.deviantart.com/rlblackburne** It's the only real option I have and allows me direct-control over things which is to my liking.
Also, it lets me fix some issues with the cover art on some previously-released works that really bothered me.
For entertainment value, below are the covers 'as-they-are' and the work-in-progress prototype for one of the covers I am putting together for the re-releases.
Thank-you for reading and please visit my Deviantart Galleries where you can find beautiful and terrifying cityscapes in the realms of fantasy as well as some teasers for The Lovecraft Investigations Agency.
These two pieces of cover-art below are my former Publishers work.
It's pretty easy to see why I dislike these cover-art pieces as they both look cringingly amateurish.
They also make the books seem as if they are aimed at young teens and pre-teens.
Which Is NOT The Intended Audience At All !!!
Also, 'TYPHONR' is a Mis-Spelling of what the title is supposed to be.
Basically, these covers felt like a direct insult aimed at me and my work.
Still, Lot's Cave will be missed, I had an overall good relationship with the owner.
This image below with the Photorealistic cover-art of the black-haired woman with sunglasses is the w.i.p. 'prototype' of the cover for 'CYBERNOIRE'.
I am of the opinion my work speaks for itself.
Gritty, Urban, Aimed at a Mature Adult Audeience.
It took quite some time getting the image of the primary character
'just right'.
I am working on building a better 'chrome-reflective' looking font, once that's done, I'll complete the cover.
~RL Blackburne
#Typhonr #Cybernoire #Photorealistic #Gritty #MatureAdult #cyberpunk #money #publishing #royalties #deviantart #art #aiart #ai_art #aigeneratedart #lovecraft
While information is tough to get, it appears from the evidence of everything that is and is not happening that Lot's Cave was largely or entirely a one-man operation and that he passed away without anything established for the continuation of Lot's Cave after his passing.
This means some problems with Royalties for any authors who published through Lot's Cave, as well as not being able to track sales.
Lot's Cave acted as a hub and representative for many authors. With the passing of the owner, that has seen the website become entirely nonfunctional and it completely disconnects the Royalty Settlement Chain.as far as I've been able to determine.
I again stress that getting information is challenging.
There is one woman I engaged with via email who seems to be the one this mess got dropped onto.
She's trying to execute a controlled shut-down, but has no signing authority over anything, she's just trying to put the website to rest and such.
In the end, there's many questions and some answers with a few hard facts sprinkled over it all.
But it's clear to see that this is a major problem for all authors who published through Lot's Cave.
I will be pursuing the only course I can; Re-releasing everything I published through Lot's Cave on my own via my Deviantart account.
**https://www.deviantart.com/rlblackburne** It's the only real option I have and allows me direct-control over things which is to my liking.
Also, it lets me fix some issues with the cover art on some previously-released works that really bothered me.
For entertainment value, below are the covers 'as-they-are' and the work-in-progress prototype for one of the covers I am putting together for the re-releases.
Thank-you for reading and please visit my Deviantart Galleries where you can find beautiful and terrifying cityscapes in the realms of fantasy as well as some teasers for The Lovecraft Investigations Agency.
These two pieces of cover-art below are my former Publishers work.
It's pretty easy to see why I dislike these cover-art pieces as they both look cringingly amateurish.
They also make the books seem as if they are aimed at young teens and pre-teens.
Which Is NOT The Intended Audience At All !!!
Also, 'TYPHONR' is a Mis-Spelling of what the title is supposed to be.
Basically, these covers felt like a direct insult aimed at me and my work.
Still, Lot's Cave will be missed, I had an overall good relationship with the owner.
This image below with the Photorealistic cover-art of the black-haired woman with sunglasses is the w.i.p. 'prototype' of the cover for 'CYBERNOIRE'.
I am of the opinion my work speaks for itself.
Gritty, Urban, Aimed at a Mature Adult Audeience.
It took quite some time getting the image of the primary character
'just right'.
I am working on building a better 'chrome-reflective' looking font, once that's done, I'll complete the cover.
~RL Blackburne
#Typhonr #Cybernoire #Photorealistic #Gritty #MatureAdult #cyberpunk #money #publishing #royalties #deviantart #art #aiart #ai_art #aigeneratedart #lovecraft
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Lot's Cave was where I got my initial start, and while it was a one-man operation, Phaedrus managed things very well until his health began failing which of course began to affect his ability to operate. He wasn't a friend, but we did exchange emails, and I learned a lot from his, and always valued his advice.
However, Lot's Cave is gone now. With Phaedrus's death, there's some unresolvable problems such as the shattering of the Royalty-Settlement chain. As best I have been able to determine, there's just no way things can be repaired and re-established as account access died with Phaedrus.
So...for me and other authors who published through Lot's Cave, now it's time to rebuild.
For me it's also been a time of re-evaluation and one I am not rushing through as it's a chance to apply lessons learned through past mistakes. Deviantart is where I will re-release and launch new works from. They're big, extremely functional, offer a lot of function and features, as well as being easy to work with.
I will miss Lot's Cave, and I will especially miss Phaedrus. However, life must go on and I know he would heartily approve as he was not the kind to give up when facing hurdles, obstacles and such as evidenced by building a quite successful one-man Publishing business. So, onward and busy-busy-busy.
Thank-you for reading.
~RL Blackburne
#Rebuild #Reevaluation #Deviantart #LessonsLearned #Publishing #cat #cats #animals #funny
However, Lot's Cave is gone now. With Phaedrus's death, there's some unresolvable problems such as the shattering of the Royalty-Settlement chain. As best I have been able to determine, there's just no way things can be repaired and re-established as account access died with Phaedrus.
So...for me and other authors who published through Lot's Cave, now it's time to rebuild.
For me it's also been a time of re-evaluation and one I am not rushing through as it's a chance to apply lessons learned through past mistakes. Deviantart is where I will re-release and launch new works from. They're big, extremely functional, offer a lot of function and features, as well as being easy to work with.
I will miss Lot's Cave, and I will especially miss Phaedrus. However, life must go on and I know he would heartily approve as he was not the kind to give up when facing hurdles, obstacles and such as evidenced by building a quite successful one-man Publishing business. So, onward and busy-busy-busy.
Thank-you for reading.
~RL Blackburne
#Rebuild #Reevaluation #Deviantart #LessonsLearned #Publishing #cat #cats #animals #funny
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welllllll, I found out what's happened to Lot's Cave Publishing...
The owner passed away a couple years back and from what I understand it was pretty much a one man operation. This has me concerned about what happens regarding the Royalties of books I published through them.
Trying to get any answers is challengingly daunting at best, so I'm simply going to assume the worst-case scenario and re-release my books on my own. Which does let me fix the covers, which have some errors that have bothered me for a while as I shopped out the cover-design due to having no ability to handle such myself at the time.
Wishing you all a great weekend and hoping you all had a great or at leat passably-decent Valentine's day!!
#books #publishing #fiction #royalties
The owner passed away a couple years back and from what I understand it was pretty much a one man operation. This has me concerned about what happens regarding the Royalties of books I published through them.
Trying to get any answers is challengingly daunting at best, so I'm simply going to assume the worst-case scenario and re-release my books on my own. Which does let me fix the covers, which have some errors that have bothered me for a while as I shopped out the cover-design due to having no ability to handle such myself at the time.
Wishing you all a great weekend and hoping you all had a great or at leat passably-decent Valentine's day!!
#books #publishing #fiction #royalties
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