Baker & Taylor have been contacted.

Fingers crossed. It does seem that Baker & Taylor is the distributor Journey Stone Creations continued to use to sell the 250 books they kept out of the over 4000 they liquidated for less than what I offered to pay them. I know, right?

So I contacted Baker & Taylor this morning to let them know that JSC no longer has the legal rights to provide them with books. Of course I had to leave a message but I've no doubts they'll get back with me soon to fix things.

The downside is that this means libraries will have a much harder time getting Never Ceese because Baker & Taylor is the one distributor they use. Sad. Very sad. But that's not for me to fix. Also Baker & Taylor is one of the TWO distributors Barnes & Noble pull stock from without question. In other words, if you pay Baker & Taylor and qualify as a publisher, you too can have easy access to the larger chain bookstore shelves. That doesn't change the fact that chain bookstores are only for large publishers and you'll never get the money you pay Baker & Taylor back but it will make book signings easier. HA!

But anyhoooo, now to sit back and see how long it takes Baker & Taylor to drop JSC "like they're hot!" Oh how I've been waiting for this day.

On another note, Forever Richard is already showing up as out-of-print!!! Yay! Bookmasters did something right. Sooooooooo, if you want the hardback of Never Ceese you'll have to go to one of those resellers who bought up some of those dirt cheap liquidated copies. And if you want Forever Richard, you'll have to come to me until they're gone ORRRRRRRR wait for the Black Bed Sheet edition which WILL have more added to it oh yes it will!! Ah, 2011 is looking good already. ;D

On another note, I think I know why STL was looking. JSC used them initially as their distributor and Barnes & Noble still has them listed as the distributor or at least they do in one instance. I think the one person at Barnes & Noble who actually knows what's going on (which varies from day to day it seems) is aware that Baker & Taylor is the distributor for the hardback of Never Ceese.