Dear Family, Friends, and Fans
A quick note from our publisher
The last couple of days has seen an outpouring of support for Cedar and this little press that is extremely humbling.
Thank you.
People have been calling for an official statement from Raconteur Press—well, I think Cedar said it best:
“The cover is, ultimately, all about selling books, not an award.”
We’d like to thank everyone who bought a copy of Goblin Market. Those sales, ladies and gentlemen, mean that Cedar’s design won.
And that’s what counts.
As far as Dragon Con goes: their stubborn insistence on remaining silent and giving the appearance of burying their heads in the sand is—in my humble opinion—the worst possible means of dealing with this cock-up, but that’s their monkeys and their circus, not mine.
Moving on, it’s back to winning the only award that actually counts: the Benjy.* We’ve got seven-ish anthologies to finish for this year; 25 anthologies to get out in 2025, plus novels and children’s books. That’s enough work for a press three times our size…so back to work!
Again: thank you. The tsunami of comfort and encouragement for Cedar was awe-inspiring, and we are all so very grateful for it.
We hope to continue to be worthy of that support.
Ian McMurtrie (LawDog)
*Money. Greenbacks. I have starving staff I need to pay.
Guys, a little press located in North Texas has moved mountains this year, and will do it again in 2025. Let’s just say Racatour Press is the little fox that roared!!
I don't know squat about what happened with DragonCon and the artist, but I used the link to buy buy goblin market and I'm liking the book quite a lot. A lot of what you were doing now makes me think of what Baen did 20 years ago. Keep it up and writing might actually be something people can make a living at again!