February 17, 2008
Remembrance

Dorothy Crill, wife of Doug Crill editor of Open Book Press, lost her battle with bone cancer and has passed away. Doug, who took care of Dorothy over the past year, wants to thank all of you who have sent your kind words to him and his family through this very trying time. Due to the current circumstances a part of the Open Book Press operations will have to be temporarily suspended.

Dorothy was a wonderful wife and mother to her two grown daughters and will be missed by all who knew her. From my experience with Dorothy, she was a great soul whose love and compassion knew no bounds. She was the inspiration for Doug, his touch stone and refuge. It's with a grateful heart that I came in contact with her through Doug.

It's with assurance that we will some day all meet again. What a wonderful day that will be.

Thank you,

Daniel Frey/art director OBP

June 24, 2007
Underlords Author Recognized

The second annual Platinum Studios Comic Book Challenge has selected its top fifty entries and Underlords creator Greg B. Robinson has been included in the field. Greg’s book Prodigal a story of a young boy struggling to reconnect with his birth family while dealing with rapidly developing super powers was selected from the entry field. Greg will receive a travel stipend to fly to San Diego and present his project to a panel of judges on July 26th. The top ten semi-finalist presentations will be announced later that night at a party hosted for the contestants. The semi-finalists’ video pitches will be placed online July 28th for comic fans to vote for their favorite. The top three vote getters will be announced on August 12th. Voting will recommence on the narrowed down field and the overall winner will be announced on August 27th. This year the contest is sponsored by AT&T who will be hosting the contest on the AT&T Blue Room www.attblueroom.com as well as on their cell phone deck and multiple other places, giving the entries much more exposure than last year.

June 13, 2007
2008 Forecast

New for 2008 we will launch our children's book line under two imprints. OBP Okami for middle grade novels and OBP Hoshi for picture books. Our goal is to create books for the reluctant reader.

OBP will also publish the remaining two books of the award winning series Cry Wolf. Book three is entitled, Cry Wolf Hells Gut and book four is Cry Wolf Natural Order.

We will also publish a new trade paperback that we are very excited about. Look for more details to come as 2008 draws near with the best in literature for the reluctant reader.

April 10, 2007
Release Date Announcement

Open Book Press is proud to announce the release of it's inaugural catalog of books available at your local book stores August of 2007. The titles include Compression by Tim Cundle, Cry Wolf by Doug Crill, The Jewel of Scotland by Lynda Jazen, Underlords by Greg Robinson and The Dancing Bear by award winning poet Laura M. McCullough. Advance orders can be placed now. We are very excited about our current releases and are looking forward to serving our readership, the reluctant reader.

October 23, 2006
OBP Announces New Submission Guidelines

Open Book Press after its recent trade name acquisition by Dark Dance Productions, LLC, announces new submission guidelines for it's graphic novel, comic book and children's books. The new guidelines are needed so that Open Book Press can compete in this tight and ravenous market, says Daniel Frey art director at OBP. Competition means we produce a product that meets and exceeds our competitors by focusing on story first and professional illustration second. Our submissions guidelines are tough and rigorous but we sincerely believe that we should and must produce the best mass market story we can.

For those up to the challenge jump over to Open Book Press.com.

October 22, 2006
Dark Dance Productions Acquires Trade Name of Open Book Press

Dark Dance Productions, LLC is in negotiation with it's publisher Open Book Press of Canada to acquire it's trade name. Doug Crill and Daniel Frey will become the business managers of OBP while the acquisitions takes place, while Mike Gagnon will supervise and direct creative submissions from the Canadian office. This represents a bold move forward for Dark Dance Productions, says Daniel Frey visual coordinator. The coming year will represent many challenges. However, we sincerely believe that we can move both companies forward into the current tight market of graphic novel and comic book publishing by focusing on a select high quality, broad market appeal story and art. Dark Dance was formed to first publish extraordinary stories and then pitch them to the feature film industry. To that end, Dark Dance Productions will bring excellent new story lines in a ready format to film production companies both independent and established.

Dark Dance Productions dedication to the finest in graphic novels will also shortly announce a new imprint focusing on the children's book market. All guidelines for submissions will be posted in the coming months.

This will be a new company from the ground up, says Doug Crill future managing editor of the New OBP. New contracts, a new management team and a totally new direction on all fronts will take place. We look forward to the challenges and the future of the New Open Book Press.