Thought I read somewhere that Haynes had pulled the plug on LP's book but it's still available for pre-order on Amazon with issue date of 6th Feb. Have I got it wrong?
Haynes went bankrupt so it was assumed lauries book would not be printed, but someone said another publisher has taken it on
That's what I thought but I can't find anything on the web about Haynes going bust. Their website still seems to be trading. In fact according to Company Check it is a healthy company!
I'm not sure Haynes went bust, but they were bought out I think and LP's book didn't fit their vision... But I do know they happilly gave their rights to him and all the work they'd done editing etc and last we spoke he was going to see a publisher. It will come out even if he has to publish it himself which I've suggested to him a few times, but he's not keen.
I'd heard that Haynes were going to change tack to do more stuff for the professional market, as there wasn't really any money in the DIY manual market any more. Not sure where this leaves LP's book. Sure someone else will take it on.
Makes a bit more sense Zed. You would have thought Amazon would have taken it off sale to save themselves some grief in doing refunds
Haynes are still going strong. They sold their printing business and moved more to online media and a state of the art digital print press in the US, which meant they could print to demand so they could launch old or new titles at very low cost, and therefore much greater profit
Sadly they likely looked at the market size versus pre-release sales/orders and pulled out as a result. If they're not pulling £250k profit out of a publication in a few months trading they won't get out of bed for it. Hopefully someone will take it on
I have a friend who might be able to help on the self publishing route. I do some work for a literary agency, but unfortunately this isn't there thing Fixed that!!
Haynes's are based locally to me, I haven't heard that they've bust.. They are still building their Motor Museum extension, Which I'd have thought would be a luxury side of their business
