Sylvia Day

 No date has been set for CAPTIVATED BY YOU. Some of the international publishers have the book in their systems with dates pulled out of a hat because of the way their booksellers work. In order to have the book in their systems at all, it needs to have a date, so they make one up just to put it in the bookseller system. However, ALL publishers are contractually barred from releasing the book before the US does and the US has not set a date for release. Therefore, any dates you see floating around are meaningless. Until Berkley announces a release date and makes the book available for ordering on us.penguingroup.com, there is no release date. Â

  I write for multiple publishers, over a dozen in the United States alone.

I've said many times that the date is set by the publisher. It's never been a case of me changing my mind. It has always been that the publisher must set a date for the release. Until they do so, I have nothing to share and can only guess and be hopeful.

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 I'd love to post one, but I'm sensitive to Harlequin, who wants me to focus on AFTERSHOCK, since it's releasing next week and CBY doesn't have a release date yet. I understand and respect that, so I'm going to give AFTERSHOCK my attention for the next couple weeks, then I can start sharing more from CBY! Â

  We're shooting for next week, on Thursday. I'm waiting to finalize that today, then I'll post the link and info, etc.

  I'm not sure where you read this, but I'm guessing you confused "next up" or something similar to "next out," which is totally understandable. The order of things on my plate is not necessarily the order in which you receive books. Since I work with so many publishers, each of which has their own in-house production schedule, some projects are finished first for me, but come out later for you.   There's no way CBY will be sprung on readers with only a few days notice. A few weeks notice, yes, but not days. I promise to tell everyone as soon as a firm date is set. I haven't announced a date because there isn't one yet, although I am hoping that we'll be announcing one very, very soon.

A lot. I'm dying to share.

Just bookmark this link: www.bitly.com/xsnippets

A nd look for a new CBY excerpt coming soon!

Ah, all, don't worry! The publishers want to get these books out ASAP, so they're rolling forward while I'm writing. It's coming soon!

SPELLBOUND isn't attached to any of my other series, no. Also, the three stories in SPELLBOUND were not all previously published. "A Familiar Kind of Magic" was previously published in ALLURING TALES: AWAKEN THE FANTASY and "That Old Black Magic" was previously published in ALLURING TALES: HOT HOLIDAY NIGHTS. "Black Magic Woman" is brand new and has never been published anywhere at any time and is only available as part of SPELLBOUND.   Hope this helps! Sylvia

  Yes, the video will be available on YouTube later today.

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  The May date rumor started because Amazon UK had a preorder up for CBY, that was then copied by some foreign bookseller websites. This error was overseas only and never affected any US booksellers or e-tailers. The UK preorder was an error and was quickly removed (Penguin UK released a statement here: http://po.st/l3RuYS explaining).   AFTERBURN and AFTERSHOCK are published by Harlequin in conjunction with Cosmopolitan magazine. They have a completely separate distribution and order fullfillment process, but they face the same issue all my traditional publishers do--booksellers don't want my ebooks to release before the paperbacks. Therefore, if the publisher has to move the paperback release date for any reason, they have to move the ebook, too. Moving forward, my publishers aren't placing my books up for preorder until the paperback release date is immovable and set in stone, so that there's no chance of the release being moved. This couldn't be worked out with Harlequin.   I've said this before, but I'll say it again... It's impossible to compare the releases of my books to other authors, unless you're looking at authors like Dan Brown and George R. R. Martin--authors who don't have preorders for their next books available until a few weeks before the book comes out. It's a major endeavor for a publisher and retailers to get over a million books out on shelves on a single day. No one wants what happened with REFLECTED IN YOU (which sold out before noon on the day of release) to happen again. If you think it's frustrating waiting for a release date, imagine how frustrating it is when the release date comes and every store you visit is sold out of the book and you have to wait another week for them to restock. Those who read ebooks don't have this worry, but I have a lot of paperback readers who buy their books in stores and they want the books on time, too.   I know it seems like nothing is happening, but trust me... things are happening; I'm just not at liberty to discuss a lot of it. All the various pieces are being put into place so that the "reveal" has no missing or moveable parts. (This goes for the TV show, too, which is a completely separate thing from the books--the timeline of one is in no way dependent on the other.) I'm really looking forward to the day when announcements are made!

  I'm getting really frustrated that this May date is being tossed around as fact, when at this point in time the release date for CBY has not be set. It has never been set. There's never even been a tenative date set. And I've been very clear that until a date is officially announced, there is no release date for CBY, so it's extremely unfair to complain above moving dates with CBY when there's never been a date to move.   As for Karin Tabke, who is my best friend, she is digital self-publishing novellas, which is a very different animal than traditional publishing, which has a print and print distribution component.

  Getting there! Some days are better than others, but every week is easier than the week before.

  Ah, but you're assuming that the publisher of Crossfire is the one who is selling all of my other books and is therefore making so much money NOT selling Crossfire that they're not motivated to release CBY... yet. This is totally incorrect.   - The Dream Guardians series and SPELLBOUND are sold by HarperCollins - The Marked series is sold by Macmillan - The historicals are sold by Kensington - AFTERBURN and AFTERSHOCK are sold by Harlequin - The Renegade Angels are sold by New American Library (a division of Penguin Random House) - Crossfire and the Shadow Stalkers are sold by Berkley (another division of Penguin Random House)   Some authors have one publisher. I've had twelve publishers in the United States alone.   Please... I know it's frustrating waiting on a book. Two of my favorite series release ONE book a year and I've been following them for several years now. I know what it's like to want a next installment NOW. But try not to assume the worst possible motives of my publishers and myself. Thank you.

  The release date of AFTERSHOCK has no bearing on the release of CBY. They're with two different publishers.

Just a quick explanantion about the boards...   This thread is for CAPTIVATED BY YOU, so recent posts regarding AFTERSHOCK were moved to the AFTERSHOCK forum and thread. There were also some birthday wishes that were posted that the admin moved to a new birthday wishes thread in the general forum.   It's important that we keep the threads focused on the topics and not run together so that it's easy for members to follow along and to subscribe to those topics that are of interest to them, while avoiding being flooded with notifications for subjects/topics they didn't subscribe to.   When you visit the board, you can click on "View New Content" on the upper right hand corner to see what threads are active and what new topics have recently been added. If it's helpful, I can have my admin write up some quick tips for how to navigate the boards and get the most out of them.   Thank you! Sylvia

Welcome!

So thrilled you love Karin Tabke's work! She's my best friend! :)

I'm very sorry to say that the release date for AFTERSHOCK has been moved out into 2014. At this time, I don't know which month or day. I'll let you know as soon as I hear from the publisher.   SPELLBOUND is locked into a December 3 release date and won't be moving.   I know how frustrating this is, believe me. This is why I've insisted that no release date be announced for CAPTIVATED BY YOU until it's set in stone.

  I know it's frustrating not being able to preorder, but it's impossible to compare the handling of Crossfire to any other romance series. It's a massive undertaking releasing a book with the level of demand Crossfire has, not just for the publisher, printer, distributors, and vendors but also for me. We're all doing the best we can and I can assure you, the publisher is eager to get the book out as soon as possible. Crossfire is presently one of the biggest series in the world. They don't want to sit on it any longer than they absolutely have to.