Virtual Tales Scores Well in 2007 Preditors and Editors Reader's Poll

The results of the 2007 Preditors & Editors Reader's Poll are trickling in, and we are delighted to announce that Virtual Tales has placed third and fifth in the Best Book Store and Best Book Publisher categories for the 2007 Preditors & Editors Reader's Poll.

As many of you are aware, this poll is hosted annually by Anotherealm, a magazine for speculative fiction. It also runs the Preditors & Editors (P&E) website, which is best-known for its listing of known publishing scams. The annual P&E Reader's Poll is meant to be an acknowledgement of superior effort or achievement on the part of others within the publishing industry and is open for public voting between January 1-14th of each calendar year. Visitors can nominate writers, publishers, artists and works in a variety of categories.

"The category of Best Book Store is new for the 2007 Poll, and Virtual Tales ranked third on this list," said Dave A. Law, Chairman of Virtual Tales. "We also moved up in the Best Book Publisher category, from 11th place in the 2006 Poll to fifth place on the 2007 poll. When you consider that Virtual Tales opened its doors less than two years ago, It is gratifying to receive such positive recognition from authors, editors and other members of the publishing community—including readers and fans of our titles. We would like to thank everyone who voted for us."

About Preditors & Editors
Preditors & Editors (P&E's) sole purpose is to provide writers with information and contacts for the purpose of seeking publication of their work. Headquartered in Petersburg, Virginia, USA since July 1997, this resource is intended as a simple compendium for the serious writer, composer, game designer, or artist to consult for information, regardless of genre. It is best known for its listings about known scams or problems within the industry. P&E's ratings range from Highly Recommended to Strongly Not Recommended. It also hosts an annual Reader's Poll as an acknowledgement of superior effort or achievement in the publications industry.

New Website & eSerial Delivery Interruptions

What a way to start the year, with momentous good news and bad news, all at the same time!

The good news is that we were successful in launching our new, Joomla-powered website over the Christmas holidays. The new interfaces promises to provide eagerly awaited content management features such as the ability for customers and fans to post reviews, automated delivery of eBooks, enhanced shopping cart functionality and our long-awaited onsite Forum boards. Most of the feedback has been very positive, and we think it loads faster and looks great!

Of course, the dark side to all of this technological innovation has been that while we've been able to fully automate our eBook delivery, we've temporarily lost the ability to send out eSerial issues—including requests for sample subscriptions. We've heard from many of you about this, and rest assured that restoring this service is our number one priority at the moment.

We expect to have it restored sometime this week, and we will restart all effected subscriptions and free trial requests right where they left off.

We appreciate your patience and support, and we hope that once everything is fully operational that you'll agree it was worth the inconvenience!