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    • Academy Chicago Publishers
      An imprint of the Chicago Review Press. Features a number of interesting authors, most long out of print, plus some other odds and ends, including some horror stories by Conan Doyle.
    • Crippen & Landru
      Crippen & Landru publish mystery short story collections. Of particular interest is what they call "Lost Classics," a series of anthologies of mostly uncollected stories by authors who might be enjoyed by a new generation of readers.
    • Dean Street Press
      This small British publisher has a great many classic crime books in its much broader catalog. They are bringing back many Golden Age classics by authors who deserve another chance at a new audience.
    • Felony & Mayhem
      This publisher specializes in classic mysteries, broadly defined, including newer mysteries that adhere to classic standards. They have just overhauled their website to make it much more informative and user-friendly.
    • Locked Room International
      A small press, specializing in very good English-language translations of (so far) mostly-French authors of locked room and impossible crime stories. They publish in Print-On-Demand and electronic editions.
    • Merion Press
      The Merion Press is an independent publisher of out-of-print works that were originally published over 75 years ago, but are enduring even today.
    • MysteriousPress.com
      The brainchild of editor/anthologist/author/bookstore-owner Otto Penzler, the Mysterious Press has recently returned to life and now works with Open Road Media as an electronic book publisher. It is already republishing the work of a lot of classic authors, with more books on the way.
    • Oconee Spirit Press
      A small, independent publisher committed to publishing "lively fiction, and provocative non-fiction." Most of their list covers early works by established authors writing traditional mysteries, such as Carolyn Hart and Margaret Maron.
    • Oleander Press
      This small eclectic British publisher has begun publishing a series of classic British mystery novels, primarily from the Golden Age. The series is grouped into a section of their catalogue named "London Bound," as the books are set in London.
    • Ostara Publishing
      "Ostara Publishing re-issues titles that have unjustifiably become unavailable either through the ravages of time or the forces of publishing economics. We specialise in Crime and Thriller fiction titles and our range goes from the1920s through to the 21st century. We publish thematically and currently have six series available. All our titles are published in a 'trade paperback' format and printed to order."
    • Poisoned Pen Press
      Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, the Poisoned Pen Press publishes a fairly wide variety of mysteries. Some are reprints; many are new, by newer authors. Their website has a great deal of information about their books and authors.

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    October 05, 2013

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    My apologies to my visitors, but I am being forced to change the way this blog accepts comments - at least for the time being. The problem is spammers, who have been leaving an unacceptable number of spam comments, which clutter up both the blog and my email.

    As a result, it will be necessary for you to sign in when you leave a post. You can sign in using any of a large number of possible logins to almost any service - other blogging services, Google+, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter, AOL...it's a long list and you're almost certainly on at least one of them already.

    My apologies. I really do want to hear what you have to say and to share it with my other visitors. As for the spammers, I'm a firm believer in acquainting them with tar, feathers and a rail. Some assembly required.

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    Testing your new sign-in service. Something may be wrong... it asked me to sign in using one of the services, I selected Yahoo and agreed to the terms of service. BUT now it tells me I signed in as "D"??? This is not my Yahoo ID, and it never asked me for my Yahoo identity. Yahoo itself warned me that this service isn't a "protected one" and I should be sure they'd not get any personal info. So... can you ask your service why if I selected Yahoo ID on your menu that I am now signed in as "D"??? That's not me, I don't think, unless you're giving your own identities to cover our Yahoo identity. Nancy in Texas

    Posted by: D | October 06, 2013 at 03:53 PM

    Les Blatt

    It is a good question, Nancy. I will pass it on to Typepad to try to get an answer. Thanks for pointing it out.

    Posted by: Les Blatt | October 06, 2013 at 03:55 PM

    Les Blatt

    Nancy, here's what Typepad had to say. (If you want to follow up, let me know - they also suggested you could open a ticket directly with them, and I'll be glad to forward the information to you):

    If the sign-in page didn't prompt your reader
    for their Yahoo ID, then it is likely that the system latched on to
    whatever Yahoo ID the browser was already signed into. This can happen
    sometimes if a guest or another family member uses their computer and
    forgets to log out of Yahoo. I would suggest that the reader go to
    Yahoo.com, sign out, then sign back in again with their correct ID.
    They can also check on their profile settings with Yahoo while they are
    there, to make sure that Yahoo has their profile information listed as
    expected.

    Posted by: Les Blatt | October 06, 2013 at 04:32 PM

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