No Love Lost for Romance Publisher

Smart Bitches, Trashy Books is fast becoming my go-to blog for news from the romance segment of the publishing industry. First there was the brouhaha over the RWA awards ceremony, and this morning they report on one small publisher's challenge to RWA's bestowals of legitimacy. The SB,TB reader comments show this issue isn't cut-and-dry, and it raises a lot of interesting questions about the role writer's groups can play in advocating for their members by keeping publishers "honest" (in the broadest sense of the term).