Re: Ex Occidente Press
 

This sounds almost to good to be true.
On secod thought the site doesn't have a proper imprint.
WHOIS gives this:



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Domain ID:
Domain Name: exocccidente.com
Created On: 22-Jan-2009 00:00:00
Expiration Date: 22-Jan-2010 00:00:00
Sponsoring Registrar: 'Check Whois' (MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE) (MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE)
Status: client_transfer_prohibited
Name Server: yns1.yahoo.com
Name Server: yns2.yahoo.com
Registrant ID: Unknown
Registrant Name: Dan Ghetu
Registrant Organization: Private Registration US
Registrant Street1: P O Box 99800
Registrant Street2: Unknown
Registrant Street3: Unknown
Registrant City: EmeryVille
Registrant State/Province: CA
Registrant Postal Code: 94662
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.5105952002
Registrant Fax: Unknown
Registrant Email: contact@myprivateregistration.com
Admin ID: Unknown
Admin Name: Admin PrivateRegContact
Admin Organization: Private Reg US
Admin Street1: P O Box 99800
Admin Street2: Unknown
Admin Street3: Unknown
Admin City: EmeryVille
Admin State: CA
Admin Postal Code: 94662
Admin Country: US
Admin Phone: +1.5105952002
Admin Fax: Unknown
Admin Email: contact@myprivateregistration.com

while the site claims to be romanian.
Also there seems to be a strange lack of mention of the forthcoming publications on the authors websites.

I might be wrong but this looks like an elaborate scam. :eek:

Re: Ex Occidente Press
 

You are wrong; it's not an elaborate scam. Dan Ghetu is indeed Romanian, and is producing some very nice books. I've already received my copy of R.B. Russell's book and am expecting delivery of further volumes shortly.

Re: Ex Occidente Press
 

Thank you for this clarification.
And sorry, Mr. Dan Ghetu.
:o

Re: Ex Occidente Press
 

I received my copy of Putting the Pieces in Place yesterday. It didn't seem like a scam to me. The book was there, you know.

The postage stamps were Romanian, as were the sender's adress. In fact, Dan has proven to be a perfect gentleman. I could think of larger, richer groups to scam than readers of weird fiction of a certain quality.

Tartarus has putten some pages up for Putting the Pieces in Place, as well as mentioning the Valentine collection.

Btw, Putting the Pieces in Place is a very handsome book. The end papers, the frontispiece and the quality of the paper are all beautiful to look at and to feel.

Re: Ex Occidente Press
 

I received my copy just this morning, and can second this.

I should probably also say, there are a number of reasons why I, for one, haven't mentioned my own collection with Ex Occidente much (actually, it has been mentioned briefly on my blog), largely to do with waiting for details to be finalised before I made any announcements. I was actually asked not to send the website URL around until the details written there were correct and so on, but, anyway, obviously the URL has been released or leaked or something.

Having received my copy of Putting the Pieces in Place, I'm looking forward more than ever to seeing All God's Angels, Beware! come out. I think it will be my best collection so far.

Re: Ex Occidente Press
 

I believe the website designer hails from the States, hence the apparent anomaly. I think it's not always good to take that Internet code information at face value for many reasons. I know that my IP address doesn't show my actual geographical location, for instance, but somewhere quite different.

Re: Ex Occidente Press
 

Though he does hail from the USA originally, Brian J Showers lives in Dublin now and has for some time. Anyone unfamiliar with his book "The Bleeding Horse" really ought to look into it, especially if one's tastes run toward LeFanu. Further proof, as Quentin suggests, you can't trust everything you see online. I believe, since Yahoo is the registrar, the USA based info comes from their primary servers.

Re: Ex Occidente Press
 

Brian J Showers is the Ex Occidente Press website designer?? It's a small world!
"The Bleeding Horse" is a great book, btw. I've always been into Le Fanu and I'm glad to see other writers write supernatural fiction in this vain.

Re: Ex Occidente Press
 

I've never heard of Brian J. Showers, though he sounds very interesting. So I looked him up and bought his book. What's truly strange is that he's originally from where I live, Madison, Wisconsin. Small world indeed!

Re: Ex Occidente Press
 

Peter Bell will be releasing a collection too. I can't say I've heard about Mr. Bell, but the description sounds interesting.
http://www.exocccidente.com/lightoftheworld.html