Harlequin Horizons, this is the name of Harlequin’s new venture, a Vanity Press. Their tagline: Share the emotion… Well, emotions are running high after this announcement.

Honestly, whatever the bigwigs at Harlequin were drinking when they made that decision, I want the same. Be a published Harlequin author–just bring money!! Nuts. I was curious what RWA would say to Carina Press, but now it’s getting really interesting.

ETA: RWA responds:

With the launch of Harlequin Horizons, Harlequin Enterprises no longer meets the requirements to be eligible for RWA-provided conference resources. This does not mean that Harlequin Enterprises cannot attend the conference. Like all non-eligible publishers, they are welcome to attend. However, as a non-eligible publisher, they would fund their own conference fees and they would not be provided with conference resources by RWA to publicize or promote the company or its imprints.

Holy cow. That is just brilliant. Thanks, RWA, you rock!