Over on DA, comments start out with sympathy and hand-wringing over how this will affect the future of digital publishing as well as the fate of QP editor Angela James, whose ship-jumping from Samhain to QP was loudly proclaimed by DA less than a month ago, but quickly turns into criticism of both QP and James with an undercurrent of "how's that egg facial feeling?" aimed at DA's Jane (it starts at comment 42). Over on SBTB, however, it's a festivus of finger-pointing and backpedaling. Karen Scott expresses her lack of surprise and there the atmosphere is generally one of shock and dismay, but agreeing that QP's promise seemed far too good to be true.

The fun really starts when Jamaica Layne of Ravenous Romance (another epublisher) gets word of what's happened. Between the violation of Snacky's Law and the "ain't karma a bitch?" conclusion, the schadenfreude is just oozing from her blog. It couldn't possibly have anything to do with the way Dear Author has ripped both Ravenous Romance and Layne herself to shreds, could it? Nah. Ann Somerville tries to start something on SBTB, but it doesn't go too well.

More discussion about QP - including comments by Layne, posting as Sakamonda, on the Absolute Write Water Cooler.

And, finally, Angela James and Kassia Krozer address the closing of QP.