Once Night Shade Books indicated that it was possibly facing bankruptcy, SFWA subsequently delisted Night Shade Books as a qualifying market around April 2013. Two interested parties, Skyhorse Publishing and Start Publishing, offered to buy out the contracts and continue Night Shade Books as an imprint of their respective companies.
The situation surrounding Night Shade Books' potential bankruptcy led SFWA to remove them from its list of qualifying markets, prompting Skyhorse Publishing and Start Publishing to step in and purchase the company's contracts with the intention of continuing its operations as an imprint under their respective publishing houses.