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 financial struggles of Night Shade Books prompted a decision by SFWA to remove it from their list of qualifying markets, leading Skyhorse Publishing and Start Publishing to step in and offer to purchase the company's contracts and continue its operations as an imprint under their respective publishing houses.