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What Can We Expect from Pyr Books in the Future?

While at this year’s WorldCon I had the fortunate pleasure of meeting Lou Anders, head editor of mid-sized book publisher of Pyr Books. In recent years, Pyr (an imprint of Prometheus Books) has stood out in science fiction publishing as a publisher with a fantastic list of authors, a standard for great editorial quality, and [...]

Tor Launches Print-on-Demand Imprint with Year’s Best Fantasy 9

It’s a big week for Tor.com and they’re proud to announce the immediate availability of David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer’s anthology, Year’s Best Fantasy 9.

This highly anticipated release also marks something they’re particularly proud of: Tor.com’s debut as a publishing entity, distinct from Tor Books and as a separate imprint under our shared corporate [...]

Writers of the Future Winners Announced & Writers of the Future XXV Released

Firstly, I’d like to say that the Writers of the Future XXV anthology was released this week with the stories from this past year’s winners included.

The grand prize winners of the 25th Annual Writers of the Future Award and the 20th Illustrators of the Future Award were announced in a ceremony Saturday night at the [...]

The Gathering Storm Tour Kicks Off in October

The 2009 national author tour for The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson, Book Twelve in the Wheel of Time, and the first of three novels concluding this magnificent series, on October 27th.

Tour events kick off with a Midnight Party at Brandon’s local bookstore right at midnight Oct. 27th (Monday night) and continue [...]

Tesseracts Fourteen Open For Submissions (Sept. 1, 2009 – Nov. 30, 2009)

Submissions are now open (from September 1, 2009 to November 30, 2009) for volume 14 of the Tesseracts anthology. Tesseracts is the premiere anthology for Canadian short fiction published annually by Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, so if you are a Canadian author, feel free to submit your stories, poetry, radio plays, and flash fiction [...]

What Can We Expect From DAW Books in the Future?

While I was unable to attend the DAW Books publisher presentation at this year’s WorldCon in Montreal due to a programming error in the schedule I was, however, able to get into contact with one of their representatives as to what we can expect from DAW Books this year and for much of next year. [...]

ChiZine Publications Expands Its Distribution Options

Independent speculative genre publisher ChiZine Publications announces it is expanding its distribution options to increase the availability of its books through various channels.

Signing a deal with The Literary Press Group of Canada (LPG), all of ChiZine Publications’ titles are now available via the LPG sales force. In addition, this deal results in all of ChiZine [...]

The Philip K. Dick Collection to be Released This October

I realized it’s still six weeks away but when I saw this on Amazon I knew I just had to write up a post on it. As a huge fan of Philip K. Dick, I think most readers of the author would agree that he’s left an invaluable mark on science fiction literature. His novels [...]

What Can We Expect From Baen Books in the Future?

While attending Worldcon in Montreal I had the fortunate pleasure of attending Baen Books publisher’s presentation. Similarly, prior to the event I had a writer’s workshop with one of their authors, Mark L. Van Name, who I can’t help but thank for his insightful criticism from the nearly finished novel. Nevertheless, the following is a [...]

2009 World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Winners Announced

According to a recent post on Locus Online, the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award winners for 2009 are Jane Yolen and Ellen Asher. The award is presented annually to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding service to the fantasy field. Lifetime Achievement winners are announced in advance; other winners will be announced at this year’s World [...]