Publishers
| Stone Arch to publish children's chapter books with DC Comics characters | |
| News > Publishers | May 7, 2008 |
| DC Comics and Stone Arch Books have teamed up to publish chapter books based on DC characters including Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman... | |
| Penguin Group wins new Star Wars publishing license | |
| News > Publishers | May 2, 2008 |
| The Penguin Group US and UK won the global license to publish books based on the new film/tv franchise Star Wars: The Clone Wars... | |
| Bloomsbury to switch Canadian distributors to Penguin Canada | |
| News > Publishers | May 1, 2008 |
| Bloomsbury Publishing (the publisher of Harry Potter) is switching its Canadian distribution to Penguin Canada from Raincoast Books... | |
| New small press publisher Lyrical looking for science fiction and horror | |
| News > Publishers | May 1, 2008 |
| Lyrical Press is a new publisher, planning to publish e-books and some POD. They're actively seeking science fiction and horror... | |
| Spectra news and fiction available in free SpectraPulse | |
| News > Publishers | April 30, 2008 |
| Bantam Spectra's new free magazine, SpectraPulse, will include interviews, excerpts, original fiction, and more... | |
| Audible.com launches sf/f imprint: Frontiers | |
| News > Publishers | April 29, 2008 |
| On-line audio publisher Audible.com is spinning off its science fiction and fantasy titles into a new imprint all their own, Frontiers, which will offer gues editors, special recommendations... | |
| Pyr's forthcoming books | |
| News > Publishers | April 24, 2008 |
| Pyr's scheduled Fall and Winter releases include books by Ian McDonald, Mike Resnick, Sean Williams... | |
| Sean Wallace seeking help emptying Meisha Merlin's warehouse | |
| News > Publishers | April 22, 2008 |
| Tens of thousands of books (inventory) were left in a warehouse in Georgia when Meisha Merlin went out of business. Sean Wallace is trying to remove some (and offering others are payment for help) before... | |
| Virgin Books launching new British horror line | |
| News > Publishers | April 16, 2008 |
| Virgin Books is launching a new horror line in the UK, with Ramsey Campbell scheduled to lead off the six-book first year in May... | |
| SFWA's Contracts Committee comments on Amazon's Kindle contract | |
| News > Publishers | April 9, 2008 |
| SFWA's Contracts Committee looked into the boilerplate contract Amazon recently posted for authors wishing to make their books available through the booksellers Kindle system. Their annotation raises many questions and concerns... | |
| Scholastic's latest financial report | |
| News > Publishers | March 28, 2008 |
| Scholastic is still seeing a bump from the release of the final Harry Potter book, and anticipates lower sales but higher income... | |
| New Gilgamesh Press publishing horror anthologies | |
| News > Publishers | March 20, 2008 |
| Mark Deniz, formerly of Eneit Press, has launched Gilgamesh Press and Morrigan Books. He'll be taking over the previously announced Voices, and has announced a new anthology... | |
| Random House earnings down; Bertelsmann may sell book clubs | |
| News > Publishers | March 19, 2008 |
| Random House gross and net income were down last year, though some of that is due to currency changes, but parent Bertelsmann is considering selling the underperforming book clubs, including... | |
| Cold Cut Distribution is now Haven Distributors | |
| News > Publishers | March 14, 2008 |
| Rogue Wolf Entertainment recently purchased Cold Cut Distribution. Now they're changing the company's name to Haven Distributors... | |
| "The Story Plant" is new publisher/packager | |
| News > Publishers | March 12, 2008 |
| Lou Aronica and Peter Miller have gone into business together, starting The Story Plant, which will be publishing books and much more... | |
| Tor Books building new all-inclusive sf/f web site | |
| News > Publishers | March 12, 2008 |
| Tor Books is building a new web site, to include social communities, bloggers, free fiction, and more... | |
| E-Reads and WebScriptions join forces; three titles available now | |
| News > Publishers | March 10, 2008 |
| E-Reads electronic book titles will now be available through WebScriptions. The first three, available now, are... | |
| Juno Books updates: new books, cancelled books, new offerings | |
| News > Publishers | March 5, 2008 |
| Juno Books has dropped two previously announced anthologies which didn't fit with their new publishing direction, but has produced four books so far this year, as well as three e-books... | |
| Blue Dream Studios now an imprint of IDW | |
| News > Publishers | March 5, 2008 |
| IDW Publishing is absorbing Scott Christian Sava's Blue Dream Studios as an imprint, hoping to play off recent successes by both companies, including... | |
| Read Tor's newsletter, get free eBooks (more reading) | |
| News > Publishers | February 11, 2008 |
| Tor is offering a free electronic newsletter, and to go with it, free eBooks, including... | |
| More on Nalo Hopkinson's Red Deer Press imprint | |
| News > Publishers | February 9, 2008 |
| Nalo Hopkinson has sent updates on SFScope's story about her new imprint through Red Deer Press... | |
| Nalo Hopkinson starting eponymous imprint at Red Deer Press | |
| News > Publishers | February 7, 2008 |
| As a companion to Robert J. Sawyer Books, Red Deer Press has hired Nalo Hopkinson to create her own eponymous imprint... | |
| NESFA to publish The One Right Thing by Bruce Coville | |
| News > Books | January 30, 2008 |
| NESFA's annual Boskone book will be a collection by Bruce Coville entitled The One Right Thing. Contents of the book include... | |
| Massive personnel changes at Random House's upper sales levels | |
| News > Publishers | January 29, 2008 |
| Random House's new Senior Vice President of Adult Sales, Jaci Updike, has implemented a major realignment, eliminating some positions, adding others, and promoting several people... | |
| Bleak House Books now represented by Maria Carvainis Agency | |
| News > Publishers | January 29, 2008 |
| Bleak House Books has announced that the Maria Carvainis Agency will represent all of their domestic and foreign subsidiary rights. Bleak House specializes in crime and dark literary fiction. | |
