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Apex publishing R. Thomas Riley horror collection
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R. Thomas Riley's horror collection The Monster Within Idea will contain nineteen stories, and is available for pre-order...

Vander Ark/RDR drop appeal of Harry Potter Lexicon decision in favor of new book
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Web site editor Steven Vander Ark and RDR Publishing have dropped their appeal of the copyright infringement suit brought by J.K. Rowling over the Harry Potter Lexicon. Instead, they'll publish The Lexicon: An Unauthorized Guide to Harry Potter Fiction and Related Materials...

Apex taking pre-orders for Harvey and Jessup novellas
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Apex Book Company's stand-alone novella program announces its third and fourth titles, both publishing in early April: works by Sara M. Harvey and Paul Jessup...

PS Publishing taking pre-orders for Tim Powers: Secret Histories with some remarkable additions
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PS Publishing is now taking pre-orders for the complete, illustrated reference to the entire Tim Powers oeuvre, and including some remarkable additions, including a fascimile handwritten manuscript...

Bud Sparhawk's first novel: only 30 years in the making
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After publishing stories in Analog starting in the 1970s, and then starting again in the 1990s, Bud Sparhawk's first novel, Vixen, is due out this month...

Sword and Sorceress is back
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Norilana publishes the latest installment of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress anthology series, with stories by Mercedes Lackey, Michael Payne, Dave Smeds...

24-year-old marks 10 years in publishing with 10th novel
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Amelia Atwater-Rhodes debuted ten years ago at the age of fifteen with In the Forests of the Night. Her tenth novel will be released...

Couch launch and photo contest
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Small Beer Press is publishing Benjamin Parzybok's first novel, Couch, and running a photo contest to win several of their publications...

New Ender's Game sequel coming this month
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Orson Scott Card's much lauded and awarded Ender's Game series will see its newest entry this month, with the publication of Ender in Exile...

Orbit giving away chain mail T-shirt to promote K.J. Parker's The Company
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After writing trilogies, K.J. Parker's first stand-alone novel, The Company, is coming soon. And to promote the book, publisher Orbit is giving away a chain mail T-shirt...

After two Niven collaborations, Lerner's Fools' Experiments takes on the threat of artificial life
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Edward M. Lerner's first solo novel since 2005 follows two collaborations in Larry Niven's "Known Space". Fools' Experiments is the story of artificial life (evolved software), artificial intelligence, and hubris...

Juno Books offering free ghost-story anthology
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Juno Books is offering a free anthology of classic ghost stories as a pdf file, and though they remain closed to submissions, business is moving along...

Editor Moshe Feder finally hits the NYT bestseller list
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Brandon Sanderson's third "Mistborn" novel, The Hero of Ages, debuted on the extended New York Times bestseller list, giving editor Moshe Feder his first appearance...

An Open Letter to Fans of Dragon's Tongue
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For those awaiting the sequel to Dragon's Tongue, it may be available if there's sufficient interest...

Win a trip to Scotland for J.K. Rowling's Tales of Beedle the Bard
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Scholastic children's essay competition in support of The Tales of Beedle the Bard will send five winners to Scotland. Stay-at-homes will be able to see one of Rowling's hand-written copies...

Brent Weeks's first trilogy appearing in quick succession; win a copy
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Fantasy author Brent Weeks has written the "Night Angel" trilogy, which Orbit is publishing in October, November, and December in the US, UK, and Australia...

Donald Maass's The Career Novelist available for free
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One of four important books for the would-be successful writer is now available as a free pdf...

Jim C. Hines auctioning off an early copy of his forthcoming book for charity
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An advance reading copy of Jim C. Hines The Stepsister Scheme—a cross between the Disney princesses and Charlie's Angels—is the prize for the most generous...

Audiobook Metatropolis to feature five wonderful writers read by tv and book actors
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Audible.com's Metatropolis, edited by John Scalzi, will feature the work of Elizabeth Bear, Tobias Buckell, Jay Lake, Karl Schroeder, and Scalzi, read by...

Watch Neil Gaiman read the entire The Graveyard Book as a video serial
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On his tour for The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman is reading a different chapter at each appearance. The filmed readings are posted on-line for a complete listening/viewing experience...

Paper Golem reading for new anthology
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Small press publisher Paper Golem's second book, Alembical, will be released in the next few weeks, and following it, they're reading for next year's anthology...

Kelly Link's Magic for Beginners available for free download
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Kelly Link's collection Magic for Beginners is being offered as a free download in a variety of formats via Small Beer Press, the small-press publisher she runs...

Paolini's Brisingr Brings in the Sales
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The third volume of Christopher Paolini's Inheritance cycle sold more than half a million copies in its first 24 hours on the shelves...

Postscripts to drop "magazine" tagline in favor of "quarterly anthology", more changes afoot
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PS Publising's Postscripts magazine will be a quarterly anthology, effective Spring 2009, with more words and different formats...

Eoin Colfer to finish Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide series
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Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer has been tapped by Douglas Adams's widow to write the sixth, final (?) volume in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy...
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