Sharon Lee and Steve Miller have some announcements regarding their ongoign Liaden Universe. “We’ve experienced some delay in the production of Liaden Universe Companion Volume Two, which we had planned for an August printing and
shipping.” They now expect to begin shipping it in October, though some orders may not be shipped until November. In reviewing the orders, they “also found some mailing address discrepancies as well as a few double orders, which we hope to rectify in advance.” They plan to send confirmation emails by the end of the month.
To go along with the new release, they’ll be reissuing Liaden Universe Companion Volume One as a mass market-sized paperback, but on higher quality paper, and sold as a “no-strip” edition. “We’ll be issuing the book in small print runs and will not accept stripped covers for credit the way large mass market houses do. We expect each printing to be between 600 and 750 copies; the cover price will be $10 and we will allow wholesale orders.” Ordering information should be available soon, at their catalog: www.korval.com/srmcat2.htm.
Lee and Miller also sold Liaden Universe novella “Misfits” (aka “The Story of the Weatherman and What Became of Him”) to Jim Baen’s Universe for publication in the December issue. The first half of the story is available at this link for free. The rest, however, will only be available in December to subscribers.