SRM Publisher is announcing that Sharon Lee and Steve Miller‘s Yule chapbook, Dragon Tides: Adventures in the
Liaden Universe Number 13 “will be late. We know this news is disappointing; in fact, we are disappointed ourselves. Producing and distributing the Yule chapbook is one of the highlights of our year, and has been since 1995. The book will still happen—no question of that. But we’ve reached the point (based on realities like lead time at the printer, signing and mailing) that we cannot be certain that the books will arrive in time for Christmas.”
For the curious, they offer this explanation: “Liaden Universe Companion Volume Two went off-schedule with the necessity to find a new printer, and, as we all know, it only needs one thing to go askew in a tight schedule to send everything else spinning out of control. We thought we could make a recovery, but LUC 2 wasn’t done with us yet: There were numerous database incompatibilities that resulted in people not getting the books they had ordered, and Steve has been occupied in correcting those errors, which has cut into production time for Dragon Tides.”
They go on to say “We want to thank everyone for their patience. We are very sorry about this.”
However, they do offer a spot of good news for their fans. Baen Books has just released their book Duainfey as an electronic Advance Reading Copy (the hardcover book is scheduled for publication in September 2008). The eARC is available for $15.00 at this link.