Open Road Integrated Media acquires E-Reads
Richard Curtis' E-Reads, the oldest independent ebook publisher, is being acquired by Open Road Integrated Media, the largest... Read more [...]
Author Archives: Press Release
DreamWorks Animation Begins a New Chapter with the Launch Of Dreamworks Press
DreamWorks Animation is launching an in-house publishing operation, to be called Dreamworks Press, which will produce digital and print books and apps featuring DreamWorks Animation franchises... Read more [...]
Saving reality from the enemies of life: new comic Thieves of Eden takes it on
Writer Robert Simon Siegel and artist Chris Hopkins combine talents for the new comic Thieves of Even, which combines a mystery question with new sciences and ancient knowledge... Read more [...]
As Tartary Burns: adventure fantasy set in the days of Russian empire building
Riley Hogan's As Tartary Burns adds a magical element to Slavic myth when the Cossacks try to survive as they are desperately outnumbered by the Turks... Read more [...]
Sam Ston’e Jinx and Darkness snapped up by Telos
Sam Stone resold rights to her short science fiction novel The Darkness Within, and sold new horror trilogy The Jinx Chronicles, to Telos Publishing... Read more [...]
Simon451: Novel-Writing Contest for Students
Simon451, the new sf imprint at Simon & Schuster, is running a novel writing contest open to students aged 18 and up, with a grand prize of a publishing contract and a $3,000 advance... Read more [...]
Film option deal for Adam nevill’s award-winning horror novel Last Days
Actor/screenwriter Adam Storke has optioned Adam Nevill's Last Days, Richard Lange's This Wicked World, and April Henry's The Night She Disappeared... Read more [...]
Ira Nayman’s new book warns that You Can’t Kill the Multiverse
Elsewhen Press is releasing the sequel to Ira Nayman's Welcome to the Multiverse, with his newest comic look at reality... Read more [...]
Phoenix Pick’s Free Ebook for February: Kress’ The Body Human
Pick up a free copy of Nancy Kress’ The Body Human, for the month of February only, from Arc Manor Publishing. Also, check out their new bundle, including works by Anderson, Sawyer, Smith, Torgersen, Rusch, Herbert, Resnick, and Bracket... Read more [...]
Read Steven Erikson’s entire Malazan series in one ebook
Tor is releasing Steven Erikson's entire ten-volume Malazan series as one ebook bundle, with new cover art by Kekai Kotaki... Read more [...]
Jonathan Ross and Ian Churchill signing Revenge #1 at Forbidden Planet
Hollywood has-been Griffin Franks is suddenly the superhero The Revenger, but now someone wants to send him back to obscurity, in Revenge. Co-creators Jonathan Ross and Ian Churchill will be signing the debut issue at London's Forbidden Planet on 1 March... Read more [...]
John Grant’s The Young Person’s Guide To Bullshit To Zest Books
Hugo-nominated author and editor John Grant's newest book will be The Young Person's Guide to Bullshit, a nonfiction volume because today's young adults shouldn't be left at the mercy of the mythomaniacs... Read more [...]
NASA-Sponsored ‘Disk Detective’ lets public search for new planetary nurseries
NASA's latest crowdsourcing project is to sift through data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission to find embryonic planetary systems... Read more [...]
Steve Rasnic Tem is back with the dark Blood Kin
Steve Rasnic Tem returns to Solaris this March with a dark novel of Southern Gothic, ghosts, witchcraft, snake-handling, and the Great Depression... Read more [...]
Quantum Shorts winners announced
The winners of the Centre for Quantum Technologies' Quantum Shorts 2013 writing contest have been announced. They include Brian Crawford, Antonia Jade, and Claire Cheong U-Er... Read more [...]