The New Trudicanavan.com!
Trudi Canavan has just relaunched her website! Pop over and have a look, and read an excerpt from her upcoming book, The Ambassador’s Mission!
Archive for Orbit US
Announcing Orbit Short Fiction
We just sent out a press release announcing a digital short fiction publishing program from Orbit (US). We’re aiming to launch in the fall with short fiction from some of your favorite authors. You can read the press release here . If you’d like to get updates about digital fiction from Orbit, sign up to our mailing list below!
The Black Prism – First Look
Brent Weeks’ new novel, The Black Prism, is set to come out in August this year, but you can get an early look at the first three chapters right here.
Cover Launch: LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF SAUSAGES
Sorry folks, I know monday is usually cover launch day, but things are a little hectic in the Art Dept. and this week wednesday is cover launch day. But never fear, I have a cover all ready for next monday too!)
Tom Holt is a funny guy. Orbit UK has been publishing him for a long time and I was thrilled to get to redesign his look with his US launch of Blonde Bombshell in June. I can’t wait to start applying the new look to the backlist titles waiting to roll out. But first we have another new book, one which wins for my favorite title of all time* Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Sausages.
Tom Holt is all about funny, absurdist scifi/fantasy, and when I read my first Tom Holt book I was pleasantly surprised how like Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett it felt. and that’s high praise from me. I really like the humorous scifi/fantasy subgenre, and I think we’ve been packaging it well here at Orbit with the A. Lee Martinez books especially, and I’m really happy to add these books to the list.
I love a chance to hand-draw a cover, because most of the time everything happens solely on the computer. I especially enjoy hand-drawing type. I’ll have to try to work it in to more covers, even if it’s not as purposely rough-style like these covers. (more…)
Changeless becomes a New York Times Bestseller!
Changeless by Gail Carriger just hit the New York Times best seller list at #20!
Congratulations to Gail!
Whoo hoo!! We’re over the moon over here and hope you share in our excitement! I need to go find a football team so I can practice chest bumping!
You can check out the first chapter here or check out the video on how we made the cover for the upcoming Blameless here.
When is a dwarf not a dwarf? When he’s a garden gnome…
Read on for a great piece from the talented Sally-Ann Spencer on her experience of translating The Dwarves (UK/ US/ ANZ) and The War of the Dwarves (UK/ US / ANZ) from the original German:
Turning German ‘Zwerge’ into English-speaking dwarves isn’t as straightforward as it might seem. For one thing, the English word ‘dwarf’ has two possible plurals: ‘dwarfs’ and ‘dwarves’. Which should be used for the translation? The dwarves of Girdlegard bear a certain resemblance to their counterparts in Middle Earth, so I went with the version popularized by Tolkien. But hang on a minute, (more…)
New Wallpaper Day: The Gaslight Dogs
Here’s a gorgeous wallpaper made from the cover art of The Gaslight Dogs by Karin Lowachee, out now. (You can read the cover launch here) The illustration was done by the fantastic Sam Weber, and I’m really thrilled to be able to offer it to you in a whole slew of formats. I tried to cover all the standard aspect ratios/devices (including a hot new iPad version for us disciples of St. Jobs) so let me know if I left an important one out.
And of course, go get a copy of The Gaslight Dogs! To me it felt like a little bit steampunk, a little bit Golden Compass, and a little bit old western, with a great story arc. I can’t wait for more from Karin Lowachee.
Enjoy!
1024 x 768 | 1280 x 800 | 1440 x 900 | 1680 x 1050 | 1920 x 1200 | iPhone | iPad | PSP
Hugos and Legends and Campbells, oh my!
We’re thrilled to see a number of our authors on award ballots and shortlists this year. We’ve done a brief round-up of our authors who are up for awards and Charlie Stross has been nominated twice! Could this be the year we finally HUGO STROSS? Here’s hoping!
A hearty congratulations to all of our authors who are up for these awards!
Best Novella
- Charlie Stross for “Palimpsest” [UK]
Best Novellette
- Charlie Stross again for “Overtime” [UK]
Best Short Story
- N.K. Jemisin for “Non-zero Probabilities” [US/UK]
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
- Gail Carriger [US/UK]
- Seanan McGuire (aka Mira Grant) [US/UK]
David Gemmell Legend Award
- Joe Abercrombie for Best Served Cold [US]
- Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson for The Gathering Storm [UK]
The Morningstar Award for Best Newcomer
- Jesse Bullington for The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart [US/UK]
- Amanda Downum for The Drowning City [US/UK]
Cover Launch: BITTEN IN TWO
Tough, sexy, dangerous, and a little bit crazy – that’s Jaz Parks. And Jennifer Rardin’s 7th book in the Jaz Parks series, Bitten in Two, has as much adventure and bad attitude as can fit in an urban fantasy book. For some reason I’ve noticed Jaz taking on a bit of a Joan Jett sneer in my head when I read these books – and that’s all good for me. If you haven’t started reading this series yet, I suggest picking up the first 3 at least all at once – you’ll tear through them wanting to know what happens to Jaz, her vampire boss Vayl, and her ragtag team of techno-geeks, CIA operatives, and one centuries-old prophetess. If you have been reading along with this series, then trust me, this one doesn’t disappoint. (more…)
Mage In Black!
Sabina Kane is back in this kick-ass follow up to Red-Headed Stepchild!
Half-vampire and half-mage, Sabina Kane has never quite fit in. Now on the run from the vampire side of the family, she’s finally going to meet her twin sister she never knew about — and a family that might not have her best interests at heart.
From Kat Richardson who called the first novel, “Brassy, sassy, and hip!” to Charlaine Harris who called it “Fast-paced and fun,” Jaye Wells is one of the hottest urban fantasy writers out there today! Despite the lack of red hair — Angelina Jolie in the upcoming movie, Salt, reminds me of Sabina Kane.
You can find chapter one right here.
Check her out in bookstores everywhere!