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Free fiction samples now available online from PS Publishing!
Posted by Peter Crowther on July 2nd, 2009 at 20:00
Hi, folks;
Well, it’s all go here at PS HQ, as always! Here’s a quick look at what’s been happening lately.
Free fiction samples online
Those of you who regularly poke around in our catalogue may already have noticed a little something extra on a few titles.
We decided it was high time we let you try before you buy, and so the PS internet monkeys are gradually adding free fiction samples to the catalogue – a single story from collections and anthologies, and a chapter or extract from longer works.
There’s many more to come – we intend to have a sample available for every title we’ve released this year by the time Christmas rolls round, God willing – but for now you can test the flavour of the following titles for free:
- The Babylonian Trilogy by Sebastien Doubinsky
- Camp Desolation and an Eschatology of Salt by Uncle River
- Everland and Other Stories by Paul Witcover
- Harsh Oases by Paul Di Filippo
- Mystery Hill by Alex Irvine
- The Painting and The City by Robert Freeman Wexler
- Postscripts #18: This is the Summer of Love
- Random Walk by Lawrence Block
- Starfall by Stephen Baxter
- The Bridge by Zoran Zivkovic
- The Writer, The Book, The Reader by Zoran Zivkovic
- The Witnesses Are Gone by Joel Lane
Enjoy – and please tell your friends!
Works in progress: Postscripts #19, Urbis Morpheos and Timeswitch
Production continues apace on Stephen Palmer’s Urbis Morpheos, John Gribbin’s Timeswitch and Postscripts #19: Enemy of the Good; the signing sheets are on their way out to the authors, and the books should be ready in a few months at most.
So, all the more reason to jump in now and take advantage of the free delivery offer on any titles pre-ordered before publication – buy the book before we have it printed, and we’ll send it out for free! Click through below to avoid missing out:
- Urbis Morpheos by Stephen Palmer
- Timeswitch by John Gribbin
- Postscripts subscriptions
Imminent releases: Gene Wolfe, Sarah Pinborough and more
The following titles are very nearly ready to ship, so if you’ve ordered any of them you should have less than a month to wait.
- Blue Canoe by T M Wright
- Glass Coffin Girls by Paul Jessup
- The Language of Dying by Sarah Pinborough
The Very Best Of Gene Wolfe is ahead of the pack and will be rolling out next week.
Do bear in mind that some of these titles – The Very Best of Gene Wolfe in particular – have been selling very swiftly indeed as pre-orders. So to avoid missing out on a favourite, click through to the catalogue right away. Once they’re gone, they’re gone!
Gift box upgrades and June’s giveaway winner
This month we’re adding two new titles as our giftbox upgrades. The novella sets will come with the appropriate edition of Marly Youman‘s Val / Orson, and the novel sets will include The Painting And The City from our very own Robert Freeman Wexler.
A great way to grab ten quality books at a knockdown price, if we do say so ourselves…
- Ten trade novellas, including Val / Orson – £40 [ US$60 approx. ]
- Ten jacketed hardcover novellas, including Val / Orson – £100 [ US$150 approx. ]
- Ten trade novels, including The Painting And The City – £100 [ US$150 approx. ]
- Ten slipcased novels, including The Painting And The City – £200 [ US$300 approx. ]
Meanwhile, Kai Charles of Canoga Park, California was the lucky winner of a slipcased copy of Sebastien Doubinsky’s Babylonian Trilogy.
Bravo, Kai – hope you enjoy it! This month, two randomly selected people from the PS Publishing newsletter mailing list will receive exclusive ARC copies of Spook City, our forthcoming anthology of Liverpudlian horror fiction – so keep an eye on your inbox!
Phew – there’s still loads more to talk about, but it’ll have to wait until next time. So until then, look after each other – and happy reading!
Best
Pete