Andy Remic/Angry Robot
I have been waiting for the sequel to Kell's Legend for quite some time and had the chance to ask Andy Remic when SoulStealers would be out and available. He let me know that due to the fact that Angry Robot is now independent the publishing dates have been pushed back to ease the printing schedule.
From Angry Robot:
Press release: Angry Robot Books to Join Osprey Publishing
Leading Non-Fiction Publisher Acquires Specialist Sci-Fi Fiction & Fantasy Imprint
Following an acclaimed first year of publishing, the revolutionary science fiction imprint Angry Robot Books has parted company with HarperCollins UK. It will now run as an independent publishing imprint, with the full backing of niche publishing experts, Osprey Publishing.
Angry Robot will continue to operate from its Nottingham base and with its existing team under Marc Gascoigne, its founder and publisher. Marc said: “With the support of HarperCollins UK, my team and I have worked very hard on Angry Robot since it was founded. We have a great publishing programme in place and a dedicated bunch of supporters, the Robot Army, as well as some excellent sales of our first titles in the UK and an imminent launch into the USA. We are very pleased to have become part of the burgeoning Osprey empire. They understand our business and the enthusiasts who drive it.”
Chris Michaels, HarperCollins Digital Publisher, Fiction/Non-Fiction, who helped set-up Angry Robot, said: “Having helped build the foundations for a successful future, we are delighted that the Angry Robot team has found a new publishing partner in Osprey. We believe this will help them develop their niche offering, supported by Osprey’s specialist sales and marketing teams. We wish them good luck for the future.”
Marc Gascoigne added, “Our publishing programme for 2010/11 will be basically unaffected by these changes. There will be a short break while the transition is sorted out, but we will be re-launching in September 2010 and then it will be business as usual.”
Osprey’s move is a reflection of the company’s continuing strategic drive into niche communities that share a deep enthusiasm for their interest or hobby, whether it be military history (Osprey Publishing), heritage (Shire Books), or science fiction and fantasy.
Richard Sullivan, Marketing Director at Osprey commented: “We have a great deal of experience of serving specialist niches with a very tight product focus. Angry Robot is a great fit with our existing businesses. We are very excited about the opportunity to enter into a new market and we are looking forward to helping Angry Robot, its authors and its readers go to some exciting places.”
For more information check out the FAQ we’ve drawn up, or contact Angry Robot direct via the form on this website.
And from Andy Remic:
OK. For those who haven’t yet heard, Angry Robot Publishers have become independent of HarperCollins Publishers, and are now working alongside Osprey Publishing in the marketplace.
Chris Michaels, HarperCollins Digital Publisher, Fiction/Non-Fiction, who helped set-up Angry Robot, said: “Having helped build the foundations for a successful future, we are delighted that the Angry Robot team has found a new publishing partner in Osprey. We believe this will help them develop their niche offering, supported by Osprey’s specialist sales and marketing teams. We wish them good luck for the future.”
Marc Gascoigne added, “Our publishing programme for 2010/11 will be basically unaffected by these changes. There will be a short break while the transition is sorted out, but we will be re-launching in September 2010 and then it will be business as usual.”
A full breakdown of what’s happening can be found on the AR website here –http://angryrobotbooks.com/2010/05/press-release-angry-robot-books-to-join-osprey-publishing/
The *bad news* for you guys and gals is a change to various publications dates. Sadly, SOUL STEALERS has been put back 6 months, as has the US and Canadian releases of KELL’S LEGEND and SOUL STEALERS. New publication dates are as follows:
Kell’s Legend – US: September 2010
Soul Stealers – UK: October 2010
Soul Stealers – US: November 2010
Vampire Warlords – UK: May 2011
Vampire Warlords – US: June 2011
So!! There you go. Many apoplogies if anybody’s been waiting with gnashed teeth forSoul Stealers……… it’s coming, baby, it’s coming……..
Cheers
Andy Remic.
Scott Lynch
The Republic of Thieves cover for Scott Lynch's forthcoming book has been leaked. James over at Speculative Horizon has uncovered the gorgeous UK cover.
James is also responsible for the blurb on the book:
After their adventures on the high seas, Locke and Jean are brought back to earth with a thump. Jean is mourning the loss of his lover and Locke must live with the fallout of crossing the all-powerful magical assassins the Bonds Magi. It is a fall-out that will pit both men against Locke's own long lost love. Sabetha is Locke's childhood sweetheart, the love of Locke's life and now it is time for them to meet again. Employed on different sides of a vicious dispute between factions of the Bonds Sabetha has just one goal - to destroy Locke for ever. The Gentleman Bastard sequence has become a literary sensation in fantasy circles and now, with the third book, Scott Lynch is set to seal that success.
It should be a great book and one that I am waiting impatiently for.
Brian Ruckley
Walter Jon Williams
Willams has a new novel coming out and has launched the cover to Deep State, the follow up to This is Not a Game.
The blurb:
Dagmar Shaw is back at it again. She is the Puppetmaster and this time thousands of gamers are dancing on her strings. But when the game she is running in Turkey comes into conflict with the new, brutal regime, she realizes that games have consequences.
When an old friend approaches Dagmar with a project so insane, so ambitious, she can’t possibly say no, she is plunged into a world of spies and soldiers. Dagmar is a Puppetmaster, but when the bullets are real and her ‘puppets’ start dying, is any cause worth it? A nation hangs in the balance and in a world of intrigue and betrayal, Dagmar needs to figure out just what part she plays.
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