IN THE AUTUMN OF THE UNFORTUNATES
(Expected Release — Autumn 2008)
Genre: Horror/Mystery-Crime
Author: Christopher Treagus
Rated: PG-13

This is the story of Jack the Ripper, as seen through the eyes of painter Walter Sickert. Though history has named him as a later-day suspect, Sickert was not involved...

MY TRUE LOVE SENT TO ME
(Expected Release — Winter 2008)
Genre: Fantasy/Romance
Author: Elizabeth Hopkinson
Rated: PG

Set in the magical world of medieval romance—home to as many noble knights as there are tales—this enchanting collection of stories takes the verses of the familiar holiday carol and...

LAST CHANCE — PRESALE CLOSES ON OCTOBER 10th 

THE FIRST VAMPIRE A Novel of Samson & Delilah (Release — October 10, 2008)
Genre: Horror/Romance
Author: Alicia Benson
Rated: R

Some journeys take more than one lifetime. Ever since Delilah used a devilish brew from Lilith to turn him into a vampire (and...

Virtual Tales, a publisher of eBooks, eSerials and trade paperbacks spanning a variety of fiction genres and styles, announced that it has signed an agreement with the Sony eBook Store to begin offering its eBook titles on their website. Owners of Sony's eBook reader, the PRS-500, will now be able...

Virtual Tales, a publisher of eBooks, eSerials and trade paperbacks spanning a variety of fiction genres and styles, announced that they will be attending the upcoming Orycon 30 — "Days of Futures Past: A Science Fiction/Fantasy Retrospective" convention  at the Marriott Hotel in Portland, Oregon,...

Virtual Tales, a publisher of eBooks, eSerials and trade paperbacks spanning a variety of fiction genres and styles, announced the eBook release of the romance novel HAVE WINE, WILL TRAVEL by author Jacquelynn Luben. The journey truly is the destination as a bottle of wine makes the rounds through...

Virtual Tales Editorial Director June Diehl will be hosting a week-long workshop during the 2008 Muse Conference, October 13-19th. Her workshop, "Creating a Fiction Submission Package," will help authors prepare a query for submission to a publisher. You can register for the workshop at the Muse...

The Muse Online Writers Conference
The ONLY online conference of its kind!
October 13-19, 2008

The Muse Online Writer's Conference is an award-winning writer's conference designed to help writers hone their craft online. You'll get to meet some publishers, authors of various genres, editors... all...

ORYCON 30 — DAYS OF FUTURES PAST
A Science Fiction/Fantasy Retrospective
November 21 - 23, 2008

Portland Marriott Waterfront
1401 SW Naito Parkway, Portland OR 97201
 
Writer Guest of Honor: Harry Turtledove
Editor Guest of Honor: Ginjer Buchanan
Artist Guest of Honor: Jeff Fennel
Fan Guest of Honor:...

SCBWI-Orange County/San Bernardino/Riverside Editor's Day 2008

You are invited to what will be an amazing Editor's Day on October 4, 2008 with the Tri-Region chapter of the SCBWI in the fabulous Big Red Barn at the charming Santa Ana Zoo. Each attendee will have access to the beautiful 20-acre zoo...

SiliCon 2008 — A Salute To FanAc
October 3rd, 4th, and 5th
DoubleTree Hotel, San Jose, CA

SiliCon is the once-a-year event held by Siliconventions, Ltd., a non-profit educational organization that raises funds for diabetes research. It features seminars covering hard science, science fiction, fantasy,...

Welcome to Archon 32 
October 3-5, 2008 — Collinsville, Illinois (St. Louis, Missouri area)

Archon is the St. Louis Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention. This year our Guest of Honor will be Author Laurell K. Hamilton. Laurell is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Anita Blake: Vampire...

September 21st, 2008 — ZDNet
Posted by Mitch Ratcliffe

After polling all of you about the right price for an eBook device and the kinds of documents you are buying, as well as doing a lot of research over the last couple months, it’s clear that the eBooks market is growing. It’s also clear that there...

Just in time for Halloween, Virtual Tales author P.S. Gifford (THE CURIOUS ACCOUNTS OF THE IMAGINARY FRIEND and DR. OFFIG'S LESSONS FROM THE DARK SIDE, VOLUME 1) will be signing books at the infamous Dark Delicacies bookstore in Burbank, California on Friday, October 24th at 7:00 p.m.

Of particular...

Virtual Tales Editorial Director June Diehl will be hosting a week-long workshop during the 2008 Muse Conference, October 13-19th. Her workshop, "Creating a Fiction Submission Package," will help authors prepare a query for submission to a publisher. You can register for the workshop at the Muse...

Virtual Tales author Irene Black celebrated a hat trick of successes this summer. In June she was one of twenty writers short-listed for The Bristol Prize, which is well on its way to becoming one of the most prestigious short story competitions in the world. The competition is sponsored by...

SCBWI-Orange County/San Bernardino/Riverside Editor's Day 2008

You are invited to what will be an amazing Editor's Day on October 4, 2008 with the Tri-Region chapter of the SCBWI in the fabulous Big Red Barn at the charming Santa Ana Zoo. Each attendee will have access to the beautiful 20-acre zoo...

FenCon V - Celebrating 50 Years of Science Fiction Conventions in Texas

FenCon is a fan-operated Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Fllk Convention in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area. Do you love science fiction, music, science, fandom, parties, or books? Do you want to be a part of a celebration of 50 years...

SiliCon 2008 — A Salute To FanAc
October 3rd, 4th, and 5th
DoubleTree Hotel, San Jose, CA

SiliCon is the once-a-year event held by Siliconventions, Ltd., a non-profit educational organization that raises funds for diabetes research. It features seminars covering hard science, science fiction, fantasy,...

Welcome to Archon 32 
October 3-5, 2008 — Collinsville, Illinois (St. Louis, Missouri area)

Archon is the St. Louis Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention. This year our Guest of Honor will be Author Laurell K. Hamilton. Laurell is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Anita Blake: Vampire...

THE FIRST VAMPIRE: A NOVEL OF SAMSON & DELILAH (Expected Release — October 2008)
Genre: Horror/Romance
Author: Alicia Benson
Rated: R

Some journeys take more than one lifetime. Ever since Delilah used a devilish brew from Lilith to turn him into a vampire (and then turned him over to the Philistines),...

PORTAL TO MURDER
(Expected Release — Autumn 2008)
Genre: Science Fiction/Mystery-Crime
Author: Michele Acker
Rated: PG-13

Homicide detective Jennifer Castle is faced with an impossible case—several people, including an unborn baby, have been killed by a weapon that couldn't possibly exist. Michael...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sept. 9, 2008 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Content Server 4, a new server software solution that copy protects downloadable eBooks for Adobe Digital Editions, Adobe’s free client software for purchasing, managing and reading eBooks. Adobe...

MobileRead Forums — September 16, 2008

Eagle-eyed members have spotted the new pre-order page for the Sony Reader on the site of the Fnac in France. As announced, it can be had for 299€ ; delivery scheduled for October 23rd.

But what about books? After all, a Sony Reader is very pretty but if there's...

Virtual Tales author P.S. Gifford (THE CURIOUS ACCOUNTS OF THE IMAGINARY FRIEND and DR. OFFIG'S LESSONS FROM THE DARK SIDE, VOLUME 1) will be signing books at the infamous Dark Delicacies bookstore in Burbank, California on Friday, October 24th at 7:00 p.m.

Also on the bill will be author Brandon...

Author Kim Baccellia will be hosting a chat at the upcoming Muse Conference on Saturday, October 18th at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time called "Epublishing & the YA Market." If you are interested in finding out more about this subject, To register for the class, please send an e-mail to Lea...

Author Kim Baccellia will be chatting on October 17th at 6:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time at ENCHANTING REVIEWS as they celebrate Halloween by dedicating the entire month of October to Paranormal fiction. If you have a question for Ms. Baccellia, be sure to drop in.

Title: EARRINGS OF IXTUMEA
Author:...

Virtual Tales Marketing & Promotions Director Sheri Gormley will be hosting a week-long workshop during the 2008 Muse Conference, October 13-19th. Her workshop, "How to Write Your Bio, Get a Headshot & More," will help authors prepare their bios and get photos for publication. You can register for...

Kim Baccellia, author of THE EARRINGS OF IXTUMEA, will be a panelist again this year for the Cybils 2008 Children's & Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards. 

This year marks the Third Annual Cybils Awards. (For newcomers, Cybils stands for The Children’s and YA Bloggers’ Literary Awards). The...

Welcome to CrisisCon 2k8 
October 31st - November 2nd
Von Braun Center, Huntsville, AL

CrisisCon 2k8 will provide a great location and atmosphere for people of like mind to come and enjoy all things geeky.  We are not soley a Sci-Fi Convention.  We will be heralding from the Main 5 Corners of...

Context is a friendly convention focused on speculative fiction literature and related games, comics and films. If you enjoy manga, anime, science fiction, fantasy, or horror, you'll find plenty to entertain you at this convention.

Context is an annual production of FANACO, Inc., a not-for-profit...

From The Land Beyond - Science Fiction & Horror Convention
 
From the Land Beyond is a gathering of like-minded individuals and groups that all share a love for Horror and Science Fiction — from film and novels to magazines or comic books and more.

Fans will be able to meet some of their favorite...

PC Magazine — September 12, 2008

by Chloe Albanesius

Sony's electronic book reader will do retail battle against the Amazon Kindle at Target retail stores starting September 14, Sony announced Friday.

The Reader Digital Book PRS-505 will be available at Target retail stores and on its Web site. It...

Ink & Paper Group — Sep 12, 2008

by Lake Boggan

BE YOUR OWN PUBLICIST
Make a big splash with local newspaper articles and radio/TV interviews. Arrange these interviews yourself by sending an e-mail press release to newsrooms, and then follow-up with a cover letter and a review copy of your book....

CNET News — September 11, 2008

by Peter Glaskowsky

Interesting news from the DemoFall conference held this week in San Diego:

Plastic Logic--a company founded to commercialize electronics built on flexible plastic substrates--demonstrated a prototype e-book reader (not yet named) and announced that it...

Though he now makes his home in Southern California, Paul Gifford was born in the U.K. in Birmingham. Lately he and his work have been popping up all over, including The Literary Bone, The Unknown Zone, Razar magazine, Bewildering Stories, Cautionary Tale, and his own website, www.PSGifford.com....

Virtual Tales Marketing & Promotions Director Sheri Gormley will be hosting a week-long workshop during the 2008 Muse Conference, October 13-19th. Her workshop, "How to Write Your Bio, Get a Headshot & More," will help authors prepare their bios and get photos for publication. You can register for...

SiliCon 2008 — A Salute To FanAc
October 3rd, 4th, and 5th
DoubleTree Hotel, San Jose, CA

SiliCon is the once-a-year event held by Siliconventions, Ltd., a non-profit educational organization that raises funds for diabetes research. It features seminars covering hard science, science fiction, fantasy,...

Welcome to Archon 32 
October 3-5, 2008 — Collinsville, Illinois (St. Louis, Missouri area)

Archon is the St. Louis SF & Fantasy Convention. This year our Guest of Honor will be Author Laurell K. Hamilton. Laurell is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter and...

Welcome to CrisisCon 2k8 
October 31st - November 2nd
Von Braun Center, Huntsville, AL

CrisisCon 2k8 will provide a great location and atmosphere for people of like mind to come and enjoy all things geeky.  We are not soley a Sci-Fi Convention.  We will be heralding from the Main 5 Corners of...

The Fargo Entertainment Expo: ValleyCon 34
Fargo, North Dakota
October 31—November 2, 2008

Initiated in 1976, the Fargo Entertainment Expo began as a local production of the exploding comic book and Star Trek phenomena. Over 30 years later, the aim of this Expo is to bring fans of all interest levels...

PHILCON 2008 - The Philadelphia Conference on Science Fiction & Fantasy
November 21-23, 2008 • Crowne Plaza Hotel, Cherry Hill NJ

Meet our guests. Enjoy the panels, the Art Show, and the opportunity to meet authors, artists and editors. Watch or participate in the masquerade and cosplay, the gaming,...

ORYCON 30 — DAYS OF FUTURES PAST
A Science Fiction/Fantasy Retrospective
November 21 - 23, 2008

Portland Marriott Waterfront
1401 SW Naito Parkway, Portland OR 97201
 
Writer Guest of Honor: Harry Turtledove
Editor Guest of Honor: Ginjer Buchanan
Artist Guest of Honor: Jeff Fennel
Fan Guest of Honor:...

The Muse Online Writers Conference
The ONLY online conference of its kind!
October 13-19, 2008

The Muse Online Writer's Conference is an award-winning writer's conference designed to help writers hone their craft online. You'll get to meet some publishers, authors of various genres, editors... all...

Though she now makes her home in Victoria, Australia, Jackie Tritt was born in the U.K. in Lincolnshire. A retired teacher, Jackie keeps herself busy with her family and her writing. Jackie’s compelling crime mystery, THE BURNING, is currently available through Virtual Tales. So we decided it was...

Context is a friendly convention focused on speculative fiction literature and related games, comics and films. If you enjoy manga, anime, science fiction, fantasy, or horror, you'll find plenty to entertain you at this convention.

Context is an annual production of FANACO, Inc., a not-for-profit...

From The Land Beyond - Science Fiction & Horror Convention
 
From the Land Beyond is a gathering of like-minded individuals and groups that all share a love for Horror and Science Fiction — from film and novels to magazines or comic books and more.

Fans will be able to meet some of their favorite...

Mountain-Con is an annual science-fiction convention celebration of fandom, organized by fans for fans on a non-profit level. Compared to the pro cons (those held specifically to gain money and not much else), Mountain-Con recognizes all forms of participation:

• Role playing games
• Reading books or...

FenCon V - Celebrating 50 Years of Science Fiction Conventions in Texas

FenCon is a fan-operated Science Fiction and